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 a Sourcing Insights Manager to lead initiatives aimed at equipping our extensive dealer network with innovative data solutions to improve their vehicle acquisition strategies. This role marks our entry into a crucial domain within the automotive industry, directly impacting dealers’ core business operations. You will be responsible for the end-to-end process of developing, deploying, and continuously refining data-driven insights. This iterative approach is vital as we navigate this new market segment, focusing on achieving optimal product-market fit. Success in this role demands a blend of strategic vision, analytical rigor, and a strong commitment to empowering dealers with actionable intelligence.
What you’ll do
- Lead a team of 6-8 full-stack Software Engineers
- Lead whiteboard sessions and architecture design conversations while engineering a solution to the challenges at hand
- Ensure your team writes clean, well-tested, and efficient code
- Collaborate with product management, data analysts and other engineers to identify and scope opportunities
- Contribute to roadmap definition
- Make data-driven decisions
- Monitor and improve upon the performance of products and solutions
- Be an owner of critical pieces of software
What you’ll bring
- 5+ years of product software development experience
- 2+ years of experience managing and leading software development teams
- Strong software architecture skills with the ability to thoughtfully make tradeoffs between development speed and overall quality
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to mentor, collaborate with, and lead software engineers
- Excellent collaborator with proven experience working in a cross-functional team including Product, Design, and Analytics
- Excellent communicator who can tailor messaging based on audience, which can range from junior engineers to senior business leaders to third-party vendors
- Strong project management skills, experience with Agile methodologies is a plus
- Detail oriented leader who makes data-driven decisions
- Experience with JavaScript, React/Redux, or other frontend technologies is a plus
Working at CarGurus
We reward our Gurus’ curiosity and passion with best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us. Our career development and corporate giving programs, as well as our employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities, help people build connections while making an impact in personally meaningful ways. A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being. Thoughtful perks like daily free lunch, a new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and more help our people create space for what matters most in their personal and professional lives.
We welcome all
CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential—starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. That’s why we hope you’ll apply even if you don’t check every box listed in the job description. We also encourage you to tell your recruiter if you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process due to a disability so we can provide the appropriate support. We want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus. #LI-Hybrid
