Principal Software Engineer, DevX Architecture
CarGurus · Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Posted 15 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 15 days CarGurus's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of CarGurus's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at CarGurus
- high 34 stale, 0 reposted of 54 open
- Hiring momentum
- 69 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from CarGurus's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for CarGurus.
About this role
As a Principal Software Engineer on the DevX Architecture team at CarGurus, you will design and implement developer tooling and frameworks to enhance engineering productivity. Your role will involve advancing the AI development ecosystem, strengthening authentication services, and building cloud-native applications using Java, AWS, and Kubernetes. You will collaborate with various teams to define standards and drive technical solutions from concept to completion.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of CarGurus as an employer.
What you need
- Eight or more years of hands-on, fullstack software design and development
- At least five years of experience with Java
- Experience building performant, large-scale web applications and cloud-native systems on AWS or similar cloud providers
- Working knowledge of authentication and identity standards (OAuth2/OIDC)
- Hands-on experience applying modern AI coding tools to engineering work
- Comfort writing tests, using observability tools, and owning projects end to end
Nice to have
- Experience with client and server side JavaScript, including React, Node, and Remix
- Terraform experience
- Curious, collaborative, and eager to learn
What you get
- Equity for all employees
- Career development programs
- Corporate giving programs
- Employee resource groups (ERGs)
- Flexible hybrid model
- Robust time off policies
Worth weighing
- No specific salary range provided, only a placeholder
- In-person interviews may be required for Boston and Dublin positions, with travel expenses covered by the candidate
Summarised from CarGurus's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by CarGurus on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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