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What this posting asks for

Level: Senior — The posting asks for 15 years of experience.

Main responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship features in the Java and Spring Boot services that enrich every lead and power the insights dealers act on every day
• Own your work from technical design through testing, code review, and production, with support from the team when you need it
• Work with high-volume event streams and the data behind them (Kafka, MongoDB, Redis) to keep shopper data fresh and APIs fast
• Build intelligence features, including LLM-backed ones, that recommend a dealer's next move rather than just handing them data
• Diagnose and fix production issues across services, share in on-call, and improve the alerting and observability we rely on
• Partner with product and design to break ambiguous problems into scoped, shippable work, with a real say in what we build and how
• Help raise the bar on how we test, deploy, and operate the services we own

Competencies an interviewer will look for

• Technical skill Core
  In the posting: “CarGurus' Conversion team is looking for a Software Development Engineer II (Backend) to help dealers close more of the leads we send them.” · “You'll work in the Java and Spring Boot services behind all of this: enriching each lead as it arrives, consuming high-volume event streams, and serving the …” · “Design, build, and ship features in the Java and Spring Boot services that enrich every lead and power the insights dealers act on every day”
  Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off.
• Data and analysis Core
  In the posting: “You'll work in the Java and Spring Boot services behind all of this: enriching each lead as it arrives, consuming high-volume event streams, and serving the …” · “Design, build, and ship features in the Java and Spring Boot services that enrich every lead and power the insights dealers act on every day” · “Work with high-volume event streams and the data behind them (Kafka, MongoDB, Redis) to keep shopper data fresh and APIs fast”
  Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it.
• Adaptability and learning Core
  In the posting: “Partner with product and design to break ambiguous problems into scoped, shippable work, with a real say in what we build and how” · “Clear communication, curiosity, and a bias toward shipping, with genuine interest in learning the dealer domain” · “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…”
  Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted.
• 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.” · “Partner with product and design to break ambiguous problems into scoped, shippable work, with a real say in what we build and how”
  Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled.
• Attention to detail and quality Core
  In the posting: “Own your work from technical design through testing, code review, and production, with support from the team when you need it” · “A habit of writing automated tests, and a sense for which tests a change actually needs”
  Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used.
• Problem solving Supporting
  In the posting: “Diagnose and fix production issues across services, share in on-call, and improve the alerting and observability we rely on”
  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 Supporting
  In the posting: “Clear communication, curiosity, and a bias toward shipping, with genuine interest in learning the dealer domain”
  Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech.
• Ownership and accountability Supporting
  In the posting: “It's a small team, so you'll take real ownership early.”
  Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it.
• Customer focus Supporting
  In the posting: “The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step.”
  Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.

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