Senior Software Engineer (Platform Team)

Staff Software Engineer (Platform Team)

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About The Staff Software Engineer 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.

What You'd 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.

Sample Projects

Build a unified API for our insights data to be used by other development teams

Store insights and metrics from our data providers at scale

Our ideal fit brings ✨

10+ years of experience building and maintaining large-scale software applications

Proficiency in React, Node.js, and TypeScript

Strong experience with asynchronous message queue systems

Experience with MongoDB or other document-based databases

Solid understanding of data modeling, ETL concepts, and simplifying data architecture

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a knack for translating complex technical issues into clear business impacts

Interest in AI / ML

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements and priorities

A pragmatic approach to tackling challenging problems, with a deep interest in understanding and solving business needs

What You'll Love About Motion

Competitive compensation package : We offer competitive compensation, including equity for all employees, health benefits from day one, a monthly health & lifestyle stipend to support your well-being, 20 days of PTO, and a $1,500 work-from-home stipend.

Remote-first flexibility : We're a remote-first company with team members spanning Canada, the U.S., and beyond, offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere.

Team connection : To stay connected in a virtual workspace, we get together at least once yearly for a company-wide offsite (this year, we spent a week by the lake in Muskoka, Canada!)

Proven leadership : Our founding team has already built a successful company in this space.

Opportunity for impact : As an early team member, your contributions will directly shape the product, team, and the future of the company. If you're excited about building, you’ll thrive here.

High-performance, low-ego culture : We’re an ambitious, action-oriented team that values collaboration and continuous learning.

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