Sr Software Engineer

Company: Cox Automotive
Location: Savannah
Posted on: February 18, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description We are seeking an exceptionally ambitious and high-performing Senior Software Engineer who thrives on designing simple, scalable solutions to complex problems. As an energetic influencer on our team, you'll apply secure software engineering principles to independently deliver complex features, support architectural decisions, and ensure systems are built for scalability, resilience, and long-term maintainability. This role requires proficiency with AI-assisted development tools to accelerate design, coding, testing, and troubleshooting across the SDLC. You'll be well-versed in leveraging AI tools responsibly while ensuring all AI-generated output is thoroughly reviewed and validated to meet our engineering standards. Success in this position requires comfort collaborating within Agile methodology as part of a cross-functional team in a fast-paced environment. Beyond technical delivery, you'll emphasize strong software craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and mentorship of less experienced engineers. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll help guide technical practices within the team and contribute meaningfully to the company's growth and success. What You'll Do: - Serve as a contributing engineer on teams responsible for delivering complex product features and system enhancements, incorporating AI-assisted development tools into daily workflows to increase effectiveness and reduce manual effort. - Break down functional and business requirements into clear, estimable technical tasks, using both traditional analysis and AI-enabled exploration to evaluate complexity and potential implementation paths. - Write high-quality, maintainable code along with end-to-end automated tests for business-critical components. Use AI responsibly to support test generation, documentation, and refactoring tasks while validating all output. - Ensure quality, performance, observability, security, and adherence to specifications for assigned development tasks and adjacent systems. Use AI-supported analysis tools to detect vulnerabilities, code-quality issues, or performance bottlenecks. - Work with fellow engineers to ensure design and implementation decisions align with architectural standards, system constraints, and long-term platform strategy. - Evaluate alternative technical approaches and provide input on patterns, frameworks, and secure coding practices, including leveraging AI to compare solution options or analyze tradeoffs. - Troubleshoot complex issues using a combination of traditional debugging, log analysis, and AI-assisted root-cause exploration to accelerate diagnosis and remediation. - Contribute to modernization efforts by refactoring legacy components, supporting migration plans, and using AI tools to analyze older code and propose updated patterns. - Help define, promote, and support team coding standards, development patterns, and best practices, including proper use of AI in development workflows. - Provide informal technical leadership and mentorship to Software Engineers I and II, including coaching them on responsible AI usage, prompt strategies, and validation techniques. - Document processes, designs, and best practices and leverage AI tools when appropriate to improve clarity, consistency, and completeness. - Communicate status, risks, and technical considerations clearly to teammates, managers, and product stakeholders. - Contribute insights and improvements from prompt experimentation and AI-augmented workflows to help refine team standards and engineering practices. Who You Are: - Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 4 years' experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 2 years' experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 16 years' experience in a related field. - Experience in developing RESTful micro-services using Java Spring Boot. - Experience with AWS cloud services, like EC2, lambda, S3, DynamoDB, and/or Amazon RDS. - Good to have working knowledge of DevOps concepts and continuous delivery pipelines using tools like Maven, GitHubActions, CDK. USD 101,500.00 - 169,100.00 per year Compensation: Compensation includes a base salary of $101,500.00 - $169,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program. Benefits: The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

Keywords: Cox Automotive, Summerville , Sr Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , Savannah, South Carolina