Staff Software Engineer

Who we are looking for :

Our software engineering teams operate on a few common principles, working on interesting and challenging problems, enabling autonomy to develop and deploy the best solutions, and being surrounded by great engineers and a warm culture. These tenets allow our engineering teams to have large business impact and product ownership, which is critical to ACV Auctions continual growth.

We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic Staff Software Engineer to join our growing team. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain software applications that solve real-world problems and enhance our products. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and innovative solutions.

What you will do :

Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.

Establish and document best practices and coding standards.

Support product delivery teams by providing guidance on technical solutions when asked.

Conduct code reviews, develop high-quality documentation, and build robust test suites.

Own the overall performance of products and frameworks within a defined area of focus.

Provide technical support for multiple applications within the technology portfolio.

Be empowered to lead and complete software projects with minimal guidance from managers.

Lead team discussions to define technical requirements for new and current products.

Develop roadmaps and prioritizes technical debt to effectively plan features and work.

Respond-to and troubleshoot highly complex problems quickly, efficiently, and effectively.

Mentor junior engineers.

Other duties as assigned.

What you will need :

Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.

BS degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Expert experience with Java, Python.

Expert experience with Distributed Systems Design and / or Event-Driven development.

Expert experience and understanding of pyramid testing methodologies.

Expert experience with build & deployment automation (CI / CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins / TeamCity).

Experience with AWS (or any big public cloud tech), Elastic Search, and Pub / Sub patterns (Kafka).

Expert experience with version control systems (Git).

Experience maintaining and extending an existing codebase, adapting to pre-existing patterns and tracing the code’s path of execution.

Previous experience leading POCs or technical tool adoption initiatives.

Experience with Kubernetes and related observability tooling.

7+ years of experience