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Job Description:
We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead development on our METAL Team. Our METAL Engineering Team consists of a team of passionate NodeJS/React Developers, AWS Cloud Engineer and QC Product Tester. A successful candidate will have an active-oriented mindset, and a focus on exceeding expectations, who operates with vision and integrity. An Engineering Manager can expect to play an active role in projects, meet, and report back to upper management, plan and monitor work schedules, and work with multiple and diverse teams. We are looking for an individual that is 50% Technical Strategy focused and 50% Team Leadership focused. Some of their responsibilities also include aligning engineering activities and projects with company goals and objectives, providing expert guidance and support, and maintaining positive relationships with all product stakeholders.
To be successful as an Engineering Manager, you should have exceptional leadership, communication and project management skills, years of management experience, and a belief in developing the skills and talents of others. Ideal candidates will have experience in identifying and navigating organizational changes, a keen interest in trends in engineering and leadership, and an above average emotional intelligence. This individual will also champion Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose within the team to allow them to do their best work.
About METAL℠:
METAL℠ is DI's brand-new Inventory Management System (IMS) and is built with modern design plus lightning-quick controls to help our clients move metal faster than the competition - without any training needed. Designed mobile and tablet-first, METAL℠ allows car dealers to quickly and easily manipulate their vehicle inventory and have those changes appear on their Dealer Inspire website in real-time with API synchronization. From easy-to-implement pricing rules, to the ability to upload hi-res inventory pictures, METAL℠ offers a full-suite of features that modernize inventory management.
Essential Responsibilities (including but not limited to):
- Planning and Architect of new features.
- Champions software development standards and best practices to be applied across all software development efforts.
- Leadership and mentoring of developers in their professional career growth.
- Supporting established organizational objectives by developing goals and strategies.
- Partner with the Product Owner on feature definition and breakdown.
- Serves as technical advisor to upper management.
- Works closely with development team to architect the best technical design and approach.
Skills & Requirements:
Required:
- Deep industry experience: 10+ years of software industry experience, showing high-impact work solving tough real-world problems
- Strong experience as a People Manager for software development teams
- Professional software development experience building applications
- Experience in NodeJS, React
- Understanding of CI/CD
- Understanding of TDD and BDD
- Strong verbal & written communication skills
- Enjoys working in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in an Agile/Scrum Environment
Highly Desired:
- Experience working remotely and/or distributed teams
- High sensibility to UI design and UX
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence
- Experience with AWS
- Experience in iOS and Android development
Job Benefits:
- Health Insurance with BCBS
- 401k plan with company match
- paid time off, sick leave and selected paid holidays
- Dental, Life and Disability Insurance
- Subsidized gym membership
- Subsidized internet access for your home
- Stocked fridge with snacks and more!
Time zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time +/- 2 hours
Inventory is the heart of the Dealer Inspire platform. Our Inventory Engineering Team consists of a team of passionate and highly skilled PHP Developers and AWS Cloud Engineer. Vehicle Inventory is the core of our Dealer Inspire Platform and powers the data for all our products.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including, not but limited to):
- Writing high quality, clean code that is paired with automated tests;
- Manage OEM and Compliance requirements for various brands;
- Taking new features through the entire development lifecycle, working in conjunction with our product owner to define the feature, develop it, and test it;
- Demonstrate the initiative and method for solving different problems, and propose effective solutions for those problems;
- Support and maintain legacy features.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 5+ years of experience working with PHP frameworks (Laravel);
- Highly organized and detail-oriented;
- 5+ years of experience working with MySQL or Similar RDBMS;
- 3+ years of experience integrating with 3rd party APIs;
- Experience with front-end technologies like HTML5, SASS, and JavaScript;
- Understanding of REST APIs;
- Understanding of local development environments and integration of varying components;
- Strong understanding of build processes/automation;
- Experience with job queues and background PHP processes;
- Strong verbal & written communication skills;
- Strong documentation skills;
- Experience working remotely & as part of a distributed engineering team.
