Staff Software Engineer - Search

Be essential at Cars Commerce

At Cars Commerce, we’re fanatical about simplifying everything about car buying and selling. We do right by our customers and consumers to better connect the industry with simplified and tierless technology to enhance, measure and drive local automotive retail. Whether through our No.1 most recognized marketplace, Cars.com, our industry-leading digital experience, Dealer Inspire, our trade and appraisal technology, AccuTrade, our reputation-based digital wholesale auction marketplace, Dealerclub, or our new Cars Commerce Media Network, Cars Commerce is essential for success in the automotive industry.

No one ever travels alone here: at its core, Cars Commerce is collaboration. In fact, it’s built into the very fabric of our shared values. We like to say we Rise Together – putting people at the center of what we do, from consumer to customer to community. Life at Cars Commerce makes it easy when we share the ethos to be Open to All, encouraging open-minded communication because we know diverse thinking yields better outcomes. But critical to our success is Caring to Challengeand Taking Ownership, fueling a competitive spirit in a respectful environment where we think about tomorrow but act today. At our foundation, we have integrity, Doing the Right Thing, even when it’s hard. It’s our shared commitment to these values that makes Cars Commerce a place where growth becomes not only possible, but downright unavoidable.

But don’t take our word for it. As a U.S. News & World Report Best Company to Work For in 2024, we're obsessive about the employee experience. We are among the top 20% being declared “Best” of our industry based on six critical factors that are important to employee wellbeing, like quality of pay, benefits, work life balance and more.

[This is a 100% remote role. May require onsite interviews]

About the Role

Join us in shaping the  future of Automotive Commerce. Cars Commerce builds solutions for automotive dealerships, manufacturers, and consumers. Our driving force is to deliver a single platform that simplifies everything about buying and selling cars.

Our Marketplace  Engineering Team drives our cars.com platform. We are on a transformational journey, building innovative and integrated services that redefine how we deliver value to our customers and consumers.. As a Staff Software Engineer on our Marketplace  Engineering Team, you will help revitalize our customer-facing tooling across our platform with a comprehensive technical strategy to simplify and amplify these user experiences and the capabilities they enable. This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of our platform and drive meaningful change at scale, making a lasting impact within the automotive industry.

This is an exciting role because as a Staff Software Engineer with the Marketplace Team, you will help tens of millions of people like you and me find their perfect car match each year, with our 4.7 star rated Android and 4.8 star rated iOS apps being a critical part of our strategy. 

We are seeking candidates who possess deep expertise in backend - search and browser technologies, a passion for thoughtful  user experience design, and the ability to develop search services  that are innovative, intuitive, and impactful for our users. 

About You

You’re an experienced, results-oriented, Staff Software Engineer who blends technical depth with product sensitivity. You’ve built and evolved design systems. You are a highly skilled and motivated Staff Software Engineer that will help us redefine our search capabilities within our listings marketplace. In this role you will be instrumental in designing, developing, and scaling our next-generation search capabilities.. This is an exciting opportunity to own significant technical challenges, drive architectural decisions, and mentor other engineers within a dynamic and growing team.

You’ll work across team boundaries to design and develop components as well as performance-optimized backend systems that scale across cars.com  - Marketplace  Engineering Team.

Why You'll Be Excited About This Role

This opportunity enables you to...

• Lead the technical vision and execution for our consumer-facing search capabilities within our listings marketplace.<