About the Role
We are looking for a seasoned engineering leader to lead Core Infrastructure and Operations Engineering. You will manage and mentor a multi-functional team across SRE, Operations, Data & AI Platform, and Database Engineering. You will own our cloud platform, run infrastructure as a product, and drive enterprise-grade reliability for mission-critical systems. As an engineering leader, you will lead during critical moments and operate with company executives.
Responsibilities
- Lead and scale a high-performing engineering team responsible for core platform systems used across the company.
- Define and drive multi-quarter platform initiatives that improve developer velocity, system reliability, and product leverage.
- Partner closely with product and engineering leaders to evolve the platform as a product, balancing long-term architecture with near-term business needs.
- Take ambiguous, high-impact problem areas (e.g., system scalability, reliability, platform abstractions) and turn them into clear execution plans.
- Drive alignment across multiple teams working on complex, interdependent systems including internal platforms, infrastructure as well as cloud governance.
- Raise the bar on engineering quality, operational excellence, and execution across the platform organization.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as an engineering leader.
- Deep expertise in running cloud platforms at scale.
- Strong sense for systems architecture.
- Ability to collaborate and work effectively cross functionally with a strong sense of ownership.
- Experience managing teams of engineers and being responsible for multiple projects concurrently.
- Very strong domain knowledge in cloud infrastructure, observability.
- Experience in interfacing with vendors, partners and cost governance.
- Experience and strong understanding of Data and ML infrastructure.
- Experience driving processes and programs to raise the bar and engineering excellence.
- The applicant must be authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.
- It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.
Skills
- Cloud infrastructure
- Observability
- Data and ML infrastructure
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $229,000—$315,000 USD
Benefits
- Health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits
- Paid time off
- Sick time off
- Short term and long term disability coverage
- Life insurance
- 401k contribution
About the Company
- Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable.
- For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system.
- Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
- Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
- Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
Equal Opportunity
- Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
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- Some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.
