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Engineering Manager, DevX Platform as a Service

CarGurus · Boston, MA · posted 18 days ago

In short: Engineering Manager, DevX Platform as a Service at CarGurus in Boston, MA, posted 18 days ago.

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The job

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Employer	CarGurus
Location	Boston, Massachusetts
Field	Technology › Software engineering
Level	Senior Level
Source category	Software Engineering
Posted	2026-10-21 (18 days ago)
Work arrangement	On-site at the location listed
Pay	Not published in the source listing

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!

CarGurus is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead DevX PaaS, a sub-team within Developer Experience in Engineering Platform. DevX PaaS builds and operates CarGurus' Kubernetes-based developer platform, enabling product teams to ship quickly, reliably, and at scale-partnering across engineering to remove friction, modernize our stack, and accelerate time-to-market.

You'll lead a team of talented engineers, own the team's strategy and operations end to end, set the technical direction for our most important platform work, and champion AI-first ways of working.

What you'll do

Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers supporting their technical development and career growth while fostering a collaborative, high-performance team culture.
Own team strategy for DevX PaaS: translate the Engineering Platform functional plan into a team-level roadmap, own performance management and hiring/talent decisions, and represent PaaS in Engineering Platform planning and prioritization forums.
Partner closely with Engineering Platform leadership and downstream product teams to drive the PaaS roadmap from concept through technical design, implementation, and measurement
Champion AI-forward engineering practices across the team - actively promoting agentic automation of recurring maintenance and piloting a more scalable, AI-assisted support model for developer questions
Set the technical direction for the Kubernetes platform on AWS EKS and the continued evolution of our proprietary Mach5 platform with AWS-native capabilities.
Guide platform modernization to simplify developer configuration and reduce operational toil.
Manage project scope, estimation, and prioritization for the team's quarterly portfolio - balancing a heavy load of non-discretionary platform work (upgrades, migrations, maintenance, on-call) against modernization and strategic initiatives.
Collaborate effectively across team boundaries - working with Engineering Platform and product teams to align on dependencies, frame problems, and make sure downstream teams understand impacts and timelines.
Advocate for engineering excellence - reliability, security, and developer ergonomics - and represent PaaS in Engineering Platform-level forums (all-hands, capacity planning, leads meetings), translating technical trade-offs into clear, audience-appropriate language for both engineers and executive stakeholders.

What you'll bring

7+ years of relevant engineering experience, with 3+ years in an engineering management or technical lead role
Solid backend engineering foundation-comfortable engaging deeply in architectural discussions, system design, and technical trade-offs, particularly in Kubernetes/EKS environments, distributed systems, controller/operator patterns.
Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub-based workflows) and CI/CD automation.
An observability and SRE mindset: metrics, tracing, logging, SLOs, incident response, and post-incident learning.
Genuine enthusiasm for AI and agentic development: you believe AI-driven automation is the future of platform engineering, and you lead by example - setting a vision for AI-assisted maintenance and support and guiding engineers through the cultural and technical shift.
A developer/customer-focused mindset with a bias toward data-driven decisions, and a track record of building paved roads that hundreds of engineers rely on.
Strong project management skills and experience with Agile methodologies; able to drive clarity and incremental progress in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and help them grow technically and professionally, plus experience with hiring, performance management, and talent development.
A strong communicator and collaborator who builds trust across engineering and business stakeholders, and can tailor your message to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Curious, empathetic, and plays well with others - with a commitment to continuous learning and expanding your capabilities.

The displayed range represents the expected annual base salary / On-Target Earnings (OTE) for this position. On-Target Earnings (OTE) is inclusive of base salary and on-target commission earnings, which applies exclusively to sales roles.

Individual pay within this range is determined by work location and other factors such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

This annual base salary forms part of a comprehensive Total Rewards Package. In addition to benefits, this role may qualify for discretionary bonuses/incentives and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).

Position Pay Range

$154,000-$193,000 USD

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.

CarGurus may require in-person interviews as part of our hiring process, particularly for positions based in our Boston and Dublin offices. Candidates selected for an in-person interview will be notified in advance. Please be aware that travel expenses are the responsibility of the candidate.

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

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About the role

This is a Senior Level role in the Technology field (Software engineering) at CarGurus. Senior roles usually expect substantial experience, ownership of results and often the ability to guide others.

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The city

The job is in Boston, MA. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Boston compares. Among the 80 largest places in Massachusetts, Boston is #1 by population, #75 for homeownership (#1 = highest), #62 for rent (#1 = cheapest), #28 for remote work (#1 = most). Its county, Suffolk County, is #1 of 14 counties for average pay ($131,280).

The place in numbers

Boston has 666,442 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 9.5% of the population of Massachusetts. It covers 48 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 13,786 people per square mile. The median age is 33.3, 17% younger than the state median (33.3 against 40.0).

Housing

The median gross rent is $2,147 a month (rent plus utilities), 22% above the state median ($2,147 against $1,762). Over a year that is 26.5% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $731,700, which is 7.5 times the median household income ($97,344); a ratio above 5 usually means buying is out of reach without savings or a second income. 35.7% of households own their home, 43% below the state average (35.7% against 62.5%). A low ownership share points to a rental-heavy market with more apartments and shorter stays.

