--- title: 'Staff Platform Engineer at Motive' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-platform-engineer-motive-austin-ws3zqrkq64rx' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Staff Platform Engineer at Motive - **Company:** Motive - **Location:** Austin, TX / Buffalo, NY / Nashville, TN / San Francisco, CA / Seattle, WA - **Compensation:** $164k–$236k - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-01-23 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gomotive/jobs/8371597002 ## Job description Who we are: 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](http://gomotive.com) to learn more. ## About the Role As a Staff Engineer on the Developer Productivity team, you will spearhead the effort to build systems and automation that are the development, build, and delivery backbone of the Motive platform across SaaS, Mobile, and Embedded/IoT products. With a focus on secure and highly scalable distributed services, you will leverage technology such as Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Github Actions, Tekton/TPAC, Helm, Bash, Python and whatever the future may hold to advance an automated and easy to use and maintain ecosystem to support Golang, Ruby on Rails, and Python services (as well as Kotlin and C for our Mobile and Embedded friends!). If creating direction for and implementing top-tier development tools, automation, infrastructure, and release pipelines, while providing guidance and mentorship to fellow engineers excites you, then Motive has the perfect role for you. ## What You’ll Do - Help define the direction and initiatives for the team and platform. - Strategize and build fully automated bootstrapping and delivery pipelines. - Progress and evangelize self-service engineering technologies and approaches. - Advance the local development experience while maintaining consistency. - Build self-healing infrastructure that enables fast, robust automated testing. - Improve the performance and reliability of existing systems. - Host Brown Bag sessions, demos, and more to drive adoption and collaboration. - Coach and mentor team engineers and collaborate on designs. ## What We’re Looking For We are looking for someone with advanced knowledge and experience in creating and improving systems that will help the engineering org to function more efficiently. This individual will have prior experience in some or all of the following: - 7 - 10+ years engineering experience - B.S. Degree in Engineering or related field - Building CI/CD infrastructure with multiple pipeline solutions over the years ( such as Tekton, Prow, CircleCI, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Github Actions, etc.) - Improving the SDLC release process. - Streamlining microservice creation mechanisms. - Streamlining developer's local environments (Ansible, local kubernetes, etc.) - Git flow and versioning strategy expertise. - Working with mechanisms that facilitate reproducible builds across the org. - Practicing and advocating for best engineering practices throughout the org. - Experience improving the developer experience with multiple stakeholders in a large organization. - Experience in Golang, Ruby on Rails, Python or similar languages. - Working knowledge of AWS services and technologies. - Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management (Terraform, Ansible, Helm, etc.) - Experience with large scale distributed release management processes. - Experience in a containerized world with orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes. Bonus Skills to have - Experience with Gerrit and Android OS (AOSP) build systems - Experience with embedded systems builds and compiles 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. Pay Transparency Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting[Motive Perks & Benefits](https://www.comparably.com/companies/motive/perks-and-benefits). The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is: United States $164,000—$236,000 USD 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. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X9AbvQHki8zZCyjDjip1g0NtdZHcykJc/view?usp=drive_link). UK Candidate Privacy Notice [here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nqdWTJ7WJJikhj1Yhlo4jxDRA_6yXZbd/view). The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those 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. All job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices. ## About Motive ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Motive provides an all-in-one, AI-powered fleet management and driver safety platform that helps over 100,000 companies manage their physical operations. - **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed; no public ticker) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: Not publicly available in provided sources - **Founders**: Shoaib Makani (co‑founder, CEO) – other co‑founders not listed in provided sources ## Core Business - **Industries**: Fleet management, driver safety, workforce management, equipment monitoring, spend management. - **Target Customers**: B2B – enterprises and SMBs that operate commercial fleets or manage physical assets (e.g., transportation, logistics, construction, field services). - **Mission/Purpose**: “Transforming the physical economy” [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/). ## Products & Services - **Fleet Management**: AI‑powered platform for tracking vehicles, optimizing routes, and managing compliance. - **Driver Safety**: Real‑time dashcams and AI alerts to reduce accidents and improve driver behavior. - **Workforce Management**: Tools for scheduling, time tracking, and managing drivers and staff. - **Equipment Monitoring**: IoT‑based tracking and diagnostics for trailers, trailers, and other assets. - **Spend Management**: Fuel card, expense tracking, and invoicing solutions to control costs. All products are part of a fully integrated suite [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/). ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed in provided sources. - **Key Metric**: Headcount – more than 4,000 employees globally [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/). - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in provided sources. - **Growth Signals**: - 100,000+ customers [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/). - Recognized on the **Forbes Top Cloud 100** list. - Named a **Best Remote Large Places to Work** by Fortune, **Best Company for Career Growth** by Comparably, and **Best Workplaces in Technology** by Great Place to Work [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/). ## Competitive Advantages - **Integrated AI‑Driven Suite**: Combines hardware (dashcams, IoT sensors) with software in a single platform, offering a unified view of fleet operations. - **Scale and Brand Trust**: Serving over 100,000 companies, with a strong industry reputation and multiple workplace awards. - **Remote‑First Culture**: Attracts top global talent by offering a flexible work model supported by robust perks and development programs. ## Strategic Focus - Deepening AI capabilities across all products to improve safety, efficiency, and cost control. - Expanding global footprint through ten office locations and a remote‑first hiring approach. - Continuous investment in employee growth and diversity initiatives to sustain innovation. ## Why Work Here - **Flexibility**: Fully remote, hybrid, or in‑office options with a work‑from‑home stipend. Offices in San Francisco, Nashville, Buffalo, Vancouver, London, Mexico City, Taipei, Lahore, Islamabad, and Bengaluru [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/). - **Benefits**: Competitive salaries, health/vision/dental insurance, mental health support, generous PTO, enhanced parental leave, retirement plan, and referral bonuses [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/). - **Development**: Leader Academy, Engineering Academy, transparent career paths, quarterly mentorship meetups, and inclusive leader training [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/). - **Culture**: Employee resource groups (AAPI, Keep Parenting, Melanin, MoPride, Women, DNA, Veterans), diversity‑focused recruiting events, and a supportive, inclusive environment where 96% of employees feel they have supportive working relationships [gomotive.com](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/). ## Sources 1. [gomotive.com – Careers page](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/) 2. [gomotive.com – Company page](https://gomotive.com/company/) 3. [gomotive.com – Homepage](https://gomotive.com/) 4. [gomotive.com – Job openings](https://gomotive.com/company/careers/jobs/) 5. 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