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Spartians at the 2024 buildtheb.us hackathon!

Unlock Your Potential with Spare's Software Development Team!

Are you passionate about software development and eager to make a real impact in the transportation industry? We’re hiring Intermediate and Senior Software Developers—fully remote roles across Canada! Discover the exciting opportunities each role offers, why they are crucial to our mission, and gain insights from our Software Development team leads on how to make your application stand out!

We are hiring on our Sales team!

Unlock Your Potential with Spare's Sales Team!

Are you ready to elevate your career in sales? We’re hiring Account Executives, Account Managers, and Sales Managers—fully remote roles available across Canada and the US! Discover what each role entails, why they are vital to our success, and get exclusive tips from our Director of Growth on how to stand out as a candidate.

Spartians welcoming you!

Thriving in Growth: Spare is Hiring Remotely!

We are thrilled to announce that Spare is entering a new phase of growth with several fully remote roles open across Canada and the US! If you’re passionate about innovation, driving results, and making a difference in the world of transportation, Spare just might be the place for you!

Engineering, Design and Product teams at the 2024 Spring Hackathon.

Spare's 2024 Spring Hackathon: Another Step Towards Transforming Mobility

In this blog, we recap the highlights of Spare's 2024 Spring Hackathon in Vancouver. Discover how cross-functional teamwork and a week of intense creativity led to the implementation of over a dozen new features, and hear firsthand insights from a Software Developer at Spare about their hackathon experience.

Spartians gaining insight into a customer's challenges, pain points and aspirations.

Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles: Customer Obsession

Welcome to Part 6, our final blog, in our blog series “Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles”. In this week's edition, we take a look into our ‘Customer Obsession’ principle. Each blog dives into one of our guiding principles—Take Ownership, Growth Mindset, Execute with Urgency, Drive Results, No Assholes, and Customer Obsession— exploring what they mean to us, how they shape our culture, and the impact they have on our daily operations.

Several Spartians together at a baseball game in Vancouver, BC.

Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles: No Assholes

Welcome to Part 5 of our blog series “Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles”. In this week's edition, we take a look into our ‘No Assholes’ principle. Each blog dives into one of our guiding principles—Take Ownership, Growth Mindset, Execute with Urgency, Drive Results, No Assholes, and Customer-Obsession— exploring what they mean to us, how they shape our culture, and the impact they have on our daily operations.

Image of one of our Spartians driving in a bus simulation

Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles: Drive Results

Welcome to Part 4 of our blog series “Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles”. In this week's edition, we take a look into our ‘Drive Results' principle. Each blog dives into one of our guiding principles—Take Ownership, Growth Mindset, Execute with Urgency, Drive Results, No Assholes, and Customer-Obsession— exploring what they mean to us, how they shape our culture, and the impact they have on our daily operations.

Image of our Spartians with a Zunga Bus driver — one of Spare's customers.

Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles: Execute with Urgency

Welcome to Part 3 of our blog series “Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles”. In this week's edition, we take a look into our ‘Execute with Urgency’ principle. Each blog dives into one of our guiding principles—Take Ownership, Growth Mindset, Execute with Urgency, Drive Results, No Assholes, and Customer-Obsession— exploring what they mean to us, how they shape our culture, and the impact they have on our daily operations.

"When one of us grows, we all grow." Featuring a few members of the software development team at Spare.

Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles: Growth Mindset

Welcome to the second edition of our blog series “Unveiling Spare’s Guiding Principles”. In this week's edition, we take a look into our ‘Growth Mindset’ principle. Each blog will dive into one of our guiding principles—Take Ownership, Growth Mindset, Execute with Urgency, Drive Results, No Assholes, and Customer-Obsession— exploring what they mean to us, how they shape our culture, and the impact they have on our daily operations.

A fellow Spartian exempting our guiding principle "Taking Ownership" at our Spare Hackathon!

Unveiling Spare's Guiding Principles: Taking Ownership

Introducing our new blog series: “Unveiling Spare's Guiding Principles”. Over the next few weeks, we invite you to join us on a journey through the core values that drive our organization forward and make Spare, Spare. Each blog will delve into one of our guiding principles— Take Ownership, Growth Mindset, Execute with Urgency, Drive Results, No Assholes, and Customer-Obsession— exploring what they mean to us, how they shape our culture, and the impact they have on our daily operations.