Founding Engineer (IC) – AI-First Platform

Motion (Creative Analytics); United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all employees

Health benefits from day one

Monthly health & lifestyle stipend

20 days PTO

Work-from-home stipend

Job summary

Motion is seeking a founding engineer to join our early team. You’ve built something from zero, either as a founder or an early engineer, and you know how to identify product-market fit, ship for users, and own what you ship.

You’ll join a small, high-ownership team, work on AI-powered features across the product, and own significant initiatives from day one. We offer remote-first collaboration with flexibility and an equity-backed path for growth, backed by a strong funding runway.

Qualifications

• Experience building from zero in a startup or as a founder.
• Ability to ship features quickly and own outcomes.
• Comfort working without a rigid spec and making tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Ship features across the product and own the outcome.
• Join a small, high-ownership, cross-functional team.
• Deliver to production in the first week and drive a major initiative.
• Collaborate to apply AI more effectively across the stack.
• Resolve blockers with proactive execution.

Skills

Founding engineer

Startup experience

Ownership mindset

End-to-end ownership

AI product experience

Job description

Motion is seeking a founding engineer to join our early team. You’ve built something from zero, either as a founder or an early engineer, and you know how to identify product-market fit, ship for users, and own what you ship.

You’ll join a small, high-ownership team, work on AI-powered features across the product, and own significant initiatives from day one. We offer remote-first collaboration with flexibility and an equity-backed path for growth, backed by a strong funding runway.