Cars Commerce is looking to simplify the car buying and selling process through technology, enhancing the user experience across their platforms like Cars.com, Dealer Inspire, AccuTrade, and Dealerclub. The company aims to build a trusted marketplace that facilitates a simple, fun, and fast experience for car buyers and sellers, and is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the Marketplace (Cars.com) team in this endeavor.
Requirements
- Strong technical skills in architecture, and have integrated with systems that scale for millions of users.
- Strong understanding of web and mobile engineering technologies
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and cloud technologies is a plus.
- Experience in optimizing consumer products within a Marketplace.
- Skilled at capacity planning across both Cap/Op work.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage multiple teams of product engineers, including front-end and back-end engineers.
- Contribute and define the technical vision and roadmap for the Marketplace platform, aligning it with the company's overall business goals.
- Set technical priorities, manage resources, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality projects within budget.
- Identify and implement new technologies and solutions to improve product performance, security, and user experience.
- Maintain a high level of quality control and implement best practices for product engineering.
- Partner with product managers, sales, and marketing teams to understand their needs and translate them into technical requirements.
- Stay up-to-date on the latest trends and technology advancements and apply them to help us revolutionize the automotive industry.
Other
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering leadership roles.
- Proven track record of leading and motivating high-performing engineering teams.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills - customer-focused attitude and leadership style.
- Ability to manage complex projects, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.
- Knowledge of the automotive industry is a strong asset.
