Hiring: Team Lead, DevX Kubernetes Platform as a Service Company: CarGurus Location: Boston, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:11:37 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, ArgoCD, CI/CD, EKS, Epic Systems, GitHub, Helm, IAM, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, Load Balancing, Nginx, PaaS, Rancher, Service Mesh, Terraform About the job Experience: •5+ years of experience as a software engineer in a professional setting, with some experience leading projects, mentoring engineers, or acting as a tech lead / team lead. Required Skills: •The DevX PaaS team builds and operates CarGurus' Kubernetes-based developer platform that enables product teams to ship quickly, reliably, and at scale. We're a sub-team within Developer Experience in Engineering Platform, partnering across engineering to remove friction, modernize our stack, and accelerate time-to-market. •Own team operations for DevX PaaS: run 1:1s, sprint ceremonies, and quarterly capacity and project planning, and represent PaaS in Engineering Platform planning and prioritization forums. •Grow the engineers on your team through coaching, feedback, and equitable allocation of high-impact, growth-oriented work — including an "epic lead" model where engineers own end-to-end delivery of major initiatives. •Shape the team's quarterly portfolio so that the team's energy is spent on the highest-leverage work, balancing a heavy load of non-discretionary platform work (upgrades, migrations, maintenance, on-call) against modernization and strategic initiatives. •Be the primary point of contact for PaaS across Engineering Platform — framing problems, aligning on scope, and making sure downstream teams understand impacts and timelines. •Help design, build, and operate the Kubernetes platform on AWS EKS with a focus on reliability, security, and developer ergonomics (multi-env, multi-region). •Guide the team's Controller/Operator and deployment model (e.g., CGService) to provide consistent, self-service delivery across repositories and environments. •Lead critical upgrades and rollouts: Kubernetes, Rancher, and routine add-on upgrades utilizing ArgoCD and HCP Terraform. Qualifications: •Deep Kubernetes/EKS experience operating production workloads at scale, with proficiency in containerization and cloud environments. •Strong Go (or equivalent) systems programming skills; familiarity with controller/operator patterns is a plus. •AWS fluency across core primitives (networking, IAM, load balancing, storage) and platform guardrails. •Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, Helm, ArgoCD, GitHub-based workflows) and CI/CD automation. •An observability and SRE mindset: metrics, tracing, logging, SLOs, incident response, and post-incident learning. •A security-by-default bent: policy-as-code (e.g., Kyverno), least-privilege, image/runtime controls. •People leadership instincts: you enjoy growing engineers, running a calm and predictable team, and making sharp prioritization calls under competing demands. •Developer empathy and clear communication; you enjoy building paved roads that hundreds of engineers can rely on, and you can tailor your message to both technical and non-technical audiences. •An enthusiasm for leveraging AI to accelerate both your team's work and how the platform enables engineering. •The displayed range represents the expected annual base salary / On-Target Earnings (OTE) for this position. On-Target Earnings (OTE) is inclusive of base salary and on-target commission earnings, which applies exclusively to sales roles. Compensation: •$154,000 - $193,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!