Software Engineer; Remote

At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful. We’re a technology company building the world’s most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles. We’re a data company helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use. And we’re an innovation company accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

• Driven Way builders. We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create, and innovate.
• Relentless Curiosity. We seek to understand and improve our customers’ experience.
• Smart Risk-Taking. We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition.
• Fearless Ownership. We deliver what we promise and learn along the way.

We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer with experience in building scalable, cloud-native APIs with .NET, preferably Core / Java / Kotlin. You will be part of an Enterprise Technology Services team responsible for constructing and maintaining high-value core system components. You will be involved in the continuous improvement of core offerings, leading technical discussions on software architecture and testing, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to use your experience in application development, front-end JavaScript frameworks, telemetry, and performance tuning. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in relevant areas.

• Work on real-time, high-value marketplace systems at scale
• Be part of a major platform modernization and AI transformation
• Use AI as a first-class development tool—not an experiment
• Collaborate with experienced engineers, product leaders, and platform teams
• Grow in an environment that values learning, ownership, and impact

• AI-forward. You already use AI tools to enhance development speed, quality, and efficiency, and you continuously adapt as tooling evolves.
• Product-minded. You think beyond code and understand how technical decisions impact customers and business outcomes.
• Ownership-driven. You take responsibility for systems end-to-end, including reliability and operational health.
• Technically curious. You enjoy learning new technologies and thoughtfully evaluating emerging approaches.
• Quality-focused. You value clean, maintainable code, strong testing practices, and production-ready engineering standards.
• AI-First Mindset Actively uses AI development tools (code copilots, AI debuggers, test generators) Curious about applying AI to real customer and business problems Able to critically evaluate AI outputs instead of blindly accepting them Comfortable learning and adapting in a fast-changing tool landscape

• Continuously work on enhancing core offerings.
• Lead technical discussions on software architecture and testing to ensure that we do not compromise on quality and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to construct and maintain high-value core system components, leveraging multiple technology stacks.

• .NET Core
• React/Svelte
• PostgreSQL
• Kubernetes in AWS
• Open Telemetry

• 8+ Years of experience building scalable, cloud-native APIs with .NET, preferably Core / Java / Kotlin.
• University degree or advanced diploma in a software engineering-related discipline, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with front-end JavaScript frameworks such as React
• Experience with telemetry and performance tuning leveraging modern APM tooling.
• A strong understanding of application development, including development and testing methodologies.
• Actively uses AI development tools (code copilots, AI debuggers, test generators)
• Curious…