Senior Software Engineer
Company: AutoScout24
Location: Toronto (Canada)
Type: Full-time
Posted: 2026-05-12
About this role
- We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Tech Transformation who takes end-to-end ownership, thrives in ambiguity, and wants to build systems that matter
- This role is central to modernizing our platform so we can better detect fraud, assess risk, and move faster as a business
- You’ll help shape architecture, influence technical direction, and own what you build—from design to production
- The software you’ll build directly influences financial trust, fraud prevention, and risk decisions across Canada’s automotive ecosystem
- Your work will have real impact at scale—and you’ll have the autonomy and responsibility to shape how it’s done
- If you’re motivated by ownership, technical challenges, and building systems that truly matter, you’ll feel at home here
- Build & Evolve Critical Systems
- Improve and extend a large, production-grade codebase with a strong bias for clean code, testing, and long-term maintainability
- Design and implement scalable, resilient solutions using modern architecture principles (modularity, clear boundaries, observability)
- Modernize legacy components to unlock new capabilities in fraud detection and risk analysis
- Own Architecture & Technical Decisions
- Drive architectural discussions and decisions, balancing pragmatism with technical excellence
- Set and enforce high quality bars for new services and modules, with a focus on testability, performance, and reliability
- Identify and reduce technical debt in ways that measurably improve developer velocity and system robustness
- Build With an Ownership Mindset
- Work across the full software lifecycle: design, build, deploy, operate, and iterate
- Embrace a “you build it, you run it” DevOps mindset alongside your team
- Make thoughtful trade-offs between effort, quality, and user value—always with accountability for outcomes
- Collaborate & Lead
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers in an agile, cross-functional team
- Contribute ideas, challenge ...