CarGurus is looking to solve user problems and drive business growth by developing and deploying new AI-powered products and enabling other teams through collaboration and technical guidance.
Requirements
- Experience designing, developing, and deploying scalable AI applications in production environments, in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
- Deep understanding of large language models (LLMs), prompt engineering, and RAG systems.
- Proven experience (3+ years) managing and growing high-performing engineering teams.
- Ability to rapidly turn ideas and problem statements into concrete, measurable solutions.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a growth mindset, with a passion for continuous learning and experimentation.
Responsibilities
- Spark innovation by leading the incubation of new AI-powered products, from ideation through production deployment.
- Guide the team in rapidly prototyping, evaluating, and iterating on generative AI solutions, including LLM-based applications, agentic systems, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
- Champion the adoption of GenAI tools and methodologies across the organization, advocating for AI-driven solutions in both engineering practices and product development.
- Partner with product managers and cross-functional teams to define a roadmap to deliver impactful solutions that drive business growth by solving user problems.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners—including Product, Design, Data Science, and other product engineering teams—to identify user problems and deliver impactful solutions.
- Building, deploying, and scaling generative AI solutions that directly impact our business and customers.
- Translating complex technical insights into clear and actionable direction for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Other
- An entrepreneurial spirit, comfort with ambiguity.
- Strong leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to motivate teams, solve complex problems, make data-driven decisions, and thrive in cross-functional settings.
- Support team members' career growth through individualized coaching, feedback, and development opportunities.
- Foster a high-performing team to retain and recruit top engineering talent.
- A people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth.
