Manager of Platform as a Service
Meet CarGurus—the #1 visited online car shopping website in the US. At CarGurus, we’re building the world’s most trusted and transparent automotive marketplace where it’s easy to find great deals from top-rated dealers.
Founded in 2006 by Langley Steinert (co-founder of TripAdvisor), CarGurus is a technology company with a passion for data and its power to simplify every aspect of the car shopping experience. Using proprietary technology, search algorithms, and innovative data analytics, we provide unbiased validation on pricing, dealer reputation, and vehicle history.
CarGurus is looking for a leader passionate about Continuous Delivery, Platform as a service, self-service pipelines, and ephemeral environments. They will be reporting to the VP of Platform Engineering and working closely with their engineering peers.
As a manager, you are responsible for our journey to full continuous delivery powered by services meshes and canaries. Additionally, you will be responsible for delivering the next generation of self-service ephemeral environments.
What you’ll do:
- Lead the team to develop the new generation of full continuous delivery automation.
- Empower the CarGurus development community with self-service ephemeral environments.
- Pioneer our R&D efforts by introducing service-mesh capabilities.
- Develop instrumentation on our AWS platform to allow teams to be fully self service.
- Champion the art of moving fast in a controlled manner by adopting Contiuos Delivery.
- Be passionate about growing careers and mentoring engineers across both the individual contributor and manager tracks.
- Use Agile Scrum to deliver on the team’s commitments and strengthen the team's velocity over time.
- Work with the team to set quarterly departmental goals and metrics for the team.
- Coach, mentor, train and develop a growing engineering team. Engineers feel motivated when they feel like they are valued, delivering and learning. Help make that happen.
Who you are:
- A developer at heart, who is passionate about automating all things.Previous experience leading/running multiple teams of application engineers with a passion for DevOps and Automation
- Strong practitioner of Agile scrum methodology and ability to mentor the team on standard methodologies as and when needed.
- Experience driving metrics for the organization
- Experience with affecting change and establishing standard methodologies where needed.
- Ability to translate broad company strategies into clear, specific objectives and impactful plans.
CarGurus Culture:
Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, women and other marginalized folks tend to only apply when they check every box. So if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch. We'd love to have a chat and see if you could be a great fit.
At CarGurus, we invest in our people’s professional growth with everything from learning and development programs to tuition reimbursement. Want to work on projects that expand your skill set without sacrificing your work/life balance? You got it. We also strive to provide perks and benefits that employees actually care about like free lunch, commuter subsidies, and more. That includes equity in the company—our way of showing that we want you here for the long haul.
We work hard every day to build the world’s most trusted and transparent automotive marketplace, but trust and transparency don’t just apply to our consumers. They extend to our talent, too. We aim to create a workplace where everyone feels they can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential—where you don’t just fit, you thrive. We don’t 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 recognize that flexibility plays a critical role in enabling our people to thrive in both their personal and professional lives. We currently welcome Gurus into our Cambridge, MA office on a voluntary basis but do not require employees to physically be in the office. We will adopt a hybrid working model when health experts and government officials in our local communities deem it safe to do so. Specific arrangements within this model will be up to team leaders’ discretion; we encourage you to discuss your questions and needs during the interview process.
All US CarGurus employees are required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19, unless they have an approved medical or religious accommodation. This helps us to safeguard the health of our employees and their families, our customers and visitors, and the community at large.
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