Software Development Engineer II, Developer Experience Architecture

• Build and ship developer tooling, framework components, and reusable templates that raise engineering productivity and quality
• Contribute to our agentic development ecosystem: Claude Code configuration, plugins and skills, and MCP servers
• Strengthen the Auth service and agent identity model using Keycloak, OAuth2, and OIDC
• Build and operate services with Java, Spring Boot, AWS, and Kubernetes
• Apply our standards, guardrails, and best practices in your work, and help product teams adopt them
• Investigate, root cause, and improve system reliability and performance

• Two or more years of hands-on, fullstack software design and development, including at least one year of Java.
• Experience with client and server side JavaScript, including React, Node, and Remix, is a plus
• Experience building web applications and working with cloud-native systems on AWS or similar cloud providers
• Exposure to authentication and identity standards (OAuth2/OIDC), or a strong appetite to learn them
• Experience using modern AI coding tools (assistants, agents, MCP) on real engineering work, or eagerness to adopt them
• Comfort writing tests, using observability tools, and owning well-scoped tasks end to end
• Curious, collaborative, and eager to learn
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

3.83.8 out of 5 stars Boston, MA Hybrid work $112,000 - $141,000 a year, 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.

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!, CarGurus may require in-person interviews as part of our hiring process, particularly for positions based in our Boston and Dublin offices. Candidates selected for an in-person interview will be notified in advance. Please be aware that travel expenses are the responsibility of the candidate.