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Job Description
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 gotomarket acceleration has driven industryleading growth. In fact were the largest and fastestgrowing automotive marketplace and weve 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 each month and 30000 dealerships use our products. But theyre not the only ones who love CarGurusour employees do too. We have a peoplefirst culture that fosters kindness collaboration and innovation and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth. Disrupting a trilliondollar industry requires fresh and diverse perspectives. Come join us for the ride!
Role overview
CarGurus is looking for a User Experience Designer to join our growing Product Design and User Research team. In this role youll help design intuitive engaging and visually compelling user experiences across our marketplace and platform.
Were looking for a designer who can think holistically iterate quickly and refine designs with care. Youll collaborate with engineers product managers analysts content strategists and researchers to deliver meaningful solutions to real user problems. Youll be expected to balance creativity with structure producing work thats wellreasoned wellcrafted and aligned to business and user report to a Senior UX Design Manager who will support your professional growth and performance and your daytoday work will be guided by one of our Lead Designers who provides design direction mentorship and helps ensure highquality consistent within your product area.
An online portfolio is required. Your work should demonstrate clear problemsolving usercentered thinking polished visual design and the ability to iterate toward thoughtful solutions.
What youll do
- Collaborate with product and engineering partners to design highimpact userfriendly and visually engaging experiences
- Translate research and requirements into user flows wireframes prototypes and polished productionready UI designs
- Iterate quickly by exploring multiple directions incorporating feedback and continuously improving your work
- Apply accessibility and responsive design best practices
- Use data (e.g. usability testing A/B tests analytics) to inform and validate design decisions
- Receive direction and mentorship from a Lead Designer and contribute to teamwide critiques and rituals
- Contribute to shared design systems uphold design quality and help create a cohesive product experience
What youll bring
- 3 years of experience in UX/product design ideally within agile crossfunctional product teams
- A strong portfolio that showcases polished visual design usercentered thinking and clear design rationale
- Proficiency with tools like Figma and familiarity with prototyping and working within design systems
- Strong communication skills both verbal and visualable to clearly explain ideas and decisions to different audiences
- Experience applying accessibility inclusive design and responsive principles to your work
- A growth mindset and an iterative approach to problemsolving
- Curiosity about emerging design practices including thoughtful use of AI tools to support ideation content exploration or research synthesisused in service of better user outcomes not as shortcuts for quality
Working at CarGurus
We reward our Gurus curiosity and passion with bestinclass 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 worklife balance and individual wellbeing. 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 potentialstarting 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. Thats why we hope youll apply even if you dont 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. #LIHybrid
Employment Type
Full Time
