UX Designer III, Consumer Search & Discovery

Company Overview

At Car Gurus (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. We’re the largest and fastest-growing automotive marketplace, and we’ve been profitable for over 15 years.

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 ~30,000 dealerships use our products. We have a people‑first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, and empowers our Gurus with tools to fuel their career growth.

Car Gurus is seeking a full-spectrum UX/Product Designer III with exceptional visual design craft, strong UX problem‑solving skills, and fluency in AI‑enhanced design workflows to join our Discover team. This team is pioneering the next generation of AI‑powered research and search experiences, blending structured search, conversational guidance, summarization, and machine intelligence.

In this role, you will work across the entire design process—problem framing, research collaboration, interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and validation. You’ll be a key contributor in shaping how users explore a complex marketplace and make confident car‑buying decisions. You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, data scientists, analysts, researchers, and content strategists, and leverage AI and no‑code prototyping tools to rapidly explore concepts, test ideas, and uncover user needs.

A strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful UX, polished visual design, and iterative exploration is required.

• End‑to‑End UX & Problem Solving
  • Map user journeys, define flows, create wireframes, and design production‑ready UI
  • Translate complex problems and data‑rich surfaces into intuitive, approachable UX
  • Partner with researchers to shape research plans, refine insights, and translate findings into actionable design
  • Use AI tools to explore user needs, generate hypotheses, and synthesize early insights
• Visual Design & Interaction Quality
  • Produce high‑fidelity designs with excellent craft, clarity, and hierarchy
  • Bring interactions to life with well‑considered motion, transitions, and micro-interactions
  • Elevate the visual and experiential quality across Discover experiences
• AI‑Powered Discovery Design
  • Design hybrid experiences that blend traditional search, filters, ranking, and browse with conversational flows, AI summaries, explanations, recommendations, and model‑driven insights
  • Translate AI model outputs into predictable, trustworthy UX
  • Apply emerging best practices in AI search interfaces, conversational UI, and mixed‑initiative interaction models
• Rapid Prototyping & No‑Code AI Tools
  • Use no‑code AI tools (e.g., conversational prototyping platforms, AI‑generated UI tools) to build rapid prototypes, simulate flows, test hypotheses, and validate usability before engineering investment
  • Use AI‑assisted prototyping to accelerate exploration without sacrificing quality
• Experimentation, Research & Validation
  • Collaborate on concept tests, usability studies, and remote testing
  • Pair with analysts to interpret behavioral data, A/B tests, and search analytics
  • Incorporate evidence from multiple sources—qualitative and quantitative—into design decisions
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
  • Work closely with PMs, engineers, researchers, data scientists, and content strategists throughout the lifecycle
  • Structure and communicate design decisions clearly, framing tradeoffs and rationale
  • Participate in critiques and rituals that strengthen shared understanding and alignment
• Design Systems & Consistency
  • Work within and contribute to Car Gurus’ design system
  • Propose improvements to patterns, especially for emerging AI‑powered interaction surfaces
  • Ensure consistency, accessibility, and high‑quality execution across…