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Full-stack Engineer

Ekho · New York City HQ · On-site

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About Ekho

The vehicle commerce platform that closes deals 24/7. AI sales agents, high-converting websites, and a 50-state transaction engine for titled vehicle dealerships. Backed by Y Combinator.

About the role

Buying a vehicle online is pretty sweet. If you disagree, then you probably aren’t a good fit for Ekho; please return to your rock, luddite. For those remaining: the numbers support our belief. Carvana will sell a record high of 800,000 cars online in 2026 (making up around 2% of the total number of used cars sold in the US per year). Moreover, studies show that online vehicle shoppers - like Carvana buyers - report the highest satisfaction rate out of all shoppers. Pretty compelling stuff if you ask us.

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New York City HQ ᐧ Full time ᐧ On-site ᐧ R&D ᐧ $160K-$200K + meaningful equity

Buying a vehicle online is pretty sweet. If you disagree, then you probably aren’t a good fit for Ekho; please return to your rock, luddite. For those remaining: the numbers support our belief. Carvana will sell a record high of 800,000 cars online in 2026 (making up around 2% of the total number of used cars sold in the US per year). Moreover, studies show that online vehicle shoppers - like Carvana buyers - report the highest satisfaction rate out of all shoppers. Pretty compelling stuff if you ask us. Thus, our conclusion: buying a vehicle online is pretty sweet.

The obvious followup is ‘why don’t more vehicles get bought online’? Well, it turns out it’s pretty hard to do. Just check out your local dealership website - you’ll most likely see ‘Get My Quote’ buttons on inventory pages rather than ‘Buy Now’ buttons. The horror!

To many people’s surprise, dealers don’t forgo ‘Buy Now’ buttons because they hate the idea of online sales. Quite the opposite: dealers are savvy businessmen and women who can see the success of Carvana and want to emulate their tactics. The true reason blocking the ‘buy now’...

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