Job brief: Engineering Manager, DevX Platform as a Service

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on CarGurus's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (3 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens careers.cargurus.com, the address CarGurus's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $154,000 to $193,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Boston, Massachusetts, United States · Boston (1001 Boylston Street)
• Posted: 2026-07-02 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Manager. The title says "Manager".

Must have

• In fact, we’re the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we’ve been profitable for over 15 years.
• 7+ years of relevant engineering experience, with 3+ years in an engineering management or technical lead role
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Conditions

• Manage project scope, estimation, and prioritization for the team's quarterly portfolio — balancing a heavy load of non-discretionary platform work (upgrades, migrations, maintena…
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI and agentic development: you believe AI-driven automation is the future of platform engineering, and you lead by example — setting a vision for AI-assist…
• A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being.
• Please be aware that travel expenses are the responsibility of the candidate.

Main duties

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers supporting their technical development and career growth while fostering a collaborative, high-performance team cu…
• Own team strategy for DevX PaaS: translate the Engineering Platform functional plan into a team-level roadmap, own performance management and hiring/talent d…
• Partner closely with Engineering Platform leadership and downstream product teams to drive the PaaS roadmap from concept through technical design, implementa…
• Champion AI-forward engineering practices across the team — actively promoting agentic automation of recurring maintenance and piloting a more scalable, AI-a…
• Set the technical direction for the Kubernetes platform on AWS EKS and the continued evolution of our proprietary Mach5 platform with AWS-native capabilities.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in Boston, MA: $169k a year (196 listings, 22 employers). This listing pays about the same.
• Across CarGurus's 38 open listings, 45% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How CarGurus hires

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