Director, Software Engineering - Remote Eligible

Director Of Engineering, Marketplace

At Cars Commerce, we're passionate about helping shoppers meet their perfect car match, and job seekers their perfect career match. Our culture of openness, growth, innovation, and diversity starts with people. Every day we're hyper-focused on helping people find their perfect match, build relationships, and deliver results. We welcome hard conversations and collaborate with each other to find solutions while focusing on the outcome at hand. Cars.com has revolutionized the automotive industry for both shoppers and sellers alike through technology, and we'd love to have you join us to boldly ride into the future.

Your role: [100% remote. May require onsite interviews] Our mission on the Marketplace Engineering team is to build a trusted marketplace that facilitates a simple, fun, and fast experience for car buyers and sellers. By joining our team you will be in the driver's seat as we build novel Full Stack solutions that support frictionless experiences for our users throughout the automotive ecosystem, and across the Cars.com website (and MobileApp experiences).

Join us in shaping the future of Automotive Commerce. Our Marketplace Engineering Team (cars.com) is on a transformative journey, building innovative services that will redefine the way we deliver value. As a Principal Software Engineer you will lead the Cars.com domain at Cars Commerce. An exceptional opportunity to influence the future of our platforms and drive meaningful change at scale to make an impact on the industry.

About The Role

We're looking for an experienced leader for our Director Engineering Marketplace. This role is pivotal to leading a key part of the broader Cars Commerce strategy. Success in this role requires exceptional leadership, communication, and project management skills. You should have hands-on senior leadership experience, and a strong belief in transparency and accountability. You have hands-on experience that has fueled your knowledge and experience on your journey into leadership. You have experience hiring and developing the skills and talents of others. You have led high performing teams that thrive in a fast paced agile environment. You have strong technical skills in architecture, and have integrated with systems that scale for millions of users. Our leaders build strong teams, display servant leadership, put people first, and care deeply about team health and culture.

Job Duties

• 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.

• Advocate for continuous improvement and foster a culture of innovation within the engineering team.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering leadership roles.

• Proven track record of leading and motivating high-performing engineering teams.

• 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.

• Knowledge of the automotive industry is a strong asset.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills - customer-focused attitude and leadership style.

• Ability to manage complex projects, prioritize tasks, and meet deadlines.

Salary Range $175,800.00-219,750.00

Our Comprehensive Benefits Package includes:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
• New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
• Generous PTO
• Refuel - a service based recognition program where employees receive additional paid time away to learn grow and reset
• Paid Holidays, Floating Holiday, Volunteer Day, Recharge Day