Engineering Manager, Motive
Backend
Fleet management platform for trucks
Open for applications
Fleet management platform for trucks
1001+ employees
Open for applications
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world’s trucks.
Role
Who you are
- This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and a commitment to driving excellence in software development specifically supporting our Enterprise organization
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree is a plus
- 7+ years of progressive experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in a leadership role
- Proven success in leading and delivering complex backend software engineering projects
- Strong understanding of software development processes and methodologies
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills
What the job involves
- As an Engineering Manager, you will lead and mentor a team of skilled software engineers, ensuring the successful delivery of projects and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation
- Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and manage a team of software engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high performance. Provide guidance on technical challenges, career development, and performance improvement
- Project Management: Oversee the planning and execution of software engineering projects, ensuring alignment with business goals and objectives. Define project objectives, scope, and deliverables, and monitor progress to meet deadlines
- Technical Direction: Provide technical leadership and guidance to the engineering team, ensuring adherence to best practices and coding standards. Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to define and implement technical strategies
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with product managers, quality assurance, and other stakeholders to ensure effective coordination across different functions.Drive communication channels to address project-related challenges and provide solutions
- Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Encourage a culture of innovation within the engineering team, promoting the exploration of new technologies and methodologies. Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying areas for optimization and enhancement
- Resource Management: Optimize resource allocation, ensuring the efficient use of talent and expertise. Address resource constraints and bottlenecks to maintain project timelines
- Quality Assurance: Oversee the quality assurance process to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products.Implement testing and validation processes to meet quality standards.Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular updates to key stakeholders on project status, achievements, and challenges
Our take
Trucking is a huge but fragmented industry that was largely ignored by Silicon Valley until companies such as Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) came along. The integrated fleet management platform acts as air traffic control for trucks, bringing drivers online and into the 21st century.
The company offers both hardware and software solutions to freight companies, allowing them to manage their fleet and keep their drivers safe. One of these solutions is an AI-powered dashcam that detects unsafe driving behavior in real time and instantly alerts the driver.
The platform, which is used by over 120,000 companies, from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, received series F funding in 2022, which is being used to accelerate its investment in AI, expand its product offerings into spend management, and grow its enterprise capabilities.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2022
$150m
SERIES F
Jun 2021
$190m
SERIES E
Total funding: $567.3m
Company values
- Take pride in doing meaningful work: We work hard, with humility and we see our hard work rewarded in tangible ways every day. You’ll have the chance to make a difference for the drivers who keep our world moving. At KeepTruckin, we’re motivated by the opportunity to impact and improve every facet of a trillion-dollar industry that touches everyone’s lives.
- Help build the technology that will spark a revolution: Here, you’ll have the opportunity to work on something meaningful and measurable. The work we’re doing is having an impact on an entire industry and we’re looking for thought leaders, game-changers and rule-breakers who are ready to step outside their comfort zone and help solve the complex problems KeepTruckin is tackling.
- Set your ideas in motion, and see them take off: We’re early leaders in an under-served space with big potential. Our ability to innovate depends on fresh perspectives and inclusivity. We trust each other to do great work because together we can achieve collective goals that reach beyond the trucking industry.
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Obaid Khan
(COO)Studied Political Science and Government at University of California before founding KeepTruckin in 2013.
Shoaib Makani
(CEO)Studied Government & Economics at LSE. Analytics Intern at Yahoo. Worked for a year at Google as APMM. Went on to work in Business Development at AdMob.
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