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What this posting asks for

Level: Senior — The title says "Senior".

Main responsibilities

• Build and ship developer tooling, framework components, and reusable templates that raise engineering productivity and quality
• Contribute to our agentic development ecosystem: Claude Code configuration, plugins and skills, MCP servers and homegrown autonomous agentic coding platform
• Build and integrate AI agent workflows, leveraging LLM APIs and orchestration frameworks to automate and enhance user experiences
• Participate in the evaluation of new AI development technologies, libraries, and techniques, sharing findings with the broader team
• Support the rollout of AI tools and practices to engineering teams across CarGurus, including documentation and internal tooling
• Apply our standards, guardrails, and best practices in your work, and help product teams adopt them
• Continuously learn, experiment, and advocate for new technologies and methodologies that can move the business forward
• Investigate, root cause, and improve system reliability and performance

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “The Developer Experience Architecture team at CarGurus builds the platforms, tooling, and standards that make hundreds of engineers faster, safer, and more p…” · “You will contribute to some of our highest-leverage initiatives: standardizing AI agentic development (Claude Code, our internal plugin marketplace, and MCP …” · “Build and ship developer tooling, framework components, and reusable templates that raise engineering productivity and quality”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Teamwork and collaboration Core
  In the posting: “We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth.” · “You will own well-scoped pieces of work and partner with engineers and product managers across the org, with support and mentorship from senior teammates.” · “Curious, collaborative, and eager to learn with strong communication skills”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Adaptability and learning Core
  In the posting: “Curious, collaborative, and eager to learn with strong communication skills” · “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…” · “A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being.”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “The Developer Experience Architecture team at CarGurus builds the platforms, tooling, and standards that make hundreds of engineers faster, safer, and more p…” · “Build and ship developer tooling, framework components, and reusable templates that raise engineering productivity and quality” · “Apply our standards, guardrails, and best practices in your work, and help product teams adopt them”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Problem solving Core
  In the posting: “These complex problems will have global impact.” · “Investigate, root cause, and improve system reliability and performance”
  Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix.
• Communication Core
  In the posting: “Support the rollout of AI tools and practices to engineering teams across CarGurus, including documentation and internal tooling” · “Curious, collaborative, and eager to learn with strong communication skills”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Ownership and accountability Core
  In the posting: “Contribute to our agentic development ecosystem: Claude Code configuration, plugins and skills, MCP servers and homegrown autonomous agentic coding platform” · “Comfort writing tests, using observability tools, and owning well-scoped tasks end to end”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Customer focus Core
  In the posting: “The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step.” · “Experience with Java, client and server side JavaScript, and Terraform, is a plus”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
• Leadership and mentoring Supporting
  In the posting: “You will own well-scoped pieces of work and partner with engineers and product managers across the org, with support and mentorship from senior teammates.”
  Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them.

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