Garage Software Engineer, Design at Garage responsible for building and shipping polished, production-quality UI across core products including a mobile app. Work directly with the Co-founder and CTO to maintain a high bar for product design.
Responsibilities
Good design is a core feature of our platform. When people are looking to buy and sell assets that are valued as much as an actual house, it’s important the product experience is clean, smooth, and intuitive. Since the beginning, we’ve been very intentional about maintaining a high bar for product design.
We love going into the details, talking to our customers, and building the pixels nobody asked for but always wanted. You’ll join a small team working directly with the Co-founder and CTO.
Build and ship polished, production-quality UI across our core products (including a mobile app).
Craft UI details including layouts, typography, responsiveness, motion, and micro-interactions using Tailwind CSS.
Contribute to shared UI foundations including components, patterns, and design tokens.
Work across the stack using React, Next.js, and TypeScript to deliver fast, reliable interfaces.
Optimize for performance, accessibility, and maintainability without compromising on design.
Raise the bar for frontend craft through code reviews, critiques, and shared standards.
Qualification
Comfort working across designYou think in systemsYou would love to be customer-facingYou play for the front of the jerseyStrong experience with React4+ years of experienceTake Big SwingsCustomers Come FirstPlay For the Front of the JerseyAll GasWhy Join Garage?Do work that matters
Required
Strong eye for design and interaction with taste you can both defend and implement.
Comfort working across design, product, and engineering to ship work.
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.
Strong experience with React, Next.js, Tailwind, and TypeScript in production environments.
Exceptional CSS skills with a proven ability to build pixel-perfect, resilient user interfaces.
Portfolio that demonstrates high-craft frontend or design engineering work.
Preferred
Startup experience as a technical co-founder or early engineer at a Series A/B/C startup.
4+ years of experience.
Take Big Swings. We are here to transform an overlooked industry—not make small improvements around the edges. We set ambitious goals, take calculated risks, and push through setbacks. We never trade lasting impact for short-term comfort.
Customers Come First. Our customers operate in an industry burdened by slow, expensive, and outdated processes. We attack the problems that cost them the most and measure our success by the time and money we give back to them.
Play For the Front of the Jersey. We put the mission ahead of ourselves. We challenge each other directly, support each other relentlessly, and step up whenever the team needs us. We win together, and we have fun doing it.
All Gas, No Ego. Building something that matters takes relentless effort. We move fast, take ownership, and see hard problems through. When we fall short, we own it, learn quickly, and come back stronger.
Why Join Garage?
Do work that matters. Our platform helps people buy the assets that local communities rely on to keep their communities safe, clean, and operating every day.
