Cargurus Inc.
Software Development Engineer II, Consumer
Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Mid
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About the role
- CarGurus is hiring for a software engineer in the Purchase team within our Consumer Engineering department.
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with fellow engineers, designers, and data analysts to take ideas from concept to technical design to implementation, testing, and measurement
- Build new, engaging, user-centric AI features that help shoppers find the right car, including conversational experiences on our highest-traffic pages
- Partner with product managers, UX designers, data analysts, and other engineers to ship clean, accessible, and intuitive experiences that are grounded in data and experimentation
- Be deeply engaged in the full development lifecycle designing, developing, testing, deploying, and monitoring features that reach millions of users
- Run A/B tests and leverage analytics to understand how your AI-powered experiences perform and to iterate quickly based on what you learn
- Contribute to a lively, supportive team culture where we learn from each other, celebrate wins of all sizes, and have fun building what's next!
- Experience in developing well-structured, performant applications
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience working in a Java development environment
- Experience with APIs and REST services
- Experience with AI coding assistants and multi-agent orchestration
Nice to have
- Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript and React a plus
- Experience working within the AWS ecosystem a plus
Skills
- At CarGurus (NASDAQ:
- Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth.
- 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.
- Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives.
- Come join us for the ride!
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.
- 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.
- We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth.
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