CarGurus

Automotive Marketplace

Manager,SoftwareDevelopmentEngineering

$186–233k Boston, Massachusetts, United States Remote Friendly
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Manager, Software Development Engineering at CarGurus. Skills: AI-native development, Agentic programming, Consumer-facing AI. Lead, mentor, and grow engineers. Support technical development”

Industry & Context.

Automotive Marketplace
Problems you'll solve

Technical trade-offs; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years engineering experience, 3+ years management/lead role, Solid backend foundation, Java/Spring environments, Distributed systems, Data layer design, Bachelor's degree in CS/CE, Equivalent practical experience

Nice to Have

Experience delivering consumer-facing AI features, Experience with conversational AI, Experience with agentic AI experiences

What You'll Do.

Support technical development

Drive Purchase roadmap

Champion AI-forward practices

Promote AI coding assistants

Promote agentic workflows

Promote AI-driven tooling

Lead transition to agentic programming

Define AI experiences

Drive delivery of AI features

Decompose initiatives

Drive incremental delivery

Collaborate across teams

Align on dependencies

Define integration requirements

Ensure platform evolves reliably

Pitch in where needed

Dive into technical design

Advocate for engineering excellence

Improve process and tooling

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Consumer engineering teams; Dealer engineering teams; Platform engineering teams; Product; UX; Analytics; Design

Process & Methodology

Agile, Roadmap planning, Estimation, Scope management

Full Job Description

Who we are At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we’re the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we’ve been profitable for over 15 years. What we do The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and ~30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus—our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride! Role overview CarGurus is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the Purchase team within our Consumer Engineering department. The Purchase team owns the consumer journey from the moment a shopper decides on a car to the moment the deal is done. That means delivering an experience that meets consumers where they are—whether they want agents to handle the heavy lifting on their behalf, or prefer to be guided through each step of financing, trade-in, and deal configuration themselves. This is a pivotal leadership role at an exciting moment: we are actively transitioning our engineering practices toward AI-native and fully agentic development, and this manager will be a key driver of that transformation. You'll lead a team of talented engineers, shape the technical vision for one of our most strategically important product areas, and champion AI-forward ways of working—from integ

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