Senior Principal Data Platform Engineer

Who we are
At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we're the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we've been profitable for over 15 years.
What we do
The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and ~30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus-our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride!
Who we are
At CarGurus (NASDAQ: CARG), our mission is to give people the power to reach their destination. We started as a small team of developers determined to bring trust and transparency to car shopping. Since then, our history of innovation and go-to-market acceleration has driven industry-leading growth. In fact, we're the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we've been profitable for over 15 years.
What we do
The market is evolving, and we are too, moving the entire automotive journey online and guiding our customers through every step. That includes everything from the sale of an old car to the financing, purchase, and delivery of a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and ~30,000 dealerships use our products. But they're not the only ones who love CarGurus-our employees do, too. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trillion-dollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride!
What you'll do
Design and develop CarGurus next generation data and instrumentation platforms across various projects and products. Duties include: align data strategy with organizational goals, enabling advanced business intelligence and analytics capabilities; design complex data structures and algorithms to machine learning and data analytics; deploy code and use data to power CarGurus product and drive our decisions; deliver software and analytics to consumers and dealers worldwide; collaborate with both data-producing and data-consuming teams; ensure that prioritization of products align with high-level strategies and business objectives of CarGurus; architect and design processes, systems, tools, and capabilities required to produce and maintain core data assets in a highly iterative environment; review and manage the architecture of enterprise and client-facing data management strategies to collect, store, and increase the usability and quality of enterprise and client data from multiple diverse sources; review the architecture of site instrumentation and tracking platforms and tools and ensure they are scalable, reliable, and secure; apply knowledge of new technologies and trends in the data space and identify new opportunities and best practices to improve CarGurus data capabilities; collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement data governance frameworks, including data ownership, classification, and lineage; collaborate with product management teams to understand business requirements and ensure that product development aligns with data architecture principles in order to expand our capabilities of offering data as a product; and communicate complex data concepts to non-technical stakeholders and be a trusted advisor on data-related matters. Telecommuting available 2 days per week, Must be available to report into Boston, MA office.
Who You Are:
Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field and five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in the job offered or related occupation: Requires five (5) years of experience in each of the following: Site instrumentation, user journey tracking, site-tracking, and clickstream logging systems; Building and managing large-scale tracking platforms; Architecting and designing large scalable systems; Data infrastructure, systems, and tools including Snowflake, Snowplow, DBT, Fivetran, or Looker; Architecting end-to-end data solutions including data collection and storage, data modeling, and data consumption; Leading and participating in data architecture strategy and roadmap engagements; AWS; and Data DevOps engineering using Continuous Integration/Delivery tools.
Working at CarGurus
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 continue to grow with us. Our career development and corporate giving programs, as well as our employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities, help people build connections while making an impact in personally meaningful ways. A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being. Thoughtful perks like daily free lunch, a new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and more help our people create space for what matters most in their personal and professional lives.
We welcome all
CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential-starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. That's why we hope you'll apply even if you don't check every box listed in the job description. We also encourage you to tell your recruiter if you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process due to a disability so we can provide the appropriate support. We want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus.
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Working at CarGurus
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 continue to grow with us. Our career development and corporate giving programs, as well as our employee resource groups (ERGs) and communities, help people build connections while making an impact in personally meaningful ways. A flexible hybrid model and robust time off policies encourage work-life balance and individual well-being. Thoughtful perks like daily free lunch, a new car discount, meditation and fitness apps, commuting cost coverage, and more help our people create space for what matters most in their personal and professional lives.
We welcome all
CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential-starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. That's why we hope you'll apply even if you don't check every box listed in the job description. We also encourage you to tell your recruiter if you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process due to a disability so we can provide the appropriate support. We want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus. #LI-Hybrid