KAR Global

Location: Remote-North America (EST preferred) Who We Are: KAR Global powers the world’s most trusted automotive marketplaces through innovation, technology and people. Our end-to-end platform serves the remarketing needs of the world’s largest OEMs, dealers, fleet operators, rental companies and financial institutions. We’re a technology company delivering next generation tools to accelerate and simplify remarketing. We’re an analytics company leveraging data to inform and empower our customers with clear, actionable insights. And we’re an auction company powering the world’s most advanced and integrated mobile, digital and physical auction marketplaces. At KAR, the Service Operations team designs, deploys and operates infrastructure and applications across multiple environments and around the globe.  We are a dynamic and innovative team which aims to provide exceptional customer experience by leveraging best in class automation and orchestration practices for infrastructure and applications.  As a Site Reliability Engineer, you will utilize your software and systems engineering background to build and run large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant systems. We strive to hire people who are looking to make an impact and thrive in a freedom filled environment driven by context. About Our Candidate: Your role is to ensure that our systems - both internally and externally facing-have reliability and maximum uptime. Our current team focuses on optimizing existing systems, building infrastructure and eliminating work through automation. You are responsible for the big picture of how our systems relate to each other, we use a breadth of tools and approaches to solve a broad spectrum of problems. Practices such as limiting time spent on manual operational work, postmortems and proactive identification of potential outages factor into iterative improvement that is key to both product quality and technical standards. The challenge ahead: Build scalable systems, using best practices around automation, pushing changes that improve reliability and velocity Support services before they go live through activities such as system design consulting, developing software platforms and frameworks, planning and reviews Maintain services once they are live by measuring and monitoring availability, latency and overall system health. Provide mentorship and training to other team members on technologies and processes; drive education and knowledge transfer of design patterns, technical practices, and relevant technologies and tools Drive high standards around incident response practices and policies You should have the following: 7+ years of experience in an IT Operational, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineer, or Software Engineering role In-depth experience with cloud computing and solid experience of setup and management of cloud infrastructure You can write code - in any language. You’ve implemented your work to production Experience with configuration management and infrastructure automation tools such as:  Ansible, Artifacts, Build/Release Pipelines, Docker, Github, Hashicorp, Kubernetes, etc. Experience with large scale distributed systems in the cloud and concerns like load balancing and disaster recovery Experience with the operational aspects of software systems such as monitoring, centralized logging, and alerting with tools such as:  Splunk, AppDynamics, Honeycomb.io, Datadog, Prometheus. Job Code: R-240618

Location: Remote-North America (EST preferred) About Our Team:    The Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team has been designing, implementing, and maintaining a wide variety of cloud-based services and applications within KAR Global.     About Our Candidate:   The heart of the SRE’s team success is to provide automation, self-service and first-class support to our software engineering teams, with continuous face-to-face involvement and knowledge sharing sessions. The successful candidate for this role will continue to drive these high standards forward, while collaborating closely with the software engineering organization to support the ongoing innovation, scaling and availability of KAR Data Services’ production platforms.      What You Will Be Doing:     This is a technical role and will require proven hands-on experience alongside the ability to communicate, deliver, and support the solutions being created.   Daily hands-on development with technologies such as Terraform, Azure Devops, Kubernetes and many AWS services means you get to continually expand your knowledge.   Contributing to architectural and design decisions within engineering organization.   Delivery and execution are critical, so you will be launching and iterating regularly in an Agile environment.   Utilize your technical expertise and to guide software engineers and fellow SREs to create large scale, resilient, distributed systems and tools focused on improving developer velocity and stability.   What You Need to Be Successful:   5+ years of experience in an SRE, DevOps, or similar operational role.   You can write code in any language and have deployed your work in production.   Experience with deploying and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS.   Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools, i.e. Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.   Experience working in large-scale distributed systems in a 24/7 SaaS focused environment.   Experience with operational aspects of software systems such as monitoring, centralized logging, and alerting.   ​ Understanding of Continuous Integration/Deployment best practices and tools i.e ADO, Jenkins, etc.   ​ You have exceptional communication skills and an aptitude for developing relationships at the engineering, and business levels throughout the organization.  Who We Are:  KAR Global powers the world’s most trusted automotive marketplaces through innovation, technology and people. Our end-to-end platform serves the remarketing needs of the world’s largest OEMs, dealers, fleet operators, rental companies and financial institutions.   We’re a technology company delivering next generation tools to accelerate and simplify remarketing.   We’re an analytics company leveraging data to inform and empower our customers with clear, actionable insights.   And we’re an auction company powering the world’s most advanced and integrated mobile, digital and physical auction marketplaces.    We want you to be well and thrive. Our benefits package includes:  Competitive compensation   Insurance coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance   Flexible spending account    Wellness program   401(k) with employer match   Employee stock purchase program   Paid holidays and generous paid time off   Paid parental leave   Learning and development resources   Job Code: R-238885

Location: Remote; physically located in the United States (EST time zone preferred) KAR Global is looking to expand our autoniq® development team as we continue to innovate within the used car industry. The candidate should have a strong background in Java Web Service development and be comfortable using the Spring Framework. As an engineer on the development team the main responsibilities are design, implementation, and maintenance of RESTful web services in both Composite service and Microservice forms. ‪The candidate should have good communication skills and be able to work closely with Product Owners to discuss feasibility of technical considerations as well as provide accurate estimates for project completion.   Responsibilities and Duties: Building and maintaining composite and micro services in Java/Spring/React Optimizing applications and database queries to improve performance and user experience Collaborating with cross-functional team members on designing and implementing new features Taking part in technical discussions on software architecture and testing to ensure we do not compromise on quality and performance Taking part in discussions on implementation strategies Working closely with Product Owners to help gather and refine requirements for upcoming stories Continuously work on improving our core offerings as we uncover new business opportunities Helping to implement proof of concepts for new technologies Implementing and maintaining unit test coverage for all project level services Qualifications & Education Requirements: A University degree or advanced diploma in a software engineering-related discipline, preferably in Computer Science, or equivalent experience 2+ years of professional Java development experience with RESTful Web Services 2+ years of experience using relational databases for data persistence Experience using Spring framework Experience using unit testing framework (Junit, Mockito, etc) Experience using work tracking software preferred (Jira, Azure DevOps, etc) Experience working in Amazon AWS environments preferred Experience working with building and deploying code via Docker containers Experience with JavaScript frameworks a plus (React, Angular, node.js , etc.) Experience with Python scripting a plus You enjoy working with and supporting other team members by participating in code reviews You have experience working in agile team environments, be good communicator, and conscientious member of the team Why Work with Us? Whether your Fun is in working with new technology, learning skills, collaborating with awesomely talented people or growing into a Specialist, Team Lead or People Manager, we want to feed this fire in you. If you have the work ethic, skill and motivation, we will help you find a path that leads you where your passion wants to go. Job Code R-236913

Location: Remote; physically located in the united States (EST time zone preferred) About Our Team: ADESA is developing the next generation of software to run our PAR operations while continuing to enhance the installed base. We are employing the latest cloud infrastructure, cutting-edge technology, and best practices to build world-class software. We are seeking talent that will demonstrate their experience and skills to help us transform PAR’s existing software applications into a modern and scalable system. This system will serve as the foundation for business innovation and growth in the future. We offer excellent pay and time off, benefits, relocation, flexible work schedules, training opportunities, and a fun environment working with state-of-the-art tools. About Our Candidate: Are you an innovative and passionate Platform Engineer who enjoys developing solutions for the most exciting