1 day ago
Base Salary
$191k - $239k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own system architecture as it connects to AWS cloud architecture, including services, data, jobs, and migration paths.
- Partner with Product Engineering teams to prototype solutions, unblock architecture challenges, and establish reusable patterns.
- Serve as the technical lead for the AWS relationship and collaborate with AWS solutions architects on guidance and roadmaps.
- Build proofs of concept and reference implementations using Terraform, Python, Java, and similar tools.
- Advance AWS self-service and guardrails through HCP Terraform, Sentinel, IAM, and cloud account and sandbox strategy.
- Design for cloud and AI cost attribution, tagging, and controls.
- Lead architecture for SaaS maturity, disaster recovery, business continuity, security, performance, dependency ownership, compliance readiness, and cloud-account standardization.
- Guide agentic workloads on AWS, including AgentCore Gateway, Bedrock, OAuth, and machine-to-machine identity.
- Shape technical direction with the Technical Leadership Team, document decisions in ADRs and RFCs, and communicate them across teams.
- Mentor senior engineers and run workshops on cloud-native best practices.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years designing and running production systems on AWS.
- Production-quality programming experience in at least one of Java, Python, TypeScript, or Go.
- Fluency with Terraform for infrastructure as code.
- Deep AWS expertise across VPC, Transit Gateway, VPC Lattice, IAM, Lambda, Batch, API Gateway, EKS, and managed data stores.
- Experience designing for least-privilege IAM, OAuth2/OIDC, security, and compliance.
- Ability to build prototypes hands-on while also documenting technical direction and trade-offs.
- Ability to lead through influence and collaborate with engineers, managers, executives, and external partners.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to treat cost efficiency as a design requirement.
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid work model and robust time-off policies.
- Equity for all employees, with potential eligibility for discretionary bonuses or incentives and Restricted Stock Units.
- Career development programs, corporate giving programs, employee resource groups, and communities.
- Daily free lunch, new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and other perks.
- In-person interviews may be required for some Boston and Dublin roles, with candidate responsibility for travel expenses.
About CarGurus
CarGurus builds an online automotive marketplace that helps consumers research, finance, and buy cars and helps dealers market and sell inventory. It monetizes primarily through dealer subscriptions, advertising, and digital retail services, and also operates CarOffer, a wholesale vehicle trading platform. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Boston, the company is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the ticker CARG.