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Garage

Secure marketplace for used fire equipment

Customer Experience Operations

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/4/2026
$80k - $110k/yr+ Stock options + $100/month wellness stipend + 401(k) match + Relocation assistance
Mid
Bachelor's
New York, NY, USA
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About the job

Requirements
  • Take ownership, work autonomously, and proactively identify and drive solutions.
  • Work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while maintaining attention to detail.
  • Engage with customers and build trust through clarity, responsiveness, and professionalism.
  • Prioritize and manage multiple active requests and deadlines efficiently.
  • Navigate spreadsheets, trackers, and multiple data sources, and interpret and communicate insights clearly.
  • Hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
  • Have 3+ years of experience in operations, customer-facing, or analytical roles.
  • Demonstrate strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
  • Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels, from frontline operators to CEOs, via phone and email.
Responsibilities
  • Own operational initiatives and special projects that improve workflows, strengthen operations, and help the team scale.
  • Update and manage trackers and internal systems to keep deal status, documentation, and timelines current.
  • Identify issues, gather missing information, resolve straightforward requests efficiently, and escalate when needed to keep deals moving.
  • Own operational coordination between clients, Sales, Engineering, and other internal teams to resolve issues efficiently and accurately, while surfacing opportunities to improve the customer experience.
  • Manage multiple active transactions at once while maintaining high attention to detail in a fast-moving environment.
  • Help buyers and sellers navigate the Garage platform and complete required actions smoothly, and identify ways to improve the user experience.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience operating in an early-stage or high-growth startup environment.
  • Proficiency with ticketing and project management tools such as Notion, Jira, or Linear to manage tasks, workflows, and client requests.

About the company

What WithGarage.com does: It runs an online marketplace that helps fire departments buy and sell used fire service equipment. It acts as an intermediary that lists surplus gear (from helmets and nozzles to large apparatus), connects buyers and sellers, and processes secure transactions. How it works: Departments list items for sale, buyers browse, and purchases are completed through the platform with protections for both sides. The company earns transaction fees charged to sellers and may offer financing options through partnerships, enabling purchases for more expensive equipment. How it differs from competitors: The focus is a niche market serving fire departments, providing a trusted, user-friendly, secure marketplace with buyer and seller protections and financing options tailored to fire equipment needs. Its goal: simplify procurement and disposal of surplus fire gear, helping departments manage budgets while ensuring access to needed equipment through a reliable marketplace.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$18.1M

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2023

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What believers are saying

  • Garage raised $13.5 million in August 2025, bringing total funding to $18 million.
  • TechCrunch reported AI appraisals and instant freight quotes, reducing friction in sales.
  • Named customers like South Charleston and Utica signal repeatable demand and expansion across departments.

What critics are saying

  • GovDeals, local auctioneers, and Facebook groups still control entrenched municipal procurement workflows.
  • Public-sector buyers move slowly; a single trust failure can freeze adoption across departments.
  • Garage’s niche depends on fire-equipment resale volume; weak transactions starve the marketplace entirely.

What makes Garage unique

  • Garage automates appraisal, freight quotes, payments, and delivery for fire equipment transactions.
  • By August 2025, Garage operated in all 50 states with municipal customers.
  • The marketplace specializes in hard-to-move emergency vehicles, unlike generic auctions or Facebook groups.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Phone/Internet Stipend

Stock Options

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

↑ 9%

1 year growth

↑ 1%

2 year growth

↑ 4%
Axios
Aug 20th, 2025
Pro Rata Premium: First Look

- Garage, a secondhand equipment marketplace for public safety groups, raised $13.5m in Series A funding led by Infinity Ventures.

TechCrunch
Aug 20th, 2025
Garage raises $13.5M for firefighter gear

Garage, a marketplace for specialized public safety equipment, raised $13.5M in a Series A led by Infinity Ventures. Founded by Martin Hunt and Alaz Sengul, Garage streamlines the purchase of equipment like firetrucks, automating processes such as appraisal and payment. Hunt, a former firefighter, identified the need for a more efficient system as fire departments often rely on platforms like GovDeals or Facebook groups to buy used gear.

Y Combinator
Mar 5th, 2024
Garage: Marketplace for used firefighting equipment. | Y Combinator

Marketplace for used firefighting equipment. Founded in 2023 by Martin Hunt and Alaz Sengul, Garage has 2 employees based in .

Wamda
Apr 27th, 2021
Garage raises $600,000 to fuel expansion

Garage, the platform specialised in digitising the express services sector for cars, announced an investment round (Seed) of 2.25 million Saudi riyals (600,000 US dollars), bringing the company's valuation to 11.25 million Saudi riyals (3 million US dollars). A round led by a number of angels investors.

MenaBytes
Oct 22nd, 2020
Saudi’s Garage raises $260,000 to offer on-demand car maintenance services at your doorstep

Khobar-based yet-to-launch on-demand car maintenance services startup Garage has raised $260,000 in an investment round from angel investors, it announced in a statement to MENAbytes today. Founded earlier this year by Osama AlSalloum, Garage aims to digitalize car maintenance services, enabling customers to book these services through its mobile app and receive them at their […]