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Remote, Oregon, United States
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Cardata is where driven people make an outsized impact. We’re a small but mighty team transforming how businesses manage vehicle reimbursement — replacing outdated programs with smart, automated solutions.
Our vision is bold: to provide the most comprehensive, intelligent, and automated software and services for creating ideal vehicle programs. And we’re building toward that vision every single day.
Join us and you’ll find challenge, growth, and the chance to deliver real impact — helping hundreds of companies and thousands of drivers across North America focus on the work that matters most to them.
We're hiring a Senior Developer with deep mobile expertise for a small, self-contained innovation group (Initial three-month contract, with opportunity for extension or move to full-time). Working alongside a Product Manager and a web-focused developer, you will take an ambiguous business problem, turn it into a testable product bet, and build the smallest end-to-end experience that can generate meaningful evidence, often in roughly one to two weeks. You will bring early versions back to customers and the market validation group, gather feedback, and rapidly iterate through V1, V2, V3, and beyond. Once the concept is validated, the group will shift from proving the idea to determining what must change for it to become secure, reliable, scalable, and ready for handoff.
The group operates like an entrepreneurial startup within the larger organization and owns the path from problem discovery through rapid prototyping, customer and market validation, iterative development, and a validated proof of concept. From there, it determines what is required to harden and scale the product before handing it to the core product and engineering team.
The operating principle is simple: build to learn first, then build to scale. During validation, speed comes from controlling scope and making deliberate, reversible technical choices—not from designing the final production architecture before the opportunity is proven. Security, privacy, and responsible data handling remain non-negotiable throughout. Once an idea demonstrates value, you will work with our Core team at key technical integration points to harden, refactor, or redesign what is needed for scale. That judgment lets us discard weak ideas cheaply and invest deeply in the ones that earn it.
This is a fit for someone with strong product and commercial instincts, sound technical judgment, and a high degree of ownership. You identify gaps, propose a path forward, and keep momentum without waiting for perfect requirements. You own outcomes, make clear trade-offs to meet timelines, and raise consequential risks early.
Core Experience
Technical
AI-Native Mindset
Bonus (nice to have)
Why you’ll love working at Cardata:
We’ll be honest — Cardata isn’t for everyone. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, take extreme ownership, and constantly push yourself (and your work) to be the best, you’ll fit right in.
You’ll be surrounded by driven teammates who genuinely care — about the work, about our customers, and about helping each other succeed. Together, we take on ambitious goals and celebrate the wins along the way.
What we offer in return for you bringing your best:
Cardata is an equal opportunity employer. All candidates will be equally considered without regard to race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, language, citizenship, creed, religion, gender/gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, physical and/or mental handicap or financial ability. We are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to bring their authentic selves to work.
If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.
