Engineer
Own products, not tickets.
Ship to real dealerships in week one.
A vehicle valuation and dealership platform, built for the speed dealers move at.
MotoAcquire is an early-stage startup building technology that powers trade-in flows, lead management, and automotive insights for dealers and content creators. Our multi-tenant SaaS platform integrates with industry data providers — Kelley Blue Book, Black Book, EVOX, Bumper — plus CRMs and communication channels to streamline how dealerships acquire vehicles and engage customers.
We build several products in parallel: a core valuation engine and API platform, a dealer portal, an internal admin tool, and an automotive SEO content site — all running on modern cloud infrastructure.
This is a fast-paced startup environment. We move quickly, handle various responsibilities, and care deeply about our work. You will have real ownership over products and the autonomy to shape their evolution. If you want to make a significant impact early in your career at a place where your work truly matters, this is the right team for you.
Own a product. Ship to production. Week one.
You'll work across our entire platform — from consumer valuation flows to API integrations with automotive data providers. At a team this size, you own entire products, make architectural decisions, and see your work used by real dealerships within days.
- 01Build and ship features across a Next.js App Router platform serving multiple dealerships — server and client components.
- 02Design REST API routes and server actions that integrate with third-party automotive data providers.
- 03Evolve a PostgreSQL schema for multi-tenant dealership configs, valuations, CRM data, and leads.
- 04Build dealer-facing UI — lead management, valuations, buying-center tools, analytics, SMS/email — in React + MUI.
- 05Implement background jobs with Inngest for email tracking, value monitoring, and async processing.
- 06Write tests with Jest + RTL; maintain CI that gates deployments on Vercel.
- 07Monitor production via Sentry; drive reliability improvements.
- 08Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and sprint workflows.
- ◆2+ years building web apps — or equivalent project depth. Quality over quantity; one good project beats ten to-do apps.
- ◆Strong proficiency in TypeScript and React.
- ◆Production Next.js (App Router preferred) — server components, API routes, middleware, server actions.
- ◆Hands-on with PostgreSQL + Prisma.
- ◆Comfortable consuming and building REST APIs.
- ◆Experience with component libraries — MUI, Radix, or similar.
- ◆Familiar with Zod or similar schema validation.
- ◆Understanding of auth patterns — sessions, cookies, Supabase/Auth0.
- ◆Solid Git workflow — branches, PRs, conventional commits.
Nice to have
The tools you'll actually use.
Modern, opinionated, and chosen because they work — not because they're trendy. You don't need all of it on day one, but you'll touch most of it within your first quarter.
The early-engineer line on a resume — earned.
What you get here that you won't get at a 500-person org.
Ownership
Engineers don't close tickets — they own entire products. You'll have a direct say in what gets built and how, from architecture to shipping.
Outsized impact
Your individual contribution moves the company's trajectory in a way it literally cannot at a 500-person org. What you ship this quarter shapes what MotoAcquire becomes.
Real customers
Your work goes to actual dealerships running real businesses. Not internal tools or staging. You'll watch dealers use what you built — and hear when it needs to be better.
Domain depth
Automotive is a large, underbuilt industry, and we're building at the center of it. Real expertise in a vertical that compounds — not generic CRUD.
Resume weight
"Early engineer at a startup that got acquired" is one of the strongest lines a young engineer can earn. We're building toward that in 3–5 years. Every engineer shares in it via meaningful options.
Advance by the work — not the years.
Level progression is tied to scope and impact: what you own, how independently you ship it, and how much you support the team. Strong engineers move quickly.
Ready to own something?
Attach your resume and send us your best work — a repo, a site, a side project. One good thing tells us more than a polished resume.