Principal Software Engineer

🕒 June 8

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Cars Commerce

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1001 - 5000 employees

🛍️ eCommerce

🏪 Marketplace

eCommerce • Automotive • Marketplace

Cars Commerce is a comprehensive online platform that facilitates the buying, selling, and research of vehicles. It provides a wide range of listings for new and used cars, along with tools and resources for customers to compare different makes and models, read reviews, and obtain financing options. With a focus on enhancing the car shopping experience, Cars Commerce connects sellers with local dealers and offers estimates for vehicle sales, ensuring a streamlined process for prospective buyers and sellers alike.

📋 Description

• Define the evolution of our services to support sub-second latency and massive concurrency • Bridge the gap between heavy-lift backend systems and modern, intuitive UI products • Redefine the SDLC by integrating LLM-based orchestration into the development workflow • Lead the RFC process driving consensus across engineering and product boundaries • Own the "Four Nines" (99.99%) for services handling tens of thousands of requests per second • Act as a sponsor for Staff and Senior engineers, raising the technical "ceiling" of the entire engineering organization

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience • 12+ years of software engineering excellence, including significant time at the Staff or Principal level • Deep expertise in designing high-concurrency distributed systems • Comfortable navigating complex data-consistency models, event-driven architectures (Kafka/MSK), and optimizing for sub-second latency • Architect extensible frontend platforms, designing robust State Management strategies • Expert in TypeScript/Node.js, but language-agnostic • Proven ability to drive consensus in complex environments using data—not just opinion • Track record of evaluating emerging technologies and running proof-of-concepts that modernize tech stack without disrupting production stability

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans • New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up • Generous PTO • Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day