Principal Engineer & Team Lead, Partner Integrations

Motional; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Motional in Singapore seeks a Principal Software Engineer Team Lead for Partner Systems & Integrations to steer a high-caliber team bridging Motional’s autonomous fleet with global partner networks. You will own architectural strategy, API-first design, and reliability across partner interfaces while guiding backend and full-stack engineers in a fast-paced, global context.

You will champion leadership, drive quarterly OKRs, and shape integration surfaces, inter-team collaboration, and secure,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with 12+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years of direct people management
• Backend Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Golang or Python for high-throughput microservices, event-driven architectures (EDA) and gRPC/REST API design.
• B2B & Partner API Systems: Proven track record of architecting, launching, and operating mission-critical B2B partner integrations or public-facing API platforms with strict 99.99% SLA requirements.
• Cloud & Security Architecture: Strong experience with AWS cloud-native services (EKS/Kubernetes, ECS, Lambda, API Gateways, DynamoDB/Redis), Infrastructure-as-Code, and security frameworks for handling restricted PII data.
• Leadership & Execution: Demonstrated success in managing software delivery cycles, driving technical roadmaps, coaching staff-level engineers, and resolving complex, cross-functional organizational dependencies.

Responsibilities

• People Leadership & Team Growth: Directly manage, mentor, and grow a team of senior and staff software engineers; drive OKRs and talent acquisition.
• Partner Integration & Ecosystem Ownership: Lead design, execution, and scaling of core ride-hailing and fleet partner integrations and related interfaces.
• API-First Architecture: Ensure applications sit on versioned Fleet Orchestration and Vehicle Control APIs with clean separation of concerns.
• RCA & Telemetry: Architect real-time partner support capabilities, including video streaming, two-way audio, and remote vehicle command APIs.
• Operational Excellence & Partner SLAs: Improve reliability, observability, incident processes, and security for external partner endpoints.
• Cross-Functional & Partner Leadership: Collaborate with external partner teams, Product, Autonomy, Operations, and Developer Platform groups.

Skills

Golang

Python

People management

APIs (REST/gRPC)

AWS

B2B integrations

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

API Gateways

DynamoDB

Job description

Motional in Singapore seeks a Principal Software Engineer Team Lead for Partner Systems & Integrations to steer a high-caliber team bridging Motional’s autonomous fleet with global partner networks. You will own architectural strategy, API-first design, and reliability across partner interfaces while guiding backend and full-stack engineers in a fast-paced, global context.

You will champion leadership, drive quarterly OKRs, and shape integration surfaces, inter-team collaboration, and secure,