- AWS Cloud Architecture experience;
- Experience with Queue-Worker Architecture;
- Experience with WordPress;
- Ability to surface technical debt issues and develop a plan for resolution.
Job Benefits:
- Health Insurance with BCBS
- 401k plan with company match
- paid time off, sick leave and selected paid holidays
- Dental, Life and Disability Insurance
- Subsidized gym membership
- Subsidized internet access for your home
- Stocked fridge with snacks and more!
Time zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time +/- 2 hours
*This position is 100% Remote, but US-based candidates only.
ABOUT THIS ROLE:
Dealer Inspire is hiring for our Conversations℠ Team!
Conversations℠ is Dealer Inspire's messaging platform that connects today’s car shoppers with dealerships wherever, whenever, and however they want to shop. Fast, mobile, and fully integrated with text messaging and Facebook Messenger™ Conversations℠ uses A.I. technology and managed chat support to instantly respond to all incoming chats 24/7.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):
- Development of new features with a focus on API Development.
- Writing high quality, clean code that is paired with automated unit and integration tests.
- Taking new features through the entire development lifecycle, working in conjunction with our product owner to define the feature, develop it, and test it.
ABOUT YOU:
Required Skills & Experience:
- 4+ years of professional experience working with PHP.
- 2+ year of experience working with modern PHP MVC frameworks like Laravel.
- 4+ years of professional experience working with SQL databases; the ability to write efficient queries and benchmark/profile them.
- Experience creating automated unit and integration tests.
- Experience with performance debugging and benchmarking.
- Experience with Git version control.
- Strong understanding of Object Oriented Programming.
- Strong understanding of RESTful API Development.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills.
- Strong documentation skills.
- Experience working remotely & as part of a distributed engineering team.
Desired:
- Familiarity with Amazon Web Services.
- Familiarity with ReactJS or a willingness to learn.
- Familiarity with server side development using NodeJS.
- Familiarity with responsive front-end web design.
Job Benefits:
- Health Insurance with BCBS
- 401k plan with company match
- paid time off, sick leave and selected paid holidays
- Dental, Life and Disability Insurance
- Subsidized gym membership
- Subsidized internet access for your home
- Stocked fridge with snacks and more!
Time zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time +/- 2 hours
*This position is 100% Remote, but US-based candidates only.
ABOUT ONLINE SHOPPER™:
Online Shopper™ is Dealer Inspire's end-to-end digital retailing solution that seamlessly connects your website, in-store, and delivery experience to efficiently scale your business for a larger customer base. The industry and world are changing but the car business is still a people business, and the first dealers to truly connect instant consumer technology with the local car buying experience are going to win. Learn more here!
ABOUT THIS ROLE:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):
- Writing high quality, clean code that is paired with automated unit and integration tests.
- Taking new features through the entire development lifecycle, working in conjunction with our product owner to define the feature, develop it, and test it.
- Refactoring non-ideal portions of our React apps.
- Mentoring developers in your area of expertise.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 2+ years of professional experience with front-end technologies; including React, Redux, Webpack.
- Mastery of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS/SASS/StyledComponents.
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming.
- Experience with performance debugging and benchmarking.
- Experience with testing frameworks, such as karma, mocha, or jest.
- Experience with Git version control.
- Understanding of CI/CD.
- Strong attention to design detail (UI/UX).
- Strong verbal & written communication skills.
- Strong documentation skills.
- Experience working remotely & as part of a fully distributed engineering team.
Highly Desired:
- AWS Cloud Architecture
- Mobile-first, responsive web design
- Typescript
- MySQL
- Some experience with PHP
Job Benefits:
- Health Insurance with BCBS
- 401k plan with company match
- paid time off, sick leave and selected paid holidays
- Dental, Life and Disability Insurance
- Subsidized gym membership
- Subsidized internet access for your home
- Stocked fridge with snacks and more!
