Cargurus Inc.

Cargurus Inc.

Software Engineering Manager, SEO & Content

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Sponsorship not specified$186k-$233kDetected 26 days ago
JavaScriptJavaReactA/B TestingSEOExcelLeadershipCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • Traditional SEO remains critical, but discovery is increasingly happening through AI powered search and recommendation experiences.
  • This team sits at the intersection of engineering, content, and growth, helping ensure CarGurus remains visible, trusted, and easy to discover wherever shoppers begin their journey.You don't need to be an SEO expert on day one.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of engineers through coaching, technical direction, and professional development.
  • Build and evolve systems and experiences used by millions of shoppers throughout their car buying journey.
  • Partner with Product and Marketing stakeholders to establish priorities and align SEO strategies with broader business goals.
  • Drive execution against the team's roadmap, balancing short term impact with long term investments in platform capabilities and technical foundations.
  • Use data and experimentation to validate hypotheses, measure impact, and continuously improve organic traffic quality and shopper engagement.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with marketing, design, analytics, engineering, and content teams to implement features to enhance search engine visibility and user experience.
  • Own SEO problems end-to-end, managing diverse systems and technologies to optimize efficiency and user experience.
  • 6+ years of hands-on software design and development experience
  • You excel at building relationships and influencing across functions and organizational boundaries.

Requirements

  • 2+ years of experience managing software development teams
  • You have experience leading engineering teams and creating environments where people can do their best work.
  • You are comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast moving environments and making thoughtful tradeoffs.
  • You have experience delivering customer facing web experiences at scale.
  • You have JavaScript and React experience.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Remix is a strong plus.
  • Experience with Java based services is a strong plus.

Compensation

  • The displayed range represents the expected annual base salary / On-Target Earnings (OTE) for this position.

Company info

  • 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!
  • 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.
  • 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!

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