Senior AI-Powered Software Engineer

Motion; Portugal; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Work-from-home stipend

Paid time off

Hybrid option

Porto office

Job summary

Motion, a rapidly growing AI-native platform, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to ship AI-powered features across the product stack. You will own end-to-end development from design to deployment, contributing to APIs, services, and platform reliability.

The role spans a three-team landscape (Platform, Harness, Runneth) with a focus on scalable, customer-facing software and strong engineering discipline.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of building and maintaining software with customer traction.
• Strong proficiency in a modern web stack: React, TypeScript, Node.js.
• Deep expertise in at least one area of the stack.
• Mastery of an AI-assisted development workflow.
• Ability to explain architecture and trade-offs with users.
• Exceptional communication skills; able to translate tech to business impact.
• Diverse background welcomed: self-taught, bootcamp, degree, founder.

Responsibilities

• Scope, design, and ship features end-to-end with clear ownership.
• Develop AI features across the product and supporting APIs/services.
• Keep systems fast and reliable: Integrations, data at scale, performance.
• Work in a small, high-ownership team that ships continuously.
• Treat AI outputs with the same rigor as hand-written code.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Node.js

AI features

Web performance

Tools

Express

GraphQL

Azure

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Motion, a rapidly growing AI-native platform, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to ship AI-powered features across the product stack. You will own end-to-end development from design to deployment, contributing to APIs, services, and platform reliability.

The role spans a three-team landscape (Platform, Harness, Runneth) with a focus on scalable, customer-facing software and strong engineering discipline.