At Carma, we’re revolutionizing the fleet management space by building a massively simplified experience for commercial fleet operators to receive same-day repair and maintenance for any vehicle with real-time, transparent quotes from highly-vetted service center partners with a guaranteed 24-hour turnaround.

Fleet operators face the challenging task of keeping hundreds or thousands of vehicles on the road cost-efficiently with minimal downtime. Our platform solves this precise problem, powering operations for our fleet customers with every tool needed for modern fleet management - real-time service tracking, cost verification, diagnostics visibility, and so much more. We are tackling an enormous market—worth $177 billion in the United States alone.

We're growing very rapidly and are looking for superstars to join us on our rocketship growth as we relentlessly work towards building a multi-billion dollar company to take over the outdated fleet management market.

Join us if you're eager to make a significant impact and be part of an explosive-growth startup from the ground up.

NOTE: We run a highly-efficient, high-velocity interview process and expect candidates who can keep up. Strong candidates often go from first conversation to offer in 1-2 days, not weeks or months.

This process is a signal. We respect candidates’ time, give fast, clear feedback, and expect decisiveness in return. If this pace excites you, you’ll thrive here.

Job Type: Full-time

Department: Engineering

Location: San Francisco (In-Person)

Salary: $175K — $225K

Equity: 2.00% — 3.00%

About Carma

Carma is building an AI-native platform that transforms fleet operations from tedious, manual work into effortless, automated workflows.

We’re the fastest-growing company in fleet management software. Carma already powers some of the largest fleets in the U.S., including Fortune 500 clients, saving operations teams thousands of hours by eliminating busywork and keeping vehicles on the road.

Backed by Soma Capital, Y Combinator, the founders of Superhuman, and top-tier investors, we raised our $5.5M seed and are sprinting toward a Series A in 2026.

We’re hiring the top 0.1% of engineers who want real ownership and impact—starting Day 1, you’ll build and ship fast to production for enterprise clients. Fleet operations run in real time, so your work is immediately used in the field and gets real customer feedback in hours, not months.

Our Values

• Act with Urgency: We move swiftly from decision to action — prioritizing impact, cutting through complexity, and delivering results without delay.
• Lead with Grit: We tackle every challenge with persistence, ingenuity, and resilience — turning obstacles into opportunities for growth and excellence.
• Earn and Keep Trust: We build credibility through honesty, accountability, and transparency — doing what’s right even when no one’s watching.

The Role

We’re hiring a Full-Stack Engineer to own key product features end-to-end. You’ll work across React, NestJS, Postgres, Prisma ORM, and AWS to ship features that power AI-driven workflows and core user experiences.

You’ll get high-level product direction, and be trusted to scope, design, and build the right solution — quickly and independently. This is a role for someone who knows how to unblock themselves, drill into ambiguity, and ship without waiting on perfect specs.

What You’ll Do

• Ship full-stack product features across our core app and AI-powered workflows
• Translate high-level product goals into concrete backend + frontend implementations
• Make smart tradeoffs in speed, scope, and UX — without excessive handholding
• Work closely with product/business/operations teams across sprints to move fast and stay aligned
• Touch every part of the stack: React, NestJS, PostgreSQL, Prisma ORM, AWS

About You - What We’re Looking For

Must-Haves:

• 2–4 years building full-stack products in production environments
• Attended a reputable 4-year university in with a strong CS program
• Strong across both frontend and backend
• Have a strong product-oriented mindset
• Ability to take a problem statement and own the solution through to shipping
• Knows when to move fast, when to ask questions, and when to polish
• No ego, no drama — just high-context execution and good judgment
• Comfortable with ambiguity and skilled at building structure in fast-moving, chaotic environments
• Have excellent communication skills and responsiveness
• Have an eagerness to build solutions to challenging problems in a fast-paced and autonomous environment, as candidates will take on a wide set of responsibilities

Ideal candidate has:

• Have an interest in the automotive space
• Has strong personal projects that demonstrate that you have built and shipped products, for which there are current active users
• Current job or previous job is at a high-growth startup or market-leading tech company, where you have demonstrated fast-track career progression in those roles
• Experience building complex, workflow-driven B2B SaaS products (Vanta, Ramp, Gusto, etc.)

Not a Fit If:

• You’re looking for a 9–5 with fixed hours
• You’re looking for remote or hybrid work
• You prioritize or think about work-life balance often
• You’re uncomfortable in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• You need rigid structure or hand-holding to be effective
• You lead with ego instead of curiosity, collaboration, and accountability
• You struggle to balance competing priorities across strategic and tactical work

Why In-Person in SF Matters

• You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with a cracked sales and product team of former founders and industry experts in their 20s.
• Decisions happen live, not in backlogged async threads.
• A players work with A players. There’s a buzzing energy in the office. Hit the whiteboard with anyone here and you’ll understand why.

Benefits

• 100% premium medical, dental & vision coverage for you and your dependents
• Unlimited PTO + major federal holidays
• DoorDash stipend + all meals covered in-office
• Gym membership covered
• Frequent team dinners, events, and off-sites
• The opportunity to transform and take over a legacy, multi-billion-dollar industry

If you are a highly technical, fast-paced coder (full-stack, frontend, or backend) and love solving complex challenges, especially building web and mobile apps, then we want you to apply. We are looking for someone who has experience or specializes in:

• Building web apps in React • Building iOS/Android mobile apps in React Native, Swift, or Kotlin • Building backends in NestJS or Node.js • Building marketplaces, reverse marketplaces, or auction systems

These more technical skills are an additional plus:

• Experience leveraging APIs for deep integrations with both iOS and Android platforms • Experience working with remote data via REST and JSON • Solid understanding of mobile development platforms, including iOS Frameworks, Android Libraries, SDKs, and APIs for push notifications • Strong knowledge of iOS/Android UI design principles, patterns, and best practices • Familiarity with native build tools like XCode, Gradle, and Android Studio • Experience with AWS • Experience with React Hooks • Ability to write clean, well-documented code • An entrepreneurial mentality where you are comfortable working in an exciting, fast-paced, and autonomous environment • Prior startup experience where you have worked on building a mobile app or something else from scratch • A strong product-oriented mindset • Interest in cars and automotive is a plus