Staff Engineer, Operational Tools & Workflow Automation

Motional AD Inc.; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 125,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Motional AD Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own the software operations that run fleet, field, dispatch, monitoring, testing, and commercial workflows.

You will bridge Operations, Product, Test, and Software Engineering to deliver reliable, intuitive tooling with measurable impact. You will transform real operational problems into scalable software, defining success by reduced operator workload, improved UX, and robust telemetry.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years building production applications.

Responsibilities

• Own development, improvement, and integration of operational applications; diagnose production defects and workflow gaps.
• Work directly with operators to observe how work is done; simplify workflows and reduce cognitive load through strong UX and product judgment.
• Translate operational needs into requirements, designs, and acceptance criteria; ensure software solves the operational problem, not just functions.
• Establish automated testing, CI/CD quality gates, and telemetry for reliability, errors, usage, and workflow effectiveness.
• Provide technical leadership for architecture, modernization, and consolidation of operational tooling; mentor engineers and drive work from concept through production with high autonomy.
• Support after-hours validation or release as needed; occasional domestic travel.

Skills

GraphQL

REST

gRPC

PostgreSQL/SQL

Git

CI/CD

Automated testing

UX focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

Node.js

Python

Job description

Motional AD Inc. is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to own the software operations that run fleet, field, dispatch, monitoring, testing, and commercial workflows.

You will bridge Operations, Product, Test, and Software Engineering to deliver reliable, intuitive tooling with measurable impact. You will transform real operational problems into scalable software, defining success by reduced operator workload, improved UX, and robust telemetry.