Engineering Manager, DevX Platform as a Service

CarGurus is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead DevX PaaS, a sub-team within Developer Experience in Engineering Platform. DevX PaaS builds and operates CarGurus' Kubernetes-based developer platform, enabling product teams to ship quickly, reliably, and at scale-partnering across engineering to remove friction, modernize our stack, and accelerate time-to-market. You'll lead a team of talented engineers, own the team's strategy and operations end to end, set the technical direction for our most important platform work, and champion AI-first ways of working. What you'll do • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers supporting their technical development and career growth while fostering a collaborative, high-performance team culture. • Own team strategy for DevX PaaS: translate the Engineering Platform functional plan into a team-level roadmap, own performance management and hiring/talent decisions, and represent PaaS in Engineering Platform planning and prioritization forums. • Partner closely with Engineering Platform leadership and downstream product teams to drive the PaaS roadmap from concept through technical design, implementation, and measurement • Champion AI-forward engineering practices across the team - actively promoting agentic automation of recurring maintenance and piloting a more scalable, AI-assisted support model for developer questions • Set the technical direction for the Kubernetes platform on AWS EKS and the continued evolution of our proprietary Mach5 platform with AWS-native capabilities. • Guide platform modernization to simplify developer configuration and reduce operational toil. • Manage project scope, estimation, and prioritization for the team's quarterly portfolio - balancing a heavy load of non-discretionary platform work (upgrades, migrations, maintenance, on-call) against modernization and strategic initiatives. • Collaborate effectively across team boundaries - working with Engineering Platform and product teams to align on dependencies, frame problems, and make sure downstream teams understand impacts and timelines. • Advocate for engineering excellence - reliability, security, and developer ergonomics - and represent PaaS in Engineering Platform-level forums (all-hands, capacity planning, leads meetings), translating technical trade-offs into clear, audience-appropriate language for both engineers and executive stakeholders. What you'll bring • 7+ years of relevant engineering experience, with 3+ years in an engineering management or technical lead role • Solid backend engineering foundation-comfortable engaging deeply in architectural discussions, system design, and technical trade-offs, particularly in Kubernetes/EKS environments, distributed systems, controller/operator patterns. • Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub-based workflows) and CI/CD automation. • An observability and SRE mindset: metrics, tracing, logging, SLOs, incident response, and post-incident learning. • 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-assisted maintenance and support and guiding engineers through the cultural and technical shift. • A developer/customer-focused mindset with a bias toward data-driven decisions, and a track record of building paved roads that hundreds of engineers rely on. • Strong project management skills and experience with Agile methodologies; able to drive clarity and incremental progress in fast-moving, ambiguous environments. • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and help them grow technically and professionally, plus experience with hiring, performance management, and talent development. • A strong communicator and collaborator who builds trust across engineering and business stakeholders, and can tailor your message to both technical and non-technical audiences. • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. • Curious, empathetic, and plays well with others - with a commitment to continuous learning and expanding your capabilities. The displayed range represents the expected annual base salary / On-Target Earnings (OTE) for this position. On-Target Earnings (OTE) is inclusive of base salary and on-target commission earnings, which applies exclusively to sales roles. Individual pay within this range is determined by work location and other factors such as job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. This annual base salary forms part of a comprehensive Total Rewards Package. In addition to benefits, this role may qualify for discretionary bonuses/incentives and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). Position Pay Range $154,000-$193,000 USD CarGurus may require in-person interviews as part of our hiring process, particularly for positions based in our Boston and Dublin offices. Candidates selected for an in-person interview will be notified in advance. Please be aware that travel expenses are the responsibility of the candidate.