Oway
The First AI Infrastructure Layer for America’s Empty Truck Space
Oway - Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
About the role
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Location: Hybrid — San Francisco or New York
Oway is building the first AI + ML driven carrier, a single company that exclusively works through a live decentralized network of thousands of trucks — using AI to fill unused space in trucks as an alternative to regular freight shipping to fix one of the most inefficient parts of our country’s economy.
We’re a small, fast-moving team backed by Y Combinator, and we’re looking for a Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer to help us in our next phase of growth. You’ll work closely with our engineering team to build critical infrastructure for our country, working on cutting-edge projects that integrate with live telemetry systems of thousands of trucks and using AI to detour, route, and price their capacity.
What You’ll Do
- Own features end-to-end — from concept and design through deployment and monitoring.
- Work across our stack: Java (Spring) on the backend, TypeScript + React on the frontend, and MongoDB for data.
- Build new product features that directly impact how shipments are priced, matched, and tracked.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Sales, Carrier, and Operations teams to ship tools that make real-world impact.
- Help shape the technical culture of an early-stage startup — from architecture decisions to deployment practices.
- Write clean, maintainable code and move fast without breaking things that matter.
Who You Are
- 4+ years of experience as a full-stack or backend engineer.
- Strong command of Java, TypeScript, and React (or similar frameworks).
- Experience building and maintaining production systems end-to-end.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments where you have ownership and autonomy.
- Excited by tough, unstructured problems — and motivated by impact over process.
- Strong communicator who thrives in small, cross-functional teams.
- Bonus: familiarity with machine learning, routing optimization, or logistics tech.
Why Oway
- Join a YC-backed team fixing a trillion-dollar industry, backed by General Catalyst, Soma Capital, and some of the best investors in AI.
- Build real systems that move freight across the country — not just pixels.
- Work directly with the founder and early employees who value speed, ownership, and clear thinking.
- Hybrid flexibility: join us in San Francisco or New York, with the option to work remotely part of the week.
About Oway
Oway is popularizing a completely new way to affordably ship up to 12 pallets across long distances by creating the largest live network of empty truck space.. It's a huge problem - almost half of all truck space goes unused every year in the now trillion-dollar US trucking industry.
We are constantly looking for the brightest up-and-coming problem solvers for our team to help tackle one of the country's largest problems. Oway is an extremely collaborative environment, and our goal is to make solving this problem fun while also performing at our best.
