Tech Lead Manager, Motive
Backend Platform
CA$190-240k
Fleet management platform for trucks
Open for applications
Fleet management platform for trucks
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$190-240k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world’s trucks.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; advanced degree is a plus
- 10+ 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
- We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Technical Lead Manager to spearhead the design, development, and management of our cutting-edge Fleet Foundations platform which is a mission-critical initiative that will define the technical foundation for our product ecosystem
- This platform will address challenges in ingesting, processing, and storing high-volume IoT data from our edge devices and create the derived data models, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and scalability across all our products
- You will lead a team of exceptional engineers to build a unified system that serves as the backbone of all Motive products, enabling seamless integration and exceptional customer experience
- Lead and inspire a team of high-performing engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence
- Provide technical direction, mentorship, and career growth opportunities for team members
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align on goals, priorities, and deliverables
- Champion best practices for software development, testing, and deployment
- Architect and Design Systems: Lead the design of a unified data ingestion, processing, and storage platform capable of handling large-scale, distributed systems
- Ensure Data Consistency: Define and enforce guidelines for ingesting, storing, and retrieving foundational data to eliminate inconsistencies and inaccuracies
- Ownership and Accountability: Establish clear ownership of the foundational data and interfaces, creating standards for integration with other teams and product areas
- Scalability and Performance: Build scalable interfaces with low-latency data delivery to meet the demands of enterprise and international markets
- Refactor Existing Systems: Identify and address technical debt in existing codebases to prepare the platform for rapid growth
- Leverage AI on Edge: Partner with AI and Embedded teams to address customer pain points by adopting a full-stack, end-to-end approach to deliver intelligent solutions leveraging AI on edge
- Develop heuristics and machine learning-based methods for data validation and accuracy improvements
- Proactively address customer feedback and escalations by identifying root causes and implementing long-term solutions
- Partner with product and engineering leaders across the organization to ensure the platform meets both current and future business needs for all Motive products
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of the platform into the broader ecosystem
- Communicate technical challenges, solutions, and progress to non-technical stakeholders
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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