Time zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time +/- 2 hours
*This position is 100% Remote; US-based candidates only.
ABOUT PRIZM:
PRIZM™ is Dealer Inspire’s proprietary connected reporting solution for tracking our partner’s entire digital marketing performance.
PRIZM™ provides our clients with top-level summaries and proactive alerts for your website analytics, marketing performance, and open support requests — all from one beautiful dashboard.
Learn more here!
ABOUT THIS ROLE:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):
- Writing high quality, clean code that is paired with automated unit and integration tests.
- Taking new features through the entire development lifecycle, working in conjunction with our product owner to define the feature, develop it, and test it.
- Demonstrate the initiative and method for solving different problems, and propose effective solutions for those problems.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 2+ years of professional, enterprise-level Ruby on Rails development experience.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented.
- Mastery of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS/SASS/StyledComponents.
- 2+ years of professional experience working with SQL databases; the ability to write efficient queries and benchmark/profile them.
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming.
- Experience with React JS
- Experience with performance debugging and benchmarking.
- Experience with testing frameworks, such as karma, mocha, or jest.
- Experience with Git version control.
- Understanding of CI/CD.
- Strong attention to design detail (UI/UX).
- Strong verbal & written communication skills.
- Strong documentation skills.
- Experience working remotely & as part of a distributed engineering team.
Highly Desired:
- AWS Cloud Architecture
- Typescript
- Mobile-first, responsive web design
- PostgreSQL
Job Benefits:
- Health Insurance with BCBS
- 401k plan with company match
- paid time off, sick leave and selected paid holidays
- Dental, Life and Disability Insurance
- Subsidized gym membership
- Subsidized internet access for your home
- Peer to Peer Bonus program
- Stocked fridge with snacks and more!
Time zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time +/- 2 hours
ABOUT CONVERSATIONS:
Conversations℠ is Dealer Inspire's messaging platform that connects today’s car shoppers with dealerships wherever, whenever, and however they want to shop. Fast, mobile, and fully integrated with text messaging and Facebook Messenger™, Conversations℠ uses A.I. technology and managed chat support to instantly respond to all incoming chats 24/7.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):
- Development of new features, including adding functionality to our AI chat bot, Ana.
- Writing high quality, clean code that is paired with automated unit and integration tests.
- Taking new features through the entire development lifecycle, working in conjunction with our product owner to define the feature, develop it, and test it.
- Refactoring non-ideal portions of both our Node API and our React apps.
- Mentoring developers in your area of expertise.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 4+ years of professional experience with front-end technologies; including React, Redux, Webpack.
- Mastery of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS/SASS/StyledComponents.
- 5+ years of professional experience working with SQL databases; the ability to write efficient queries and benchmark/profile them.
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming.
- Experience with performance debugging and benchmarking.
- Experience with testing frameworks, such as karma, mocha, or jest.
- Experience with Git version control.
- Understanding of CI/CD.
- Strong attention to design detail (UI/UX).
- Strong verbal & written communication skills.
- Strong documentation skills.
- Experience working remotely & as part of a distributed engineering team.
Highly Desired:
- Professional experience working with NodeJS
- AWS Cloud Architecture experience
- Experience with working with non greenfield projects.
- Ability to surface technical debt issues and develop a plan for resolution.
Job Benefits:
- Health Insurance with BCBS
- 401k plan with company match
- paid time off, sick leave and selected paid holidays
- Dental, Life and Disability Insurance
- Subsidized gym membership
- Subsidized internet access for your home
- Peer to Peer Bonus program
- Stocked fridge with snacks and more!
Time zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time +/- 2 hours
Dealer Inspire, a CARS brand, is hiring for our METAL℠ Team!
