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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, 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 Challenge and 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.

Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering, Compute

October 2024 - Manages Cloud Platform Engineering, within the Platform organization, and reports to Director of Cloud Platform Engineering.

About the Role

Cars Commerce builds solutions for automotive dealerships, manufacturers, and consumers. Our driving force is to deliver one platform to simplify everything about buying and selling cars.  Our platform enables dealerships and OEMs with innovative technical solutions and data-driven intelligence to better reach and influence ready-to-buy shoppers, increase inventory turn and gain market share.  To support the growth and tighter integration of our existing brands like Cars.com, Dealer Inspire, and Accu-Trade we are seeking a Senior Leader for our expanding native cloud platform.

We’re looking for an experienced leader for Cloud Platform Engineering who will lead a team of skilled Cloud engineers who support our product development teams.  This role is pivotal to leading a key part of the broader Platform strategy. Success in this role requires exceptional leadership, communication, and project management skills. You should have hands-on leadership experience, and a strong belief in transparency and accountability.  Your experience has fueled your knowledge and experience on your journey into leadership. You excel at hiring and developing the skills and talents of others. You have led teams working in AWS to achieve reliable High Availability and Disaster Recovery solutions. You have previous experience leading cloud infrastructure teams supporting high scale solutions. You care about what you do, and the people around you. Ownership is a key characteristic you inspire your teams to ingrain in their culture. 

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years managing engineering teams of 5 or more engineers
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, related degree, or equivalent practical experience required
• 5+ years of technical experience at a senior level 
• Extensive experience working in Cloud Native environments, specifically AWS
• Strong familiarity with AWS Well Architected Framework
• Previous AWS Cloud architecture experience
• Demonstrated ability to partner with other engineering teams and/or product managers to deliver solutions
• Experience with multi-account systems architecture and best practices
• Extensive experience using modern monitoring tools (Cloudwatch, DataDog, etc) and establishing metrics, monitoring, alarming, and dashboards 
• Extensive experience managing change management practices, policies, and procedures
• Ability to author documentation for all levels of stakeholders
• Experience managing and establishing automated controls for 3rd party audits (SOX, SOC-II, etc)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, DevOps, SRE concepts and best practices
• Experience implementing software delivery process such as Agile 
• Hands-on experience with modern programming languages
• Previous examples of success establishing incident and security response processes
• Previous experience leading incident response and resolution
• Ability and willingness to manage ambiguity i.e., help shape solutions and prioritize deliverables to align with the Company’s vision

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong track record of delivering results and are able to effectively prioritize and manage multiple competing priorities with various business stakeholders
• Experience setting operational metrics and reporting them to stakeholders on a regular cadence
• Experience leading cloud cost optimization efforts
• Experience leading cloud security and compliance efforts

Responsibilities

• Direct team level strategies to achieve business vision for how Cloud enables Product development and the Business to move quickly and efficiently
• Lead a team focused on supporting and expediting product delivery in a complex cloud infrastructure organization supporting core products, recent acquisitions, and legacy infrastructure systems
• Lead by example to establish a culture of technical expertise and operational accountability
• Sponsor and support cloud governance initiatives, establishing standards, cost monitoring, and security/compliance efforts
• Identify, prioritize, and document technical initiatives to align and integrate with business goals
• Add transparency mechanisms for stakeholders into the priorities and activities of our Cloud organization
• Solicit requirements from collaborators and foster excellent communication with stakeholders
• Hire, coach, and manage diverse teams with varying skill sets and experience
• Establish and enforce training standards and performance expectations for individual contributors
• On-call escalation participation as needed

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Our Comprehensive Benefits Package includes:

• Medical, Dental & Vision Healthcare Plans
• 401(k) with Company Match + Immediate Vesting
• New Hire Stipend for Home Office Set-Up
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• 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
• Learn more about our Benefits, Perks, & Culture on our LinkedIn Life Pages!

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