Senior Software Engineer

Company: Edmunds.com
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Edmunds offers flexibility to work fully remote, from our Edquarters, or a combination of both.At Edmunds, we're driven to make car buying easier. Ever since we began publishing printed car guides in the 60's, the company has been in the business of trust, innovating ways to empower and support car shoppers. When Edmunds launched the car industry's first Internet site in 1994, we established a leadership position online and have never looked back. Now, as one of the most trusted review sites on the Internet, millions of visitors use our research, shopping, and buying tools every month to make an easy and informed decision on their next car. For consumers, we bring peace of mind. For dealers, we make tools to help them solve their problems and sell more cars. How do we do it, you ask? The key ingredients are our enthusiastic employees, progressive company culture, and cutting-edge technology. Want to join the team? Read on to find out how!What You're Applying For:Edmunds is looking for a full-stack Senior Software Engineer to join our Dealer Product and Innovation portfolio. Our Dealer Widgets team drives engagement with strategic partners both online and in person to make the car buying process less daunting for consumers and provides technical expertise for partner integrations in the rapidly-growing automotive ecommerce space. As a member of the Dealer Widgets team, you'll have an impact on making online car shopping easier by building solutions that empower dealer partners and car shoppers to make smart decisions based on accurate and unbiased Edmunds data.What You'll Do:

• Work closely with software engineers and product managers to build/maintain/support:
  • Accessible and engaging interfaces using vanilla JavaScript and modern JavaScript frameworks.
  • Reliable and observable processes/tools using Python, Node.js, and AWS Lambdas.
  • Nimble and performant APIs using Node.js, Java, and noSQL DBs.
  • Thoughtful and cost-effective integrations with strategic partners.
  • Practice sustainable incident response and blameless postmortems.
  • Practice collective code ownership and mutually-beneficial code reviews.What You'll Need:
    • Experience working closely with software engineers, product managers, and strategic partners to design and document APIs, data stores, and tools that will evolve over time.
    • Experience delivering maintainable APIs written in Node.js and Java, backed by noSQL data stores like DynamoDB and MongoDB.
    • Experience working closely with front-end developers to ensure APIs are compatible with products built using modern JavaScript application frameworks.
    • Experience delivering maintainable client-side JavaScript code compatible with all major browsers.
    • Willingness to learn and work in all levels of the technology stack.Nice To Haves:
      • Experience delivering bulk processing tools written in Python and Node.js.
      • Experience with DevOps, ideally in AWS using CloudFormation.
      • Experience with Databricks, ideally using Python.
      • Experience writing unit and e2e tests to support CD/CI pipelines.
      • Experience writing code to implement client-side AB test experiments.
      • Familiarity with web markup including HTML5, CSS3, and server-side preprocessing such as SASS.
      • Familiarity with ES6 JavaScript and at least one modern UI framework like React, Vue, or Angular.
      • Familiarity with HTML4 and vanilla ES5 JavaScript.
      • Familiarity with third-party JavaScript SDKs like Google Tag Manager.The compensation range for this position is $137,000-$189,000 per year. The base pay will take into account internal equity as well as job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. In addition, Edmunds offers full-time employees a comprehensive total rewards package including the benefits listed below.Edmunds Perks:
        • Flexible time off.
        • 13 Paid Holidays.
        • Comprehensive Health Benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, and disability).
        • Flexible Spending Accounts (Employees) and Health Savings Accounts (Employee and Employer Contributions).
        • 401K Plan with company matching at 100%, up to 6% of eligible salary with immediate vesting.
        • Stock purchase program.
        • CarMax vehicle discount.
        • Up to 4 months Paid Parental Leave.
        • HeartCash matches employee donations to the causes that are important to them.
        • 2 Days of Paid Time Off for time to dedicate to social impact causes.
        • FitCash covers a portion of gym or fitness activity fees.
        • Well-being sessions and events such as yoga, meditation, and walking challenges.
        • On-going career development sessions and an annual learning event.
        • Pet insurance.
        • Sabbatical leave.
        • Education Reimbursement.
        • Pre-tax spending accounts for qualified transportation expenses.
        • Plus a coffee bar, frozen yogurt, and more!Working @ Edmunds.com:Employees think it's a pretty great place to work, and some impressive publications think it is too: we have been recognized as one of the best places to work by Fortune Magazine, Great Places to Work, LA Business Journal, Newsweek, Computerworld, Built in LA, Inc. Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week Magazine, and Architectural Record. We've also been identified as one of the best workplaces specifically in Technology, for Diversity and Asian Americans, and as a Newsweek Most Loved Workplace for LGBTQ+ employees. If you're interested in learning more and joining our mission, we'd love to hear from you!Edmunds will consider for employment qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable laws.
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