Software Engineer

About Carvana...

If you like disrupting the norm and are looking for a company revolutionizing an industry then you will LOVE what Carvana has done for the car buying experience. Buying a car the old-fashioned way sucks and we are working hard to make it NOT suck. At Carvana, our customers can hop online to...

• Search and browse our inventory of over 20,000 vehicles that we own and certify.


• Narrow down search results using highly intelligent filtering tools/components.


• View vehicle details, Carfax reports, and 360 rotating studio images for every vehicle.


• Secure financing in minutes using Carvana’s in-house service or their own bank.


• Interact with GUI components to easily customize loan length, down payment, and monthly payment.


• Generate, upload, and eSign all documents online (no ink necessary).


• Schedule front-door delivery or pick up at one of our vending machines .


• Trade in their existing vehicle or just sell it to Carvana (no purchase necessary).

For more on Carvana and our mission, sneak a peek and learn more about what it’s like to work here from the people who already do .

Work Model : This is a 100% on-site role at our Tempe office, Monday through Friday.

About the team and position:

Ready to make a massive impact? We are growing our team at our Tempe, AZ headquarters to own a critical element of our business: the Vehicle Details Page on marketplace.adesa.com . This is your chance to shape the core experience where thousands of wholesale dealers find and purchase vehicles daily in our exciting, fast-paced timed sales. We're obsessed with performance, pushing for best-in-class load times and a world-class user experience on a platform that has seen 100x search volume growth in just two years. You'll tackle fun, complex engineering challenges using a modern stack (React, NX, Module Federation, C#, GraphQL, Azure) and see your work directly influence the success of a marketplace that is THE digital future of ADESA and Carvana.

What you’ll be doing...

• Design, develop, maintain, and deploy back-end solutions using C# / dotNetCore (GraphQL and RESTful server-side via Web API) stacks and cloud services (Azure: functions, Service Bus, etc.)


• Work with cloud systems, pipelines, and resources


• Perform data storage and persistence containers querying using SQL, NoSQL, and caching technologies


• Develop loosely coupled solutions that are scalable, testable, modularized, and reusable


• Work in a team environment using Kanban project approaches


• Learn and try new technologies, approaches, and participate in bringing software engineering in Carvana to the next level

Skills and experience

• Minimum 4+ years of software development, with consistently advancing skills and responsibilities


• Experience in dotNetCore and C#


• Passion for learning new programming languages


• Experience working with data storage (SQL or NoSQL)


• Experience in writing unit tests


• Experience in debugging and troubleshooting web services, API, and libraries


• Good communication and collaboration skills - Carvana developers work very closely with strong supporting teams and require great interpersonal skills including a positive attitude and sense of humor

Bonus Skills (Helpful, but not required)

• Experience in contemporary JavaScript / TypeScript (ES2015+), React Hooks, Next.js, Nx


• Experience in using any cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, RedHat, etc.)


• Experience in using any message queue, such as Kafka or RabbitMQ


• Experience in writing GraphQL interfaced services


• Experience in working with authentication and authorization

What we'll offer in return

• Competitive salary and Carvana stock compensation.


• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits.


• 401K with company match.


• A multitude of perks, including student loan payments, discounts on vehicles, benefits for your pets, and much more.


• A robust wellness program to support your physical and mental health.


• Access to opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across the organization.


• A company culture that promotes from within, offering a startup atmosphere for varied and rapid career development.

Don’t meet 100% of the qualifications?

At Carvana, we value diversity in backgrounds and experiences. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't fit exactly. Give it a shot!

Legal Stuff

Hiring is contingent on passing a complete background check. This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Carvana is an equal employment opportunity employer. All applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. Carvana also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.

Please note this job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.