Who we are
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!
What you’ll do
Design and deliver technical solutions in support of quality assurance standards for CarGurus software applications. Duties include: define, develop, and implement test strategies and test cases across CarGurus enterprise applications; perform a wide range of testing such as E2E, functional, exploratory, regression, smoke, black-box, and data to ensure that implemented features are free of bugs, reliable system integration and business processes are not broken; analyze business requirements and implement specifications and test cases; write, build, and review automation test UI scripts for E2E testing; collaborate with other QA engineers and other teams to help plan and test new and existing features; design, implement, improve and optimize automation framework; engage software developers in design, coding, reviewing, and testing of enterprise software; design and implement load and performance testing, and perform root cause analyses; build test automation framework to develop, maintain and implement efficient test automation approach for full coverage; collaborate with development engineers to improve testing and the quality of our code; work in an agile software development environment, provide QA expertise and guidance, and drive consistent quality assurance strategies across multiple agile teams; analyze and report QA performance measurements including defect density, defect leakage, and QA efficiency; develop and refine test automation frameworks, and evaluate strategies and opportunities for test case automation; promote proper implementation of techniques and principles for planning and estimation; evaluate and recommend tools, technologies, and processes to ensure the highest quality software and hardware product platforms; test case development and execution activities; ensure test approach, test data, and execution results meet the project objectives; and perform end-to-end test activities and artifacts for the projects in test. Multiple positions.
Who You Are:
Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems/Sciences, or a related field and five (5) years of progressive experience in the job offered or related occupation: Requires five (5) years of experience in each of the following: Quality Assurance working with cloud-based CRM/ERP technologies or enterprise applications stack, such as Salesforce; Automation with Java; Writing and building E2E automated scripts across integrated enterprise applications, using Selenium for cloud and web applications or another open-source automation framework; Service layer testing; REST APIs, and UI automation; Atlassian tools, such as JIRA and Confluence; Programming with C# and Java; SDLC and Agile; Frameworks, Cypress, or Playright; SQL; CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub actions, or similar tools; Docker and Git; and Application functions, bug fixing, and testing protocols.
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Working at CarGurus
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.
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.
We welcome all
CarGurus strives to be a place to which people can bring the ultimate expression of themselves and their potential—starting with our hiring process. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, gender identity, or sexual orientation. We foster an inclusive environment that values people for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. That’s why we hope you’ll apply even if you don’t check every box listed in the job description. We also encourage you to tell your recruiter if you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process due to a disability so we can provide the appropriate support. We want to know what only you can bring to CarGurus. #LI-Hybrid
CarGurus was founded in 2006 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Langley Steinert, co-founder of TripAdvisor, who saw an opportunity to create a better car-shopping experience using technology and data analytics. In just over a decade, CarGurus has become the most visited automotive shopping site in the US, with more car listings than any other major online automotive marketplace. CarGurus also operates sites in Canada and the UK.
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