Staff Software Engineer (Platform Team)

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Motion is creating the command center for creative strategists – an AI‑driven analytics and intelligence platform that bridges the gap between performance marketers and creative teams, helping them uncover what’s working and what’s not and ultimately ship more winning ads across platforms like YouTube, LinkedIn, Meta, and TikTok.

Today, Motion is trusted by some of the world’s top e‑commerce and direct‑to‑consumer brands and agencies, including Vuori, True Classic, The Farmer’s Dog, and HexClad, and has analyzed over $14 billion in media spend. When leading brands want to understand their creative performance, they turn to us.

We’re growing fast (3× year‑over‑year), our product is sticky, and with a recent $30 million Series B raise, we’re just getting started. We’re building the future of creative intelligence and are looking for talented people to help us get there!

About the Role

As a Staff Software Engineer on our Platform team, you’ll design, implement, and maintain robust, high‑quality backend APIs and services. Your work will directly impact Motion’s core operations and enable teams across the company to leverage our data across multiple product lines. We work primarily in Node, TypeScript, Azure, and MongoDB – and any other simple tools that get the job done.

➡️ Explore our Engineering at Motion page to learn more about our team, our work, and how we build together.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Scoping, designing, and implementing resilient, performant, and high‑quality backend solutions.
• Working closely with fellow engineers to deliver complex backend features and integrations.
• Maintaining and enhancing existing integrations, anticipating future product solutions and making sure our systems scale with Motion’s growth.
• Identifying and resolving errors, performance issues, and devex problems in our codebase.
• Driving engineering advancements.

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What You’ll Love About Motion

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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