Software Engineering (remote)

Company Cox Automotive - USA Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development Job Profile

Software Engineer II Management Level

Individual Contributor Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week Travel %

No Work Shift

Cox Automotive is deploying enterprise AI capabilities on AWS Quick across the enterprise, helping teams work more effectively in their day-to-day operations.

The Software Engineer II applies secure software engineering principles to the design, development, testing, maintenance, and evaluation of software and cloud infrastructure. As part of a corporate-wide AI transformation initiative, this role will also incorporate the responsible use of AI-assisted development tools to streamline coding, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation activities across the SDLC.

This is early-stage work with executive sponsorship, direct access to AWS technical teams, and the chance to grow your skills rapidly in AI platform engineering.

Build & Ship

Build and maintain connectors that integrate Quick with enterprise systems — wrapping APIs, handling auth, managing errors, and making data available to AI agents.

Ship features on the AI Artifact Hub — bug fixes, performance improvements, and new capabilities that make the product better for internal users.

Write clean, tested Python code for APIs, data pipelines, agent skills, and platform tooling.

Help enforce integration standards and support domain teams as they publish MCP servers to the enterprise connector catalog.

Develop expertise in AI platform concepts: RAG, knowledge ingestion, embeddings, agent orchestration, evaluation frameworks, and access control for AI systems.

Grow your AWS skills through hands-on work with Lambda, S3, IAM, API Gateway, Step Functions, and infrastructure as code.

Contribute to access control and data safety — help ensure AI agents respect user permissions and never surface unauthorized data in prompt contexts.

Contribute to evaluation and feedback systems — help build automated test suites that measure agent quality and capture human-in-the-loop corrections.

Write and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) and infrastructure as code (Terraform) with guidance from senior team members.

Contribute to documentation for systems, runbooks, and onboarding materials.

Participate in on-call rotation with mentorship and support from senior engineers.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 2 years’ experience in a related field. or 14 years’ experience in a related field.

• 2+ years of professional software development experience building production applications or services.
• Proficiency in Python, including writing APIs, scripts, or data processing logic.
• Familiarity with AWS cloud services (e.g., Lambda, S3, IAM, API Gateway) or another major cloud provider.
• Ability to work in the office three days per week.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation with mentorship from senior engineers.

Exposure to AI/ML-powered tools, AI APIs, prompt engineering, or building AI-enabled features.

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) or CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions).

Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) or building tool/plugin interfaces for AI systems.

Familiarity with data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, data lakes, or similar).

Familiarity with cost optimization or FinOps concepts in cloud environments.

Interest in or exposure to knowledge graphs, embeddings, vector databases, or search systems.

Experience building internal tools, developer platforms, or internal-facing products.

Prior work in automotive, media, or another large enterprise environment is a plus but not required.

Drug Testing

Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited. seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.EOE, including disability/vets