Software Development Engineer II, Consumer
About The Position
CarGurus is hiring for a software engineer in the Purchase team within our Consumer Engineering department. The Purchase team owns the consumer journey from the moment a shopper decides on a car to the moment the deal is done. That means delivering an experience that meets consumers where they are—whether they want agents to handle the heavy lifting on their behalf, or prefer to be guided through each step of financing, trade-in, and deal configuration themselves. Our mission is to deliver comprehensive, accurate, and engaging vehicle information, fostering trust and driving informed and high-intent consumer decisions, while upholding CarGurus’ standards for innovation, user-centricity, and technical excellence. In this role, you’ll contribute to high‑visibility parts of our site, introduce AI to our consumer experiences, and collaborate closely with partners in Product, UX, and Analytics. It’s a fast‑moving, impact‑oriented environment with mentorship, where you’ll grow your skills in product thinking and modern development while shipping meaningful improvements.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience working in a Java development environment
- Experience implementing consumer-facing AI features
- Experience with APIs and REST services
- Experience in developing well-structured, performant applications
- Experience with AI coding assistants and multi-agent orchestration
- Understanding of algorithms, data structures and design patterns
- Strong communicator with a collaborative spirit and strong attention to detail
Nice To Haves
- Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript and React a plus
- Experience working within the AWS ecosystem a plus
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with fellow engineers, designers, and data analysts to take ideas from concept to technical design to implementation, testing, and measurement
- Build new, engaging, user-centric AI features that help shoppers find the right car, including conversational experiences on our highest-traffic pages
- Use AI coding assistants and multi-agent workflows as part of your daily development process to prototype faster, improve code quality, and automate repetitive tasks
- Partner with product managers, UX designers, data analysts, and other engineers to ship clean, accessible, and intuitive experiences that are grounded in data and experimentation
- Be deeply engaged in the full development lifecycle designing, developing, testing, deploying, and monitoring features that reach millions of users
- Run A/B tests and leverage analytics to understand how your AI-powered experiences perform and to iterate quickly based on what you learn
- Contribute to a lively, supportive team culture where we learn from each other, celebrate wins of all sizes, and have fun building what’s next!
Benefits
- equity for all employees, both when they start and as they continue to grow with us
- career development and corporate giving programs
- employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities
- flexible hybrid model
- robust time off policies
- daily free lunch
- new car discount
- meditation and fitness apps
- commuting cost coverage
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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