METAL℠ is Dealer Inspire’s (DI) brand-new Inventory Management System (IMS). It is built with modern design, plus lightning-quick controls, to help our clients move metal faster than the competition. Designed mobile and tablet-first, METAL℠ allows car dealers to quickly and easily manipulate their vehicle inventory and have those changes appear on their Dealer Inspire website in real-time with API synchronization. From easy-to-implement pricing rules to the ability to upload hi-res inventory pictures, METAL℠ offers a full-suite of features that modernize inventory management.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including, but not limited to):
- Architecture and development of new features;
- Improve performance; modify existing code to fix errors and bugs;
- Set and enforce code quality standards and test coverage;
- Creation and management of AWS cloud infrastructure;
- Mentoring of junior developers.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 5+ years of professional experience working with SQL databases, ideally Postgres; the ability to write efficient queries and benchmark/profile them.
- Experience with AWS Cloud infrastructure, including the Fargate, RDS, SQS, and Lambda services.
- 3+ years of professional experience working with NodeJS; including the Express framework.
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming.
- Experience with performance debugging and benchmarking.
- Experience with testing frameworks, such as Cypress, Chai, Sinon, Mocha, and Jest.
- Experience with Git version control.
- Understanding of CI/CD.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills.
- Strong documentation skills.
- Experience working remotely & as part of a distributed engineering team.
Highly Desired:
- Strong understanding of client- and server-side GraphQL, especially using the Apollo GraphQL library.
- Mobile-first, responsive web design.
- Typescript experience
Job Benefits:
- Health Insurance with BCBS
- 401k plan with company match
- paid time off, sick leave and selected paid holidays
- Dental, Life and Disability Insurance
- Subsidized gym membership
- Subsidized internet access for your home
- Peer to Peer Bonus program
- Stocked fridge with snacks and more!
Time zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time +/- 2 hours
ABOUT US:
Dealer Inspire is a CARS brand. CARS includes the following brands: Cars.com, Dealer Inspire, DealerRater. Want to learn more? Check us out here!
ABOUT OUR TEAM:
FUEL is Dealer Inspire's proprietary interface that improves our clients' Revenue on Ad-Spend (ROAS) through scaled ad-generation and intelligent campaign and budget management.
The team has made the successful journey into SPA land using React.
We have reached the point where we are looking for a Senior Front-End Product Developer with React expertise to take us to the next level, guiding us towards an SPA that is enjoyable and efficient to work with and use.
This is a high-functioning, self-organizing, fully distributed SCRUM team, with the occasional breakouts about gaming PC hardware, food, pets.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities (include, but not limited to):
- Write high quality, clean, performant code that is paired with automated unit and integration tests.
- Develop new features, with varying levels of design specs.
- Successfully take new features through the entire development lifecycle, working in conjunction with our product owner to define the feature, then develop it, and test it.
- Troubleshoot, prioritize, and resolve production issues.
- Serve as a role model for responsive web design & front-end standards by developing, sharing, and setting the bar for engineering quality.
- Provide mentorship.
Required Skills & Experience:
- 4+ years of professional experience with front-end technologies; including React, Redux, Webpack.
- Mastery of JavaScript, HTML, and CSS/SASS.
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming.
- Experience with performance debugging and benchmarking.
- Experience with testing frameworks, such as jest.
- Experience with Git version control.
- Understanding of CI/CD.
- Strong attention to design detail (UI/UX).
- Strong communication & documentation skills.
- Experience working remotely & as part of a distributed engineering team.
- Approach challenges with a Growth Mindset.
Highly Desired:
- AWS Cloud Architecture
- Experience with working with non greenfield projects.
- Ability to surface technical debt issues and develop a plan for resolution.
Job Benefits:
- Health Insurance with BCBS
- 401k plan with company match
- paid time off, sick leave and selected paid holidays
- Dental, Life and Disability Insurance
- Subsidized gym membership
- Subsidized internet access for your home
- Peer to Peer Bonus program
- Stocked fridge with snacks and more!
Time zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time +/- 2 hours