CarGurus · 2 days ago
Senior Software Development Engineer, DevX Platform as a Service
Boston, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$140K/yr - $176K/yr
4+ years expCarGurus is the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, dedicated to bringing trust and transparency to car shopping. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their DevX Platform as a Service team to design, build, and operate their Kubernetes-based developer platform, focusing on reliability, security, and developer ergonomics.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate the Kubernetes platform on AWS EKS with a focus on reliability, security, and developer ergonomics (multi‑env, multi‑region)
Advance our Controller/Operator and deployment model to provide consistent, self‑service delivery across repositories and environments
Lead critical upgrades and rollouts: Kubernetes, Rancher, and routine add‑on upgrades utilizing ArgoCD and HCP Terraform
Drive autoscaling and cost/performance wins by partnering with product teams to adopt autoscaling practices and supporting policies/templates that balance efficiency and performance
Raise platform reliability by hardening alerting/runbooks and participating in our on‑call rotation with sensible, business‑hours expectations and documented handoffs
Explore and implement service connectivity improvements (e.g., service discovery/mesh) to simplify developer configuration and reduce operational toil
Qualification
Required
4+ years of experience working as a Software Engineer in a professional setting
Proficiency with containerization and cloud environments
Deep Kubernetes/EKS experience operating production workloads at scale
Strong Go (or equivalent) systems programming skills; familiarity with controller/operator patterns is a plus
AWS fluency across core primitives (networking, IAM, load balancing, storage) and platform guardrails
Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub‑based workflows) and CI/CD automation
Observability and SRE mindset: metrics, tracing, logging, SLOs, incident response, and post‑incident learning
Security‑by‑default bent: policy‑as‑code (e.g., Kyverno), least‑privilege, image/runtime controls
Developer empathy and clear communication; you enjoy building paved roads that hundreds of engineers can rely on
Benefits
Equity for all employees
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
Company
CarGurus
CarGurus is an online automotive destination that assists users in contacting sellers and comparing local listings for new and used cars.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.75M2022-08-11Post Ipo Secondary
2017-10-11IPO
2017-08-16Series A· $1.75M
Leadership Team
Jason Trevisan
Chief Executive Officer
Ben Kasdon
Vice President, Product
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