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Ritchie Bros.

Software Engineer

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Hybrid
Westchester, IL, USA
Senior level
Hybrid
Westchester, IL, USA
Senior level
Develop, enhance, and maintain the company's e-commerce microservices platform. Own service components, estimate and plan work, interpret requirements, navigate a large codebase, implement technical solutions, write unit and automation tests, assist support during incidents, and work with relational databases and frontend React integrations.
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The Software Engineer, as a member of the software development team, will be focused on developing/enhancing/maintaining our proprietary e-commerce software platform. Our customers trust our company when buying and selling the heavy equipment, trucks and other capital assets they use to run their businesses

Responsibilities
  • Takes ownership of parts of the microservices architecture.
  • Provide inputs in shaping up project delivery schedule by estimating the assigned work and time that would be spent.
  • Identify areas that are not clearly defined, know whether to escalate to senior team members to have broader discussions, or find a technical solution on your own.
  • Responsible for diving into a large code base, comprehend various components, and start to contribute to the code base in a short period of time.
  • Clarifies (sometimes non-technical) requirements (or problem) descriptions, quickly locate corresponding system components, work with other engineers (as necessary) to come up with technical solutions.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
  • Prior experience building software in a professional, multi-team environment
  • Skills in building and maintaining scalable, fault-tolerant products
  • Knowledge of Agile and the full software development lifecycle, including deployment and operation
  • Be dedicated to the quality of your work through unit testing, automation testing, and assisting our 3-tier support staff when incidents arise
  • Deep prior experience building software in a professional, multi-team environment.
  • At least five (5) years of .NET Development leveraging .NET10, MinimalAPI, modern microservices architecture.  
  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript foundations with knowledge in the React framework. An eye for developing and consuming RESTful web services
  • Database experience with Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL. Database design and tuning experience.
About Us

RB Global (NYSE: RBA)

RB Global (NYSE: RBA) (TSX: RBA) is a leading, omnichannel marketplace that provides value-added insights, services and transaction solutions for buyers and sellers of commercial assets and vehicles worldwide. Through its auction sites in 13 countries and digital platform, RB Global serves customers in more than 170 countries across a variety of asset classes, including automotive, commercial transportation, construction, government surplus, lifting and material handling, energy, mining and agriculture.

The company’s marketplace brands include Ritchie Bros., the world’s largest auctioneer of commercial assets and vehicles offering online bidding, and IAA, a leading global digital marketplace connecting vehicle buyers and sellers. RB Global’s portfolio of brands also includes Rouse Services, which provides a complete end-to-end asset management, data-driven intelligence and performance benchmarking system; SmartEquip, an innovative technology platform that supports customers’ management of the equipment lifecycle and integrates parts procurement with both OEMs and dealers; Xcira, a leader in live simulcast auction technologies; and Veritread, an online marketplace for heavy haul transport.

RB Global full-time employees are offered medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurances. Employees are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan and RB Global will match 100% for the first 4% contributed.  Employees will also receive 15 days of PTO each year.

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