and complex business challenges? Are you skilled in continuous delivery, cloud services, and process automation? Do you enjoy the highly collaborative nature of working in an agile/scrum environment? We are interested in talking to individuals with all levels of experience. What You Will Be Doing: Enabling product teams to self-service through tooling and automation and empowering them to deploy and operate their services Embody the core values of Agile to deliver quality software to our users Build fully automated and complex continuous delivery pipelines Administer all aspects of the ALM platform: source control, work items, users, permissions, etc. Plan for performance, uptime, disaster recovery, and capacity growth Be involved with the vision, strategy, and execution to spread the DevOps culture throughout the organization Build, secure, and manage AWS Lambda serverless computing services Research, evaluate, and develop patterns for performance, uptime, disaster recovery, and capacity growth Participate in production deployment activities whenever necessary (evenings and weekends) usually 2-5 deployments per month (but continuously evolving) What You Need to Be Successful: Agile/DevOps experience Experience with large, complex and highly scalable systems ALM and DevOps tool experience (Azure DevOps required) Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Serverless Framework) Programming and scripting experience for process automation (TypeScript is a plus) GitHub Flow and Git Flow branching strategies Continuous integration and delivery experience Automated Testing (Unit, Integration, Functional) Cloud Development and Deployment (AWS Preferred) Hosting and operations management and monitoring Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously Ability to communicate with people of varying levels of technical ability Who We Are: KAR Global powers the world’s most trusted automotive marketplaces through innovation, technology and people. Our end-to-end platform serves the remarketing needs of the world’s largest OEMs, dealers, fleet operators, rental companies and financial institutions. We’re a technology company delivering next generation tools to accelerate and simplify remarketing. We’re an analytics company leveraging data to inform and empower our customers with clear, actionable insights. And we’re an auction company powering the world’s most advanced and integrated mobile, digital and physical auction marketplaces. PAR North America, a KAR Global brand, is the leading nationwide provider of vehicle transition services. PAR recovers assets, manages cycle times, maximizes returns, and reduces risk for companies coast-to-coast. PAR’s clients range from the largest banks, captives and auto finance companies to the smallest credit unions. PAR concentrates on bottom-line objectives through Five Essential Solutions: recovery management, remarketing, skip tracing, compliance and title services. The company is quality focused and compliance driven, leveraging affiliations and partnerships with numerous technology sources and service providers. PAR services can be designed to fit many needs. We want you to be well and thrive. Our benefits package includes: Competitive compensation Insurance coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance Flexible spending account Wellness program 401(k) with employer match Employee stock purchase program Paid holidays and generous paid time off Paid parental leave Learning and development resources Job Code R-238827

Location: Remote; physically located in the United States (EST time zone preferred) About Our Team: High Tech National (HTL) consists of a small energetic team of engineers building the next generation of application software to assist our operations.  This software supports hundreds of technicians in the field as well as a large warehouse and its complete inventory.  We take each team members' suggestions and ideas into consideration in determining the ultimate direction of our projects.  All of this, while continuing to strive for the pinnacle in cloud infrastructure, cutting-edge technology, and best practices to build world-class software. About Our Candidate: HTL is seeking talented Software Engineers that will leverage their experience, skills, and knowledge to help transform our application systems into modern and scalable solutions that will serve as the foundation for business innovation and growth in the future.  They will be excited to work in a fast-paced production environment in the automotive industry where new tasks and projects are added daily.  