Work and pay

The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area has 2,703,890 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $66,620 a year, 31% above the national median ($66,620 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (265,830 jobs, median $56,580); management (254,700 jobs, median $166,580); business and financial operations (242,960 jobs, median $102,660). The area is most specialised in life, physical, and social science (2.6 times) and architecture and engineering (1.4 times), where the share of workers is well above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($166,580) and legal ($135,160). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Suffolk County was 4.2%. 69.9% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Suffolk County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 32.9% drive alone, 22.6% use public transit, 13.4% walk, 21.3% work from home. 22.0% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, about the same as the state average (22.0% against 21.5%).

People and education

54.9% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 16% above the state share (54.9% against 47.3%). 27.8% of residents were born outside the United States, 54% above the state share (27.8% against 18.1%). The poverty rate is 16.6%, 65% above the state rate (16.6% against 10.0%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 72°F (22.4°C), and the coolest is Jan at 26°F (-3.5°C). About 1,206 mm (47 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Oct is the wettest month (123 mm) and Jan the driest (80 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Winthrop Town (4 miles, rent 4% lower); Chelsea (4 miles, rent 9% lower); Everett (5 miles, rent 3% lower); Quincy (5 miles, similar rent). Rent differences are against Boston; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Where to live

CITY Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Places within 50 miles (straight line) of Boston, MA that have a guide, with what living there costs. No pay estimate is shown because the title did not match one occupation.

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Place ⇅	Distance from the job city ⇅	Median rent ⇅	Median home value ⇅	Median household income ⇅	Commute 45+ min ⇅	Rent as % of occupation pay ⇅	Open jobs there ⇅
Boston, MA	0 mi	$2,147	$731,700	$97,344	22.0%	n/a	Jobs
Winthrop Town, MA	4 mi	$2,064	$649,600	$116,167	31.2%	n/a	—
Chelsea, MA	4 mi	$1,956	$493,500	$72,179	28.1%	n/a	—
Everett, MA	5 mi	$2,076	$610,000	$85,218	31.6%	n/a	—
Quincy, MA	5 mi	$2,118	$618,500	$98,882	33.4%	n/a	—
Somerville, MA	6 mi	$2,517	$911,300	$132,572	20.9%	n/a	—
Cambridge, MA	6 mi	$2,787	$1,092,100	$130,748	13.3%	n/a	Jobs
Revere, MA	6 mi	$2,076	$597,400	$86,969	30.0%	n/a	—
Brookline, MA	6 mi	$2,835	$1,246,800	$142,101	14.7%	n/a	—
Malden, MA	7 mi	$2,204	$633,500	$100,606	30.2%	n/a	—
Milton, MA	7 mi	$1,474	$933,200	$188,529	28.4%	n/a	—
Medford, MA	7 mi	$2,509	$755,500	$129,540	22.0%	n/a	—
Melrose, MA	8 mi	$1,970	$822,900	$133,953	34.0%	n/a	—
Saugus, MA	9 mi	$2,241	$603,400	$101,539	19.7%	n/a	—
Belmont, MA	9 mi	$2,527	$1,159,000	$183,137	19.2%	n/a	—
Braintree Town, MA	9 mi	$2,024	$656,800	$122,214	28.9%	n/a	—
Arlington, MA	9 mi	$2,082	$933,800	$150,701	27.3%	n/a	—
Newton, MA	10 mi	$2,370	$1,264,900	$190,304	17.0%	n/a	—
Lynn, MA	10 mi	$1,722	$510,100	$75,043	23.6%	n/a	—
Weymouth Town, MA	10 mi	$1,941	$552,100	$102,714	32.9%	n/a	—

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Distances

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From ⇅	Straight-line distance (miles) ⇅	Population of that city ⇅
New York, NY	190 mi	8,483,844
Philadelphia, PA	268 mi	1,579,706
Columbus, OH	643 mi	914,802
Charlotte, NC	722 mi	903,844
Indianapolis, IN	807 mi	885,860
Chicago, IL	854 mi	2,711,226
Jacksonville, FL	1,017 mi	977,670
Oklahoma City, OK	1,494 mi	697,125
Dallas, TX	1,549 mi	1,307,930
Fort Worth, TX	1,578 mi	963,194
Houston, TX	1,605 mi	2,328,253
Austin, TX	1,695 mi	979,539
Denver, CO	1,762 mi	718,877
San Antonio, TX	1,766 mi	1,479,835
Phoenix, AZ	2,294 mi	1,642,323
Seattle, WA	2,489 mi	754,195
San Diego, CA	2,576 mi	1,389,526
Los Angeles, CA	2,603 mi	3,857,263
San Jose, CA	2,678 mi	990,138
San Francisco, CA	2,727 mi	830,235

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City ⇅	Straight-line distance ⇅	Open jobs ⇅
Cambridge, MA	6 mi	58
Waltham, MA	12 mi	3
Framingham, MA	21 mi	6
Andover, MA	23 mi	8
Barrington, RI	44 mi	1
Amherst, MA	77 mi	14

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What is the Engineering Manager, DevX Platform as a Service job at CarGurus?

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Median rent in Boston is $2,147 a month and median household income $97,344 (ACS 2020–2024).

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