--- title: 'Junior Software Engineer at Renterra' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/junior-software-engineer-renterra-chicago-f1e7rayd69sw' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-05' --- # Junior Software Engineer at Renterra - **Company:** Renterra - **Location:** Chicago, IL - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-01-22 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/renterra/430dc36f-a7d3-4074-b2f6-c81a26fefdaa ## Job description Renterra is a Series A–backed SaaS company modernizing the $100B+ heavy equipment rental industry. We’ve built an end-to-end platform that helps rental businesses run smarter — spanning operations, payments, marketing, and accounting integrations and so much more. This is a hybrid role based in Chicago, with regular in-office collaboration and flexibility for focused remote work. How we work: We value velocity and efficiency through fast iteration cycles. Our lean team doesn’t sit on ceremony – build times, deployments, and meetings are all streamlined so we can deliver the most effective solutions to our customers. What you’ll do: - Design, Build and Innovate: Lead and contribute to greenfield projects, develop new features and products from scratch. - Collaborate Closely: Engineering is a team effort; we produce our best work together. Work closely with our product and support teams to ensure we are solving the right problems - Customer-Centric Development: Have high empathy for our users, consistently seek feedback and iterate on our products to improve their experience. (We go on-site on with customers to see our software in use first-hand) - Business-Minded Decision Making: Make daily decisions on when we should invest in more sound architecture, leverage vendors and integrations or cut corners and scope to deliver functionality to our customers. - Optimize and Deliver: Participate in a lean and fast-moving development process that is consistently iterated and improved upon. What we’re looking for: - You’re AI-forward - you actively use AI tools to accelerate development, and you’re excited to integrate AI into product experiences when it meaningfully improves outcomes. - You love building - and you’re energized by shipping real product into the hands of real customers. - You’re fluent in TypeScript and modern web engineering - comfortable with our core technologies (see below) and excited to push the boundaries of what great product experiences can be. - You bring curiosity and energy every day - eager to ship, get feedback, and level up quickly as you grow with the team. Tech Stack: - Typescript - Next.js / Vercel - Planetscale (MySQL) - React - Tailwind CSS - MaterialUI - GitHub ## About Renterra ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Renterra provides a modern all-in-one software platform that powers every side of equipment rental businesses—from inventory management and scheduling to payments, AI-powered reporting, and online storefronts. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A) - **Headquarters**: Chicago, Illinois, United States - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Andy Feis (Co-Founder & CEO), Nick Hibberd (Co-Founder & CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Commercial and Industrial Equipment Rental software (vertical SaaS) - **Target customers**: B2B – rental companies, contractors, and fleet managers across North America; serves SMB to mid-market rental yards. - **Mission or purpose**: “Built by the Rental Industry, for the Rental Industry” – modernizing an underserved industry with integrated, easy-to-use software. ## Products & Services - **Renterra Platform (all-in-one operating system)**: A suite of integrated modules including: - **Inventory Management** – Track equipment status, usage, ROI, and downtime; manage multi-location inventory. - **Scheduling & Quoting** – Generate quotes, check availability, drag-and-drop dispatch. - **Customer Management** – View account history, documents, credit info. - **Mobile Inspections** – Capture photos, notes, and digital checklists pre/post rental. - **GPS Tracking** – Sync live location, mileage, and usage data from fleet. - **Contract eSignatures** – Send agreements by text/email and collect legally binding signatures. - **Payments & Invoicing** – Send invoices, accept payments, track balances; integrates with QuickBooks. - **Integrated Marketing Suite** – AI-powered ad campaigns, targeted email campaigns, online storefront. - **Customer Portal** – Let customers log in, pay invoices, and track orders. - **Maintenance & Service** – Log repairs, assign techs, minimize idle time. - **Integrated Accounting** – Sync financials with QuickBooks and export journal entries. - **AI-Powered Reporting** – Ask questions and get instant answers backed by live data. - **Yard View** – Visual overview of equipment coming in/out. - **Onboarding**: Fast setup (most teams go live in 1-2 weeks) with dedicated representative. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding $13M (as of July 2026) - Pre-Seed (Sep 2022): $1M - Seed (Apr 2024): $3M led by Bienville Capital - Series A (Jan 2026): $9M led by Avenue Growth Partners - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Avenue Growth Partners (lead Series A), Bienville Capital, other existing investors. - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount: 23 employees (+22.7% YoY), fully remote team. - Used by hundreds of rental companies across the US and Canada. - Supports hundreds of millions of dollars in rental transactions annually. - Active job postings: 5 roles (Quarterly trend -16.7%, but Yearly trend +400%). - Series A funding to accelerate AI and platform expansion. ## Competitive Advantages - **Vertical focus**: Built specifically for equipment rental (not generic ERP/CRM), with deep industry knowledge from veterans. - **All-in-one platform**: Covers operations, marketing, financials, and fleet protection in one integrated system – replaces multiple legacy tools. - **AI-first approach**: Practical AI features (AI-powered reporting, marketing campaigns) are being embedded directly into workflows. - **Fast onboarding**: 1-2 week setup with dedicated representative, low friction for SMB rental yards. - **Modern tech stack**: Mobile-first, cloud-based, integrates with QuickBooks and common tools. ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Scaling across North America, growing the team (engineering, product, customer success, go-to-market), and accelerating AI capabilities to help rental companies operate smarter and market more effectively. - **Growth plan**: Continue building the next-generation platform that defines how the rental industry operates for the next decade. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “Customer-first, always”, “Commit and deliver”, “Raise the bar”. Fast-moving, results-driven startup with visible impact. - **Work environment**: Fully remote company – flexible work environment. - **Benefits**: Competitive pay and equity options, health/dental/vision insurance, generous PTO and sick leave. - **Team**: Small (~23 people) with flat structure; roles span engineering, product, customer success, sales. Key leaders include Andy Feis (CEO), Nick Hibberd (CTO), Vicky Zhang (Founding Product Manager). - **Ideal for**: People who want to own projects from day one, work in a high-growth vertical SaaS startup, and modernize a traditional industry. ## Sources 1. [getrenterra.com](https://getrenterra.com/) 2. [getrenterra.com/about](https://getrenterra.com/about) 3. [getrenterra.com/careers](https://getrenterra.com/careers) 4. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/getrenterra) 5. 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