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# Distinguished Software Engineer at Credit Acceptance

Compensation · Listed in posting

$232,500 – $341,000/yr

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: Washington, District of Columbia

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: staff+

**Posted**
: Sep 30, 2026

## Description

Credit Acceptance is hiring a Distinguished Engineer to set the multi-year technical strategy for the company’s enterprise architecture, including target architecture, agentic AI systems, cloud and data-platform migrations, real-time decisioning, marketplace and search systems, and AI-native engineering practices. The role is an individual-contributor position reporting to the Chief Technology Officer, requiring hands-on technical work, cross-organizational influence, and development of staff and principal engineers. It is hybrid, with work from home and some onsite work at an assigned office location.

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