Software Engineer II, Listing Services

Company: CarGurus LLC
Location: Boston
Posted on: April 3, 2025

Job Description:

Who we areAt 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 doThe 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 overviewAs a core member of the Listing Services team, this Software Engineer II will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data analysts and product managers, to guide projects from concept through technical design, implementation, testing, and performance measurement. This person will also develop and deploy clean, well-tested, efficient, and production-ready code, ensuring high standards of quality and performance.What you'll do

• Improve search experience and performance for millions of users across millions of cars globally.
• Ensure reliable and timely production support for mission-critical Listing Service applications, maintaining optimal performance and addressing high-priority incidents with efficiency.
• Participate in whiteboard sessions and design conversations on engineering the best solution to the challenges at hand.
• Be deeply engaged in the full development lifecycle designing, developing, testing, deploying, maintaining, monitoring and improving software.What you'll bring
  • Familiar with Java (preferred) or similar language.
  • Experience with concurrency, multi-threading, web applications and event driven architectures.
  • A strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and complexity analysis.
  • Proven expertise in optimizing application performance through the design and implementation of efficient caching strategies and performance improvement techniques.
  • Data-driven when making decisions.
  • Experience in Search Engine Framework and NoSQL is preferred.Working at CarGurusWe 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 allCarGurus 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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