Principal Software Engineer, AI-Driven Recommendations

CarGurus; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 170.000 - 212.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity for all employees

Flexible hybrid model

Daily free lunch

New car discount

Commuting cost coverage

Zusammenfassung

CarGurus is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to define and deliver next-gen car recommendations for millions of shoppers. You will lead the Recommendations Team across the shopper journey, shaping architecture, ranking, and AI-powered experiences.

Collaborate with Data Science, Product, and other engineering teams to translate ML advances into consumer-facing features. You will mentor engineers, set technical direction, and drive cross-team initiatives while maintaining strong

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years of software engineering experience building and operating large-scale, customer-facing systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field.
• Deep expertise in software architecture, distributed systems, APIs, and production engineering.
• Experience leading technical direction across teams and driving complex, multi-quarter initiatives.
• Strong experience with Kotlin, Java, C#, Python, or similar languages; Kotlin is preferred.
• Strong SQL and relational database experience, including performance considerations.
• Experience partnering with Data Science or ML teams to bring models into production.
• Excellent communication and influence skills, with a track record of aligning technical and cross-functional partners.
• Hands-on technical leadership, including coding, architecture, design reviews, and mentoring engineers.
• Curiosity about AI and experience using AI to improve products and engineering productivity.
• Experience building recommendation, personalization, search, ranking, marketplace, or discovery systems.
• Experience with machine learning platforms, real-time or batch feature pipelines, experimentation systems, model evaluation, or recommendation metrics.
• Experience building consumer products that help users compare options, make decisions, or navigate a complex purchase journey.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, event-driven systems, streaming data, and high-volume services.

Aufgaben

• Set the technical direction for our recommendation platform and drive architecture across multiple teams.
• Build scalable recommendation systems using shopper, vehicle, inventory, and behavioral signals.
• Partner with Data Science to productionize models and continuously improve recommendation quality.
• Drive personalization, ranking, experimentation, and AI-powered recommendation experiences throughout the shopper journey.
• Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from technical design through delivery and measurement.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and operational excellence of recommendation services.
• Influence technical decisions across the organization, mentor engineers, and raise the engineering bar through design and code reviews.
• Leverage AI-assisted development to accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards for quality, security, and reliability.

Kenntnisse

Software engineering

Kotlin

Java

C#

Python

SQL

Distributed systems

APIs

Data Science collaboration

AI experimentation

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar

Jobbeschreibung

CarGurus is seeking a Principal Software Development Engineer to define and deliver next-gen car recommendations for millions of shoppers. You will lead the Recommendations Team across the shopper journey, shaping architecture, ranking, and AI-powered experiences.

Collaborate with Data Science, Product, and other engineering teams to translate ML advances into consumer-facing features. You will mentor engineers, set technical direction, and drive cross-team initiatives while maintaining strong