Senior AI Architect for Consumer Platforms

CarGurus LLC; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 191,000 - 239,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all employees

Flexible hybrid work model

Daily free lunch

New car discount

Job summary

CarGurus is seeking a seasoned software engineer for our Consumer Commerce team to own high-traffic features and AI-powered experiences. You’ll design, build, and deploy consumer-facing solutions end-to-end while mentoring engineers and guiding technical direction across the department.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years architecting resilient systems, deep Python experience with LangChain, LangGraph, and LangFuse, plus full-stack capability across frontend and backend in production on AWS.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience architecting resilient, scalable systems and leading technical direction across multiple teams
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LangFuse in Python and platform/infrastructure layers of AI systems
• Broad knowledge of AI framework and tooling landscape beyond Python
• Hands-on full stack experience across frontend, backend, and AI platforms in production

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy consumer-facing experiences end-to-end for high-traffic pages
• Serve as AI expert and advisor for Consumer AI projects
• Guide platform and infrastructure decisions underpinning AI deployments
• Develop proofs-of-concept to validate AI approaches and explain trade-offs
• Build and operate systems using LangChain, LangGraph, LangFuse in Python
• Drive adoption of agentic programming and define engineering patterns
• Partner with leadership to shape roadmaps for consumer initiatives
• Mentor engineers on architecture and coding practices
• Conduct workshops and produce ADRs and best-practices docs

Skills

LangChain

LangGraph

LangFuse

Python

API design

Full stack

Tools

AWS

Java

REST APIs

React

Job description

CarGurus is seeking a seasoned software engineer for our Consumer Commerce team to own high-traffic features and AI-powered experiences. You’ll design, build, and deploy consumer-facing solutions end-to-end while mentoring engineers and guiding technical direction across the department.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years architecting resilient systems, deep Python experience with LangChain, LangGraph, and LangFuse, plus full-stack capability across frontend and backend in production on AWS.