Staff Software Engineer

About Motion

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, 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 are growing fast (3x year‑over‑year), our product is sticky, and with a recent $30 M 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 🚀

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.

Our tech stack: React, Node.js with Express, TypeScript, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Azure.

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

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 ensuring 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

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

- Proficiency with our core stack (React, Node.js, TypeScript) is ideal, though we’re open to adjacent tech.

- 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, 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 with hybrid flexibility: team members span Canada, the U.S., and beyond, with optional hybrid work at our offices in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Porto.

- Growth that speaks for itself: 3x YoY growth, second‑time founders with deep industry knowledge, and $30 M in Series B funding.

- Opportunity for impact: as an early team member, your contributions will directly shape the product, team, and the future of the company.

- Award‑winning team: low‑ego, high‑performing team ranked #5 on LinkedIn’s Top 15 Startups in Canada for 2025.

- Team connection: yearly company‑wide offsite to stay connected.

Location Note

Motion is a fully remote company, but we’re looking for someone in or around one of our hub cities (Toronto, Montreal, or Porto, Portugal) who can work with significant overlap to ET working hours.

Seniority Level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industry

Software Development

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