Senior Data Engineer, Motion
$150-200k
+ Equity
AI-driven time management platform
Open for applications
AI-driven time management platform
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$150-200k
+ Equity
21-100 employees
Company mission
Motion's mission is to solve the problem of focus and deep work through its AI-driven time management platform.
Role
Who you are
- You are proficient in Python, SQL, and other data tools such as dbt, Metabase, Deepnote, Hightouch, Airbyte
- You are ambitious and always looking for ways to improve. For most engineers, this role will give you the most responsibilities you’ve ever had, while holding you to higher standards than other companies you’ve worked at. Don’t rest on your past achievements — expect to work your hardest and do the best work of your career at Motion. You will receive lots of coaching and feedback that you should seek to grow from
- You can take ownership of projects and lead them to completion while dealing with ambiguity and finding the right balance between speed and quality. You don’t need every detail and edge case spelled out for you because you can figure out the goals of the project and fill in the blanks
- You are a fast learner and can quickly familiarize yourself with a complex code base. You aren’t afraid to tackle any part of the stack or learn a new unfamiliar technology. You are comfortable with the fact that working in a startup means working around tech debt
- You have a strong understanding of how you can create the most impact, and don’t get lost in the weeds in details that don’t matter. You’re excited to work on whatever solves the biggest customer problems, not just the coolest technical challenges
- You can collaborate effectively with other talented engineers and work well in an environment where the best ideas win. The median engineer at Motion has 8 years experience. You should expect your ideas to get challenged and to learn a lot from your coworkers
What the job involves
- Hi, I’m Ethan, Motion’s Co-Founder and COO
- I’m passionate about building high-performing teams and efficient systems
- Before founding Motion, I honed my quantitative skills at Citadel and DRW, where I worked in some of the world’s most competitive and data-driven environments
- These roles gave me a deep understanding of data’s power and how quantitative insights can fuel informed decision-making at scale
- At Motion, I’ve worn many hats, including building our data science and analytics stack from the ground up
- This infrastructure powers insights that enable our teams to operate efficiently and effectively
- Now, as Motion is growing rapidly, I’m looking for a partner to join me in evolving our data capabilities
- In this role, you’ll be key to creating scalable solutions that help our business teams with the data they need to make smarter, faster decisions
- Most companies treat their data operations as a cost center
- With the right team and infrastructure in place, I believe it can be a profit center for Motion
- This is a unique opportunity to work alongside a founder who’s deeply involved with data and committed to building an exceptional business
- I’m excited to teach you everything I know and work with you to become a future data leader at Motion
- I'm hiring a Senior Data Engineer to design and implement the data infrastructure that powers our insights and analytics
- This role is focused on building robust dbt models, interactive dashboards and notebooks, and ETL/reverse-ETL processes
- Many organizations rely on manual, time-intensive data processes that scale linearly with business growth
- Our goal is to make data operations scalable and efficient, so teams can access and leverage data without bottlenecks
- We work hard to ensure Motion’s engineering team is one of the highest talent-density teams in the world
- We have accomplished in weeks or months what it would take larger teams years to do
Our take
Today's fast-paced digital world can make time management feel overwhelming, leading many smartphones to be filled with applications for to-do lists, calendars, and project management tools. The fragmented nature of these apps makes them time-consuming and frustrating to navigate, ultimately making them unsuitable for usage within professional workforces.
Motion provides an all-in-one AI-driven time management platform for businesses, facilitating the automation of daily task planning, task prioritization, and long-term scheduling. The AI technology also automates frustrating maintenance tasks normally associated with productivity apps such as the rescheduling of unfinished work, adding exceptions for weekends or time off, and recognizing when a user is falling behind on their schedule.
Whilst businesses have a plethora of productivity platforms at their disposal, Motion has been smart to apply AI to its software to reduce the amount of time users must spend manually using it. Through this approach, the company aims to bring the benefits of time-management platforms without their pitfalls, ultimately helping to keep workers on track and minimize missed deadlines, without requiring constant manual planning time.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2024
$36.5m
LATE VC
May 2023
$14m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $63.6m
Company benefits
- Motion offers a competitive salary and equity compensation, medical, dental, and vision health insurance
Company values
- Take ownership and be accountable - We can rely on each member of the team to get their work done. When we say we'll do something - we get it done without anyone checking in on us
- Straightforward communication - We communicate in a direct manner. If there is something you disagree with or are unhappy about, let the team know. We don’t tolerate passive-aggressiveness or company politics
- Disagree and commit - We can disagree and commit. Not all of our ideas will be implemented, and sometimes the group will decide to do something one of us disagrees with. Even if we disagree with the decision, we commit to getting it done
- Raw hours make a difference - Working too many hours doesn't guarantee success; but not working hard enough will guarantee failure. We expect everyone to put in their sincere best effort, but we generally don't expect you to work late evenings or on weekends
- Take risks - We are not afraid of taking risks. We should not over-index on failures. A lot of features we build and strategies we try will fail - that is expected
- Operational excellence