What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer position at Garage (YC W24)?
The Company You’ll Join
Garage is modernizing how America buys and sells the vehicles and equipment that keep communities safe.
Our AI-powered marketplace automates every part of the transaction—appraisals, payments, paperwork, freight, warranty, and financing—reducing what once took months down to minutes.
By replacing broken, manual processes with modern software, Garage helps critical equipment reach communities faster—saving taxpayer dollars and supporting the industries that keep America running.
We've raised $18M to date, and are backed by Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Infinity Ventures, FJ Labs, and other leading investors.
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. As a software engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to make a direct, meaningful impact, shaping product strategy and building systems that move real equipment and vehicles across the country.
What You’ll Do
You have 2 years of full-time software engineering experience. Strong programming skills, especially in TypeScript. You have strong product and systems thinking with a bias toward simple, reliable solutions. You are excitement about building software with real-world impact.
Why Garage
Garage is modernizing how America buys and sells the vehicles and equipment that keep communities safe.
Our AI-powered marketplace automates every part of the transaction—appraisals, payments, paperwork, freight, warranty, and financing—reducing what once took months down to minutes.
By replacing broken, manual processes with modern software, Garage helps critical equipment reach communities faster—saving taxpayer dollars and supporting the industries that keep America running.
We've raised $18M to date, and are backed by Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, Infinity Ventures, FJ Labs, and other leading investors.
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. As a software engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to make a direct, meaningful impact, shaping product strategy and building systems that move real equipment and vehicles across the country.
What You’ll Do
- Build and own core systems across our marketplace and transaction 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
You have 2 years of full-time software engineering experience. Strong programming skills, especially in TypeScript. You have strong product and systems thinking with a bias toward simple, reliable solutions. You are excitement about building software with real-world impact.
Why Garage
- Build software directly impacting America’s local governments and essential industries
- Opportunity to modernize one of the largest, most outdated marketplaces
- Competitive compensation and meaningful equity
- Small, high-caliber team with high engineering standards
Salary : $150,000 - $220,000