Director of Engineering - Platform

Gomotive; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 229,000 - 315,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Pharmacy benefits

Optical & dental care

Paid time off

Sick time off

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

401k

Job summary

Motive is seeking a seasoned engineering leader to head Core Infrastructure and Operations Engineering in San Francisco. You will own the cloud platform, mentor a multi-functional team, and drive enterprise-grade reliability for mission-critical systems.

You will lead multi-quarter initiatives to improve developer velocity and system reliability, partnering with product leaders to balance architecture with business needs. Help transform infrastructure into a product with measurable impact.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience.
• Deep expertise running cloud platforms at scale.
• Strong systems architecture and ownership mindset.
• Cross-functional collaboration across product and engineering teams.

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 to improve developer velocity, reliability, and product leverage.
• Partner with product and engineering leaders to evolve the platform as a product, balancing long-term architecture with near-term business needs.
• Turn ambiguous, high-impact problems into clear execution plans.
• Drive alignment across multiple teams on interdependent systems including internal platforms and cloud governance.
• Raise the bar on engineering quality, operational excellence, and execution across the platform organization.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Cloud platforms at scale

Systems architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership

Reliability & observability

Vendor & cost governance

Data & ML infrastructure

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

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 to learn more.

About the Role:

We are looking for a seasoned engineering leader who will lead the Core Infrastructure and Operations Engineering. You will be responsible for managing and mentoring 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’ll be called on to lead during critical moments and operate with executives of the company

What You’ll Do:

• 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

What We’re Looking For:

• 10+ years of experience as an engineering leader, deep expertise in running cloud platforms at scale, strong sense for systems architecture.
• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 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 concurrentlyVery 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

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.

$229,000 — $315,000 USD

Benefits

• health
• pharmacy
• optical and dental care benefits
• paid time off
• sick time off
• short term disability coverage
• long term disability coverage
• life insurance
• 401k contribution

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