SoftwareEngineer

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Now Hiring/ENG-2026-03/Chicago

• Software Engineer
• Own products, not tickets. Ship to real dealerships in week one.

• Chicago
• Union Station

• In-person
• 5 days/week

• Full-time

• Product Eng
• Early-stage

MOTO(build)

A vehicle valuation and dealership platform, built for the speed dealers move at.

Moto Acquire 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.

Stage

Early-stage

Segment

• B2B

• Auto SaaS

Model

Multi-tenant

Users

Dealers + creators

HQ

Chicago, IL

MOTO(ship)

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.

• Build and ship features across a Next.js App Router platform serving multiple dealerships — server and client components.
• Design REST API routes and server actions that integrate with third-party automotive data providers.
• Evolve a PostgreSQL schema for multi-tenant dealership configs, valuations, CRM data, and leads.
• Build dealer-facing UI — lead management, valuations, buying-center tools, analytics, SMS/email — in React + MUI.
• Implement background jobs with Inngest for email tracking, value monitoring, and async processing.
• Write tests with Jest + RTL; maintain CI that gates deployments on Vercel.
• Monitor production via Sentry; drive reliability improvements.
• Participate 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 Type Script 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/Auth
  0.
• Solid Git workflow — branches, PRs, conventional commits.

• Prisma migrations
• Multi-tenant data modeling
• Inngest / BullMQ
• Resend + React Email
• Tailwind
• Automotive APIs
• AWS S3 / Cloud Front
• Sentry / Datadog
• Vercel edge / serverless
• OpenAI API
• AI agents / worktrees

MOTO(stack)

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.

Languages

• Type Script
• Java Script

Frontend

• React
• Next.js
• Tailwind
• Component libraries

Backend

• Node.js
• REST APIs
• Server Actions
• Background jobs

Database

• PostgreSQL
• Prisma
• Migrations

Infra

• Vercel
• AWS
• Docker
• CI/CD

Integrations

• Third-party APIs
• CRMs
• Email / SMS
• AI / LLMs

Testing

• Jest
• Vitest
• React Testing Library

Tooling

• Git
• ESLint
• Prettier
• Sentry

MOTO(why)

The early-engineer line on a resume — earned.

What you get here that you won't get at a 500-person org.

• Ownership
• Outsized impact
• Real customers
• Domain depth
• Resume weight

MOTO(grow)

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.

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