Enterprise Applications Architect
Who we are
At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. It all started in 2006 when Langley Steinert—Tripadvisor’s cofounder—gathered a small team of developers to help 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
Our Enterprise Applications Team is looking for an Enterprise Applications Architect who will serve as the high-level specialist of Enterprise Applications stack – currently Salesforce, Salesforce CPQ, Marketo, Zuora, Netsuite, Dell Boomi, Marketo and system integrations.
The right candidate will have the opportunity to play a role in an exceptionally important and highly visible project: the complete rebuild of the CarGurus enterprise application stack!
What you'll do
- Promotes conceptual / planning level of the application architecture in collaboration with other development, information security, product and IT teams.
- Evaluate solutions options and collaborate on the technical aspects with development teams to deliver full lifecycle SFDC implementations.
- Drive architecture and design technology solutions for solving business problems, while authoring technical specifications and detailed design documents.
- Implement functionality as a hands-on specialist, especially in technically challenging projects, providing solutions for performance optimization, security, and high availability of the applications.
- Excellent communication skill as the role demands to work with wide range of partners across various business/technical domains
- Act as a trusted advisor across business, Enterprise Apps, and engineering to develop thoughtful, forward-thinking solutions.
What you'll bring
- 10 years of proven experience growing levels of responsibility developing solutions and applications
- Experience system designer who amplifies the capability of teams to effectively deliver solutions.
- 5 years on Salesforce and Force.com platforms as part of implementation teams.
- 5 years of Salesforce CRM implementation experience, with 3+ full cycle implementations, including all aspects of Sales and Customer Support processes, CPQ engines for subscription management, price optimization engines, as well as the adjacent systems within the Salesforce eco-system (i.e. marketing automation, databases, external objects, billing system, etc).
- Demonstrable experience in Salesforce Technical Architect Role.
- Experienced in Salesforce Service Cloud
- Demonstrable understanding of IT systems including system design, Object Oriented Design, databases, programming and integration concepts specifically HTML, browsers, JavaScript, Web Services, AJAX, ESB.
- Solid understanding of Master Data Management especially within a hybrid environment of Saas, home-grown, and on-prem applications and databases.
- 5 + years experience designing and implementing Integration patterns and standard methodologies
- Proven track record of developing an organization and achieving results through others.
- Strong oral/written communication, presentation, and organizational skills.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills for driving critical initiatives through diverse organizations. Excellent customer service skills.
- Ability to work within multiple work streams at one time.
- Bachelor’s degree. Salesforce Technical Architect certification 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 want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus.
Additional information
US employees must provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation. #LI-Hybrid