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Since 2001, Procede Software has been a leading provider of enterprise-level Dealer Management Solutions (DMS) for the heavy-duty truck and ancillary markets. Serving dealer locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia, the industry’s leading dealerships trust Excede to run their business because of its full functionality across all dealership departments, high reliability, and strong integration with their OEM providers. Excede, its powerful DMS, leverages the strength of Microsoft® SQL technology to provide advanced Windows® and browser-based applications with real-time information.

The Software Developer is part of an agile development team responsible for building enterprise grade software systems using modern cloud-native and SaaS oriented technologies. This role contributes across the full software development lifecycle, including design, development, testing, and deployment, while leading complex initiatives and mentoring junior team members. The position requires deep expertise in cloud platform services, modern web application frameworks, event driven architectures, and containerized deployment strategies, particularly as the organization transitions from a legacy on premises monolithic system to a scalable cloud based environment. The team operates within an AI augmented software development lifecycle, leveraging AI assisted tools to accelerate delivery, improve code quality, and enable automation across the development pipeline, and this role performs work with a high degree of independence while reporting to the Senior Director of Software Development.

Why This Role

Let’s be honest — this is not a maintenance gig. We have an immense, fascinating problem to solve: dismantling a battle-tested on-premises monolith and reimagining it as a modern, cloud-native platform built for the future. If you’re the kind of engineer who lights up when you hear “architecture whiteboard session,” this is your playground.

We are committed to staying on the cutting edge of AI-assisted development. Agentic AI isn’t a bullet point on our roadmap — it’s woven into how we work every day. Tokens flow like the Amazon River through our pipelines, and our tooling evolves as fast as the models do. You won’t be waiting for permission to experiment; you’ll be expected to push the boundaries of what’s possible with AI-augmented engineering.

If you thrive on solving hard problems at scale, want to be an architect and builder — not just a ticket-closer — and get genuinely excited about shaping a forward-thinking engineering culture, you’ll find this role deeply rewarding. We’re building something big, and we want people who want to build it with us.

Why Procede? - This is what our Senior Director of Software Development has to say… watch this video

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Architect cloud-native solutions across managed services such as serverless compute, managed databases, API gateways, and web hosting, as well as event-driven systems using message brokers and streaming platforms; own the topology, contracts, and failure modes
• Direct fleets of agentic coding assistants to deliver new applications, services, and front-end experiences by defining the intent, establishing architectural guardrails, and ensuring quality in design, accessibility, and user experience
• Lead the decomposition of legacy monolithic applications into cloud-hosted services; identify seams, define bounded contexts, sequence the migration, and oversee agent driven refactoring efforts end to end
• Engineer and continuously refine prompts, context, evaluation harnesses, and agentic workflows that support an AI-augmented software development lifecycle
• Conduct code reviews with a focus on identifying architectural drift, security gaps, and subtle quality issues that may not be detected through automated review tools
• Own observability, reliability, and performance of cloud-hosted services; diagnose production issues that require cross system reasoning, including those originating from AI generated code
• Set technical direction, mentor junior engineers on effectively leveraging AI-assisted tooling, and communicate clearly across technical and non technical audiences, including explaining outputs generated by AI-assisted tools and the rationale for human decisions

Desired Qualifications/ Skills

• Experience architecting cloud-native solutions on managed platform services such as web application hosting, serverless functions, API management, and managed databases, as well as event driven architectures using messaging and streaming patterns
• Experience supporting or leading the migration of legacy on-premises monolithic applications to cloud-native distributed architectures, including identifying seams, sequencing migrations, and managing risk
• Understanding of API development, integration patterns, and secure service-to-service communication
• Strong code review skills, including the ability to identify architectural drift, security gaps, hallucinated or incorrect outputs, and subtle correctness issues that may not be detected by automated tools
• Understanding of modern programming languages and software design principles, with the ability to read, evaluate, and refine AI generated code
• Experience with containerized deployments, infrastructure management practices, and CI/CD pipelines in cloud environments
• Experience with relational and non-relational database design, querying, and managed cloud database services
• Ability to analyze and understand existing codebases, including legacy systems, and accurately interpret system behavior and intent

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems or related field
  (Equivalent professional experience may substitute for formal education)
• 6+ years in software engineering, technical architecture, or AI-augmented development roles, with significant time spent in cloud-based and/or SaaS product environments

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit at a desk, computer terminal or meeting table for a long period of time
• Ability to use hands and fingers or adoptive equipment to safely operate assigned equipment
• Ability to lift up to 20 lbs
• Ability to use telephone frequently for a long period of time, and to hear and speak clearly by telephone

The Exciting Stuff

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Competitive Compensation
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO)
• 14 Paid Holidays
• Lifestyle & Wellness Reimbursement
• Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Work equipment (laptop, monitor(s), keyboard, mouse, etc.)
• Destination office in Solana Beach, CA
• Hybrid work schedule

Location and Compensation

This is a hybrid-remote role; candidates based in San Diego county are expected to work a minimum of one day per week in the office, those residing outside of San Diego county will be considered fully remote. The base salary for this role ranges from $120,000 to $180,000 per year, based on factors such as education, experience, qualifications, skills, certifications, and location, etc.

In addition to our comprehensive benefit package, our company encourages and supports career development. We are equally invested in our employees’ success and believe in a partnership where individuals can grow professionally.

Culture

We work hard and play hard; we strive to create a culture that is as equally challenging as it is fun and rewarding! Please view our social media pages to get a glimpse of our company sponsored events:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/procedesoftwareofficial/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/procede-software

We are proud of our company and welcome you to visit our website to see why and learn a little bit more about us: https://www.procedesoftware.com/company/.

We hope you are interested in our Company and our Software Developer role and welcome anyone to apply!

Procede Software provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Procede will not sponsor applicants for immigration-related benefits.