Software Developer IV, Research & Development
ACV
Software Engineering
Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted on May 6, 2026
What you will do:
As a Software Developer IV at ACV Auctions you will develop, write, and modify code. You will work alongside software and production engineers to build and ship new features that optimize operational efficiency and drive growth.
- Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience.
- Architect and build entire services including but not limited to; data modeling, storage, message brokers, protocols, interfaces, and front-ends.
- Collaborate with software and production engineers to design scalable services, plan feature roll-out, and ensure high reliability and performance of our products.
- Design and develop systems across all major departments including but not limited to; data, enterprise applications, and IT
- Modify and develop custom software patterns as needed to solve highly complex software problems.
- Accountable for the overall performance of products and/or services within a defined area of focus.
- Conduct code reviews, develop high-quality documentation, and build robust test suites for your products.
- Design and build complex systems that can scale rapidly with little maintenance.
- Design and implement effective service/product interfaces.
- Develop complex data models using common patterns like EAV, normal forms, append only, event sourced, or graphs.
- Develop roadmaps and prioritizes technical debt to effectively plan features and work.
- Lead and successfully complete software projects with minimal guidance from managers.
- Lead team discussions to define requirements on new and current products.
- Provide technical support for many applications within the technology portfolio.
- Respond to and troubleshoot highly complex problems quickly, efficiently, and effectively.
- Acts as a mentor or leader for less experienced engineers.
- Handle multiple competing priorities in an agile, fast-paced environment.
- Other duties as assigned
What you will need:
- 4 Year / Bachelors Degree - Computer Science or a related technical discipline or equivalent practical experience. required
- 8 year(s) Continuous integration and tool-building experience
- Ability to read, write, speak and understand English
- Expert in version control systems
- Expert in software engineering tooling and mentors and drives adoption for new tools and tooling standards.
- Expert in release, builds, testing and the entirety of the SDLC.
- Expert at debugging distributed systems using distributed tracing and other common tools.
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