Role overview

As the founding Engineering Manager for CarGurus' new Dublin office, you will play a pivotal role in building and leading a team of talented full stack engineers focused on dealer-facing products and features for our international markets. You will partner closely with a Product Manager to establish the team's vision, culture, and roadmap from the ground up.

In this role, you will embody our Leadership Capabilities by maintaining a relentless focus on customer outcomes, fostering open communication and cross-team collaboration, and embracing an iterative approach to both product development and team management. Your team will own a discrete area of the product, delivering greenfield projects as well as adapting existing dealer products for our Canadian and UK markets.

Join us and play a crucial role in shaping the future of our international dealer products while building a high-performing engineering team in Dublin, while closely collaborating with US-based partner teams. No need to be a car expert—we're more interested in your passion for engineering and your leadership!

What you'll do

• Establish and grow CarGurus' Dublin engineering presence, setting the foundation for team culture, practices, and standards.
• Lead and mentor a team of full stack engineers through architecture and design guidance, coaching, and hands-on collaboration.
• Partner with your Product Manager to define and own the team's roadmap, with a focus on dealer-facing products for international markets.
• Drive customer outcomes by measuring the impact of the team's work and iterating based on data and feedback.
• Deliver greenfield projects and adapt existing CarGurus dealer products for Canadian and UK markets.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across product, design, and infrastructure to ensure alignment on projects and objectives to optimize impact on international customers.
• Recruit and retain top engineering talent in partnership with the recruiting team to build a diverse and high-performing team.
• Support team members' career growth through individualized guidance and development opportunities tailored to their goals.
• Own problems from end-to-end, managing diverse systems, processes, and technologies to optimize efficiency and user experience.
• Embrace our leadership capabilities by embodying a growth mindset and fostering an environment of learning, developing, and growing together; create meaningful partnerships and a sense of belonging, setting foundations of trust, respect, inclusion, and empathy in how we work.

What you'll bring

• Proven experience of 2+ years in managing and growing teams of full stack engineers focused on building and shipping products at scale.
• Minimum of 5 years of extensive hands-on software design and development experience across the full stack including Java, React and TypeScript (or similar languages).
• Experience building and scaling teams from the ground up, including interviewing, hiring, and onboarding engineers.
• A track record of working on nimble teams that iterate quickly, delivering meaningful customer outcomes rather than just outputs.
• Experience thriving in cross-functional environments where you have demonstrated rigorous thinking and effective decision-making.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, iterative development environment.