Senior Manager, Data Infrastructure and Operations

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!

Role overview

The Data Engineering team at CarGurus is looking for a Sr Manager Data Infrastructure and Operations to enable data-driven decisions across the company. You will be responsible for delivering scalable and highly performant data models that power reporting solutions for stakeholders in Product Management, Marketing, Finance, and other key areas of the business. We are looking for a candidate who can work collaboratively with our partners and customers, who can also actively contribute to our corporate data strategy as we continue to grow and evolve our core business.

What you’ll do 

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing data engineering infrastructure and operations team, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.
• Act as the technical leader for our data platform, overseeing architectural decisions, promoting best practices, and ensuring data integrity, scalability, and security in conjunction with our Enterprise Data Architect.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to align the data platform's capabilities with business objectives and identify impactful data-driven opportunities.
• Work with Technical Product Manager on the planning and execution of data infrastructure initiatives, including resource allocation and timeline management, to support strategic product goals.
• Conduct technical explorations and evaluations of new tools, technologies, and methodologies to keep our data platform innovative and adaptable.
• Manage scalable ELT processes within our data ecosystem, optimizing data pipelines to ensure seamless data integration and accessibility.
• Enable and empower self service data ingestion.
• Encourage cross-functional collaboration with engineering and business teams, fostering partnerships that enhance data accessibility, discovery, and insights across the organization.

What you’ll bring 

• You are an experienced leader with a track record of managing and developing high-performing teams. You excel at coaching, mentoring, and creating growth opportunities for your team members, helping them achieve their professional goals.
• You have a deep understanding of data analytics principles and experience overseeing complex data landscapes, guiding technical direction, and maintaining high standards for data quality and reliability.
• You possess strong communication and collaboration skills, allowing you to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including Product, Analytics, and other Engineering leaders, to drive alignment and achieve business goals.
• You’ve led distributed data teams across different geographies.
• You are skilled at balancing technical rigor with business needs, translating complex data requirements into actionable initiatives that are scalable, secure, and strategically aligned with company objectives.
• You are comfortable engaging in technical explorations and resource allocation to ensure initiatives are both impactful and feasible.
• 8+ years of experience in product/business analytics, data engineering, analytics engineering, or related fields.
• 3+ years of hands-on people management experience.
• You bring extensive experience in data warehousing, ELT processes, and are proficient in the Snowflake ecosystem.
• Familiarity with Looker, Fivetran and DBT.
• Familiarity with real time event capture logging and ingestion.
• Experience working with a cloud data warehouse (e.g., Snowflake, Databricks, Google BigQuery) and a modern business intelligence platform (e.g., Tableau, Looker, Sigma) 
• Expert level SQL proficiency and deep familiarity with dimensional modeling best practices 
• An ability to build a multi-sprint plan for a complex data modeling project from loosely defined business requirements

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.

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