Senior Software Engineer - Machine Learning

at  Carmax

8901 - Corp Office West Crk - 12800 Tuckahoe Creek Parkway, Richmond, Virginia, 23238
CarMax, the way your career should be!

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 5+ years’ software-engineering experience in an enterprise-level environment
• 2+ years’ experience designing and developing on distributed architectures (microservices, Kubernetes, etc.)
• 2+ years leading the end-to-end design and development of scalable services to be consumed by the enterprise, including monitoring and production support
• Proficient in the Python programming language
• 2+ years’ experience building enterprise-level solutions with Microsoft Azure or equivalent cloud technologies
• Experience in DevOps practices, testing frameworks, and CI/CD
• Excellent communication skills, adapting to various audience types
• Experience on a fast-paced, highly collaborative agile team within a Product-oriented organization
• Ability to positively influence team norms, culture, and technical vision
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related Technology field or equivalent experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Decision Sciences or equivalent area
• Proficient in an object-oriented programming language (i.e. C#, Java)
• Proficient in writing production level code in python (services, applications, etc.)
• Experience in machine-learning and/or AIaaS with demonstrated knowledge or projects
• Familiarity with MLOps and industry-standard machine-learning Python libraries
• Enthusiastic about the vision of building an augmented algorithmic organization
• Model Development and Deployment (MLFlow, Azure ML, Sage Maker, or others)
• Data Science Libraries and Algorithms (TensorFlow, Scikit, PyTorch, etc)

Work Location and Arrangement: This role will be based out of one of the following locations and have a Hybrid work arrangement:

• Richmond, VA Technology Innovation Center
• Dallas, TX Technology Hub
• Atlanta, GA CarMax Auto Finance Office

Work Authorization: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Sponsorship will be considered for this specific role.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

At CarMax, we are industry disruptors. At the heart of our innovation is new digital products. Working on many different aspects of the customer experience, our Senior Engineers research and discover new opportunities and shape products to fulfill them. From inception to completion, you will develop tools and technology, learning quickly from our spirit of experimentation. You will have a direct impact on improving the performance of our business and ensuring customers can buy the vehicles they want in a way that is right for them!
The Senior Engineer in the Data Science and Machine Learning Engineering team at CarMax will be responsible for in providing reliable and scalable machine-learning capabilities across the organization. This role will closely partner with Data Scientists to design and productionalize machine learning models, including testing and monitoring of the applications and front-end experiences. The ideal candidate will have the substantial experience in software engineering and cloud engineering that is necessary to turn machine learning models into highly visible, mission-critical capabilities that drive CarMax’s iconic customer experience and will have a passion for Data Science and Machine Learning.

Work Location and Arrangement: This role will be based out of one of the following locations and have a Hybrid work arrangement:

• Richmond, VA Technology Innovation Center
• Dallas, TX Technology Hub
• Atlanta, GA CarMax Auto Finance Offic