# Staff Software Engineer, Platform

**Company:** [Motive](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/motive)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Go, Ruby, Python, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Distributed Systems, APIs, Cloud-Native Services, Data Modeling, Monitoring, Logging, Testing
**Posted:** 2026-09-04

> Build and evolve scalable platform services, APIs, and product capabilities while making architecture decisions and improving reliability and operational excellence. The role requires substantial software engineering experience, distributed-systems expertise, strong technical judgment, and the ability to mentor engineers.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design, build, and ship scalable services, APIs, and product features with an emphasis on reliability, maintainability, and performance.
- Drive technical design and make architecture decisions for new capabilities and improvements to existing systems.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver high-quality solutions addressing customer problems.
- Improve engineering excellence through code reviews, testing, monitoring, logging, debugging, and operational best practices.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to team direction by sharing knowledge, providing technical guidance, and helping scale effective engineering practices.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience building production systems, platforms, or customer-facing products.
- Strong experience with one or more modern programming languages, such as Go, Ruby, Python, Java, Kotlin, Swift, or similar.
- Experience designing scalable distributed systems, data models, APIs, and cloud-native services.
- Strong technical judgment and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify risks, bugs, and bottlenecks early.
- Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver complex technical initiatives.

## Nice-to-Haves
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building production systems, platforms, or customer-facing products.
- Experience leading technical projects and designing distributed systems.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base compensation range: **$180,000–$200,000 USD**.
- Compensation may vary based on education, work experience, and certifications.
- Total compensation may include restricted stock units.
- Benefits may include health, pharmacy, optical and dental care, paid time off, sick time off, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and 401(k) contributions, subject to eligibility requirements.

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