Hands-on Software Engineering Manager // Must be near Cambridge MA

Motion Recruitment; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Equity generous

Flexible PTO

Hybrid Boston office

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking senior staff-level backend engineers to lead scalability and infrastructure initiatives in a Cambridge-based, in-office role. You will mentor teams of 5–6 engineers while hands-on coding in TypeScript and Node.js, building cloud-native, data-driven backend services.

Ideal candidates have led high-performance systems, managed distributed architectures, and delivered large-scale data solutions using AWS.

Qualifications

• Experience leading software projects with teams of 5-6 engineers.
• Background on online databases, platform infrastructure, or customer-facing backend services.
• Experience at product-focused technology companies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• 40% Designing and building scalable backend services and cloud infrastructure.
• 25% Leading technical projects and coordinating efforts across teams of 5-6 engineers.
• 15% Architecting new product features and platform capabilities.
• 10% Performance tuning, scalability improvements, and reliability initiatives.
• 10% Mentoring engineers and contributing to technical strategy.

Skills

Leadership

Scalability

P99 latency

TypeScript

Node.js

AWS

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Tools

Kafka

ClickHouse

Flink

Spark

Job description

Hi there! Just to put it up front: this role is looking for high level back end software engineers who have direct experience leading scalability and infrastructure projects on teams of 5-15 people while still being a hands on developer. It is located in Cambridge, and the role is fully in-office. Thanks for applying!

This employer is a 50 person AI-driven startup building a modern CRM platform that helps businesses better manage, activate, and leverage their customer data. By combining automation, intelligent insights, and scalable infrastructure, the organization is redefining how teams engage with customers and make data-driven decisions. They are actively hiring Senior and Staff Software Engineers to help build out their Boston engineering office, focusing on highly scalable backend systems and cloud-native applications using TypeScript, Node.js, React, and AWS.

This is an opportunity to join a high-growth engineering team tackling complex distributed systems and large-scale data challenges. Ideal candidates will bring experience building mission-critical backend services at scale, leading engineering initiatives, and mentoring teams. Engineers coming from product-focused technology companies or startups solving difficult systems, infrastructure, analytics, or scalability problems will find significant ownership, impact, and growth opportunities in this role.

Required Skills & Experience

• Significant experience working on scalability and performance projects, P99 latency, etc.
• Demonstrated track record leading software projects with teams of 5-6 engineers, driving technical execution and cross-functional collaboration
• Background working on teams that own online databases, platform infrastructure, or customer-facing backend services
• Experience working at product-focused technology companies rather than internal IT organizations

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, and AWS
• Experience with Kafka, ClickHouse, Flink, Spark, or similar real-time data infrastructure technologies

What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown

• TypeScript
• Node.js
• React
• AWS
• Distributed Systems
• Real-Time Data Infrastructure
• Cloud-Native Architecture
• High-Scale Backend Services

Daily Responsibilities

• 40% Designing and building scalable backend services and cloud infrastructure
• 25% Leading technical projects and coordinating efforts across teams of 5-6 engineers
• 15% Architecting new product features and platform capabilities
• 10% Performance tuning, scalability improvements, and system reliability initiatives
• 10% Mentoring engineers, conducting design reviews, and contributing to technical strategy

The Offer

• Competitive base salary and extremely generous equity package
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO and paid holidays
• Hybrid Boston office environment
• Opportunity to influence architecture and technical direction at an early-stage company
• Strong career growth opportunities into technical leadership and organizational influence

Posted By: Maxwell Everson