They are able to evolve to meet the changing needs of our unique target audience allowing for creativity and implementation of new technologies and ideas. What You Will Be Doing: Developing optimized code from scratch using different technologies and frameworks in an agile/scrum environment. Analyzing existing systems to effectively improve the current functionality while also receiving input from the current users. Working independently on assigned tasks, but primarily collaborating in a cross-functional team environment to define, build, test and deliver broader capability and vision. What You Need to Be Successful: Proven ability to deliver high quality enterprise solutions. Experience with large, complex and highly scalable systems. Experience in an object-oriented programming language. Familiarity of Javascript and Front-End frameworks like VueJS. Service API development, REST/JSON. Experience in the data tier with any sort of database, either transactional or NoSQL. Worked with Continuous Integration and Delivery Automated Testing (Unit, Integration, Functional) Strong verbal and written communications skills. Preferred Skills Amazon AWS – EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3 Knowledge of Linux and containerized solutions PHP – Version 7+ with Laravel NodeJS – Express, Serverless Azure Devops for work management, source control, CI/CD Who We Are: High Tech Locksmiths (HTL), a KAR Global brand, is the largest mobile automotive locksmith service of its kind in the U.S. HTL provides transponder, remote, high security, remotehead, smart key and proximity keys for the auto auction, car rental and used car industries. With more than 25 years in business, HTL dispatches its fleet of 175 mobile units across 42 states to provide needed locksmith services onsite. These units, manned by certified locksmiths, stocked with a full inventory of keys and remotes, and connected remotely to additional technical support, “cut” more than half a million keys each year. We want you to be well and thrive. Our benefits package includes: Competitive compensation Insurance coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance Flexible spending account Wellness program 401(k) with employer match Employee stock purchase program Paid holidays and generous paid time off Paid parental leave Learning and development resources Job Code R-238141

Location: Remote; physically located in the United States (EST time zone preferred) About Our Team: ADESA is developing the next generation of software to run our physical auction operations while continuing to enhance the installed base. This software drives over 70 auction locations across North America and over 1.5 billion dollars in revenue each year. We are employing the latest cloud infrastructure, cutting-edge technology, and best practices to build world-class software. About Our Candidate: Are you an innovative and passionate Senior/Lead/Principal Software Engineer who enjoys developing solutions to the most exciting and complex business challenges? Are you skilled at object-oriented design and single-page applications, or have experience implementing web services?  Do you enjoy the highly collaborative nature of working in an agile/scrum environment? We are seeking talent that will leverage their experience, skills, and knowledge to help us transform ADESA's physical auction management platform into a modern and scalable system that will serve as the foundation for business innovation and growth in the future. What You Will Be Doing: Be a collaborative member of an autonomous cross-functional team to define, build, test and deliver innovative enterprise-grade solutions We strive to deliver value to our business, emphasizing outcomes over output. You will be working in a stable business environment with strong organizational and management support, so you can focus on your craft. Mastery, Autonomy and Purpose are core tenants that serve to drive us every day. What You Need to Be Successful: Proven ability to deliver high quality enterprise solutions Experience with large, complex and highly scalable systems Experience in an object-oriented language such as Java/C# Experience in some cloud-based hosting model Familiarity of Javascript and Front-End frameworks Service API development, REST/JSON Exposure to the data tier with any sort of database, either transactional or NoSQL Worked with Continuous Integration and Delivery Automated Testing (Unit, Integration, Functional)   Agile/Scrum processes  Preferred Skills, this is the tech stack we use: Azure PaaS – Functions, App Services, Service Bus, Cosmos DB, Storage Accounts, MS SQL, Front Door C# - Latest .NET Core Frameworks Micro-site architecture with Angular, Typescript, and Material Design Azure Devops for work management, source control, CI/CD Who We Are: ADESA, a KAR Global brand, is a leader in the wholesale auto auction industry, serving customers both online and at its 70+ auction locations across North America. ADESA serves both commercial and dealer customers, including vehicle manufacturers and their finance companies, banks, credit unions, rental agencies and fleet management companies. ADESA handles every aspect of the used-vehicle lifecycle. Its sellers need to liquidate an asset, and its buyers need to source inventory for their retail lot. ADESA brings them together. ADESA offers technology-based solutions that enable dealers to maximize ROI. From condition reports, to purchase guarantees, to transportation and more—our goal is to be the go-to resource for your business throughout the remarketing cycle by using data-driven resources and top-notch customer service. We want you to be well and thrive. Our benefits package includes: Competitive compensation Insurance coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance Flexible spending account Wellness program 401(k) with employer match Employee stock purchase program Paid holidays and generous paid time off Paid parental leave Learning and development resources R-237733