Frontend Manager, International Consumer Engineering
Job Description
- 2+ years managing full stack engineering teams.
- 5+ years hands-on software design and frontend development in TypeScript/JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS.
- Experience with full stack development using Remix, express, next.js.
- Experience in cross-functional environments.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Equity for all employees
- Career development programs
- Corporate giving programs
- Employee resource groups
- Flexible hybrid model
- Robust time off policies
- Daily free lunch
- New car discount
- Meditation and fitness apps
- Commuting cost coverage
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!
Role Overview
As a Manager on the International Engineering Team, you will play a pivotal role in developing and leading a team of talented engineers focused on building and shipping high-quality products at scale. In this role, you will embody our Leadership Capabilities by maintaining a focus on customer impact, fostering open communication and cross-team collaboration, and embracing an iterative approach to both product development and team management.
Examples of potential project opportunities include collaborating with API engineers to build new user flows for new International products, designing and implementing A/B tests on consumer and dealer product initiatives, and redesigning high-traffic pages to leverage modern technologies like Remix to improve user experience.
Join us and play a crucial role in shaping the future of our international consumer products while empowering the team and our International user base. No need to be a car expert—we’re more interested in your passion for engineering and your leadership!
Who You Are
- Proven experience of 2+ years in managing and growing teams of full stack engineers focused on building and shipping products at scale.
- Minimum of 5 years of extensive hands-on software design and frontend development experience in TypeScript/JavaScript, React, HTML, CSS.
- Experience with full stack development with Remix, express, next.js or similar.
- Experience thriving in cross-functional environments where you have demonstrated rigorous thinking and effective decision-making.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.
What You'll Do
- Lead and mentor a team of engineers through architecture and design guidance, coaching, and hands-on collaboration.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across product, design, and infrastructure stakeholders to ensure alignment on projects and objectives to optimize impact on international customers.
- Engage in hands-on coding with frontend technologies such as Remix, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, and React Testing Library.
- Build reusable and scalable architecture while upholding high engineering standards and implementing and evolving best practices.
- Own problems from end-to-end, managing diverse systems, processes, and technologies to optimize efficiency and user experience.
- Manage diverse systems, processes, and technologies to enhance efficiency and user experience.
- Recruit and retain top engineering talent in partnership with the recruiting team to maintain a diverse and high-performing team.
- Support team members' career growth through individualized guidance and development opportunities tailored to their goals.
- Embrace our leadership capabilities by embodying a growth mindset and fostering an environment of learning, developing, and growing together; create meaningful partnerships and a sense of belonging, setting foundations of trust, respect, inclusion, and empathy in how we work.
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.
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
