Senior Software Engineer, Tech Transformation

At Auto Scout
24, we’re excited to be hiring for our Canadian company, Trader Corporation — a key part of our international family. As the Canadian arm of Europe’s largest online car marketplace, Trader Corporation is driving digital innovation in the automotive industry, reaching over 25million Canadians every month.

This role will be within the Dealer track Canada team, the country’s leading automotive financing portal, processing over 6.5million credit applications annually.

Build & evolve critical systems that modernise our platform to better detect fraud, assess risk, and move faster as a business. Own the full software lifecycle from design to production, and shape the technical direction of our platform.

• Improve and extend a large, production‑grade codebase with a strong bias for clean code, testing, and long‑term maintainability.
• Design and implement scalable, resilient solutions using modern architecture principles (modularity, clear boundaries, observability).
• Modernise legacy components to unlock new capabilities in fraud detection and risk analysis.
• Drive architectural discussions and decisions, balancing pragmatism with technical excellence.
• Set and enforce high quality bars for new services and modules, focusing on testability, performance, and reliability.
• Identify and reduce technical debt in ways that measurably improve developer velocity and system robustness.
• Work across the full software lifecycle: design, build, deploy, operate, and iterate.
• Embrace a “you build it, you run it” Dev Ops mindset alongside your team.
• Make thoughtful trade‑offs between effort, quality, and user value—always with accountability for outcomes.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers in an agile, cross‑functional team.
• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical leadership.

• A senior engineer who takes responsibility for results, not just implementations.
• Aself‑motivated problem‑solver who is comfortable tackling legacy systems or reshaping them.
• Strong engineering fundamentals: clean code, testing discipline, system design, and performance awareness.
• Experience in Type Script and modern React / Next.js.
• Solid experience building production systems with .NET (Core / modern .NET preferred).
• Comfort operating in production environments and learning from real‑world feedback.
• A builder’s mindset: if you can think it, you can build it; if you build it, you own it.
• Experience leveraging AI, Generative AI (GenAI) to enhance engineering productivity, automate repetitive tasks, and optimise workflows—e.g., code generation, debugging, reviews, documentation, and decision support.

We understand there is life at work and life outside of work. Perks from Day 1 include:

• Gym discounts
• Employee and Family Assistance program
• Virtual wellness events
• Conferences & training budget
• Regular internal training programs

Financial planning: 3% pension match and income‑protection options.

Competitive salary: base range CAD
140,000–CAD
190,000, with an annual bonus structure. 3% CPP match.

Use of Artificial Intelligence in Hiring:
We use AI in our hiring process.