Software Engineer, AutoScout24
AI Enabler
New and used car marketplace
Open for applications
New and used car marketplace
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help make mobility decisions easier for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- Deep, hands-on experience building production systems (we expect you’ve spent at least 5 years doing this, possibly much more), ideally with TypeScript/Node.js/Next.js or Java/Spring Boot on AWS, Azure or GCP
- Proven experience working in large, existing codebases and delivering well-tested, maintainable features in web or backend services
- Demonstrated personal excellence in using GenAI coding tools (for example GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, OpenAI Codex) to significantly improve your own development speed and quality: code generation, refactoring, debugging, tests and documentation
- Experience integrating LLM APIs (such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Vertex AI or similar) into applications or internal tools
- Strong communication and influencing skills: you can introduce new tools and practices, align stakeholders, handle skepticism and iterate based on feedback
- A curious, growth-oriented mindset: you actively seek out new practices and tools, you are comfortable learning in public, and you help others do the same
- A pragmatic view of GenAI: you understand its limitations and risks and know how to put guardrails in place (reviews, tests, policies) to keep usage safe, compliant and sustainable at scale
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a strong Software Engineer / AI Enabler to multiply the impact of our Product & Technology organization
- This role is for someone who is excited about GenAI’s boosting their own engineering performance and productivity and now wants to influence a large, ambitious organization—raising the bar for how software is delivered in a complex, established and market-leading business, not a greenfield startup
- The engineering world is moving very fast
- We are all learning every day
- Your core traits should be curiosity and a strong drive to learn and grow
- We do not expect you to know everything
- We expect you to help accelerate our curiosity and learning culture, and to become AI-first together with us
- Join one of our builders’ teams to build great products loved by our customers
- Apply an AI-first mindset to every phase of you-build-it-you-run-it: from design and coding to testing, deployment and operations
- Work hands-on in real product codebases (for example TypeScript/Node/Next.js or Java/Spring), using GenAI tools to accelerate development, improve quality and simplify existing systems
- Build and evolve AI-powered internal tools and workflows (assistants for coding, reviews, documentation, testing) that engineers across AutoScout24 can rely on every day
- Act as a multiplier and culture driver: coach teams on effective GenAI usage, share patterns and anti-patterns, and help establish AI-first ways of working across our engineering organization
- Experiment, measure and improve: run small, data-informed experiments with teams, learn what works in our context, and turn successful approaches into repeatable standards and playbooks
Our take
AutoScout24 is an online classifieds platform for new and used vehicles that’s been expanding its reach across 10 European markets for over two decades now. This period, however, offers a unique opportunity for growth - and AutoScout24 appears to be taking full advantage.
Both the new and used cars markets saw a big kick recently, as semiconductor shortages hobbled production lines and backlogs saw consumers opting for used vehicles instead. This meant big movement on the AutoScout24 platform, and the company used that to renovate its offering.
As it takes full advantage of the market, it has recently expanded its global reach by acquiring Canada's Trader Corporation, strengthening its position in both European and Canadian markets. A promising acquisition that positions AutoScout24 for continued growth in the automotive sector.
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Insights
5% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Au-Haidhausen, Munich, Germany
Leadership
Peter Brooks-Johnson
(CEO)They joined AutoScout24 in 2023 at CEO. Prior to this, they spent over 16 years at Right move as a Product Director and CEO. They are also an experienced Consultant having worked at The Berkeley Partnership and Andersen Consulting.
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