Software Engineer

About us Garage powers the exchange of critical assets across America’s essential industries. We started with fire departments, where purchasing mission-critical vehicles and equipment used to take months of paperwork, phone calls, and delays. Our agentic platform automates the entire transaction: discovery, payments, freight, paperwork, warranty, and financing. What once took months now takes minutes. In under a year, we’ve expanded to cities and towns in all 50 states and grown revenue more than 10x. Based in New York, we’ve raised $18M from Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Infinity Ventures, FJ Labs, and other leading investors. We’re moving fast, growing quickly, and just getting started. About the role You’ll join a small team working directly with the founders on a platform with real-world impact. We obsess over user experience and ship products end-to-end. You’ll have the opportunity to make a direct, meaningful impact, shaping product strategy and building systems that move essential equipment and vehicles to communities across 50 states. - Build and own core systems across our marketplace and operations stack. - Automate complex workflows spanning payments, logistics, compliance, and financing. - Design APIs, data models, and services that move real assets at scale. - Work closely with product and operations to ship quickly and reliably. What we’re looking for - You think in systems, not tickets. - You get excited by operating in a high-performance startup environment. - You would love to be customer-facing. - You play for the front of the jersey, having strong opinions, a willingness to question the status quo, and a drive to become a real expert in whatever space you work in. All while being a great team communicator. Required - Strong portfolio or GitHub showcasing full-stack expertise. - Proficiency in React, TypeScript, Node.js, and modern frontend and backend frameworks. - Experience designing and working with scalable databases and APIs. Nice to have - Startup experience as a technical co-founder or early engineer at a Series A/B/C startup. - 4+ years of experience. Our values - Growth oriented. We invest in people who grow as the company grows. We all should be constantly learning. - Humility. Everyone has a lot to give and a lot to learn. We believe in creating an environment where the best ideas win and acknowledging when we are wrong. - Customer focused. We have a genuine love for our customers. Customer success is our success. - Hack to success. We move fast and take big swings. We always aim for a solution that addresses 80% of the problem in 20% of the time. We make informed bets, launch quickly, and iterate. Why Garage? - Our product is something people use everyday to buy the equipment local communities everywhere depend on. - We’ve grown revenue over 10x in the last year and are well capitalized with $18M in funding raised total. - We have a talent-dense, high-performing team from Ramp, Twitter, Goldman Sachs, Bilt, Wise, Unify, Honey, PayPal, and more. - You’ll be one of our first 35 employees, operating as a foundational member of the team, partnering alongside the company’s founders. What we offer - Competitive salary and stock options - Health, dental and vision insurance (100% covered) - Unlimited paid time off every year (in addition to company observed holidays) - Daily lunch and dinner - $100 monthly wellness stipend - 401(k) with employer match - Pre-tax commuter benefits - Bi-annual team offsite - Relocation assistance