Over a two-year period, 8th Light teammates embedded in various Cars.com’s teams  helped update its core web and mobile functionality, and worked to improve elastic search and localization (most buying occurs within a 50-mile radius of the shopper). The project continues to feature building and shipping ecommerce features including finance options, and providing ongoing strategic guidance to Cars.com’s internal teams in order to capitalize on agile development best practices. This work is helping Cars.com on its quest to become more and more customer-centric, make its systems more future-friendly, and lower its operational costs.

Cars.com’s comprehensive platform modernization demonstrates the immense value of long-term partnerships built on trust and collaboration. By embedding within Cars.com’s teams for over two years, 8th Light provided crucial guidance and development to revitalize core functionalities. Most notably, major upgrades to search, localization, and ecommerce experiences elevated customer-centricity and future-readiness while reducing costs.

As Cars.com Manager, Jason Sisk, affirms — this work was integral across the entire tech stack, driving innovation through modern approaches. With origins tracing back to traditional industry shakeups, this partnership confirms that staying ahead of the curve requires both internal vision and external expertise across design, development, and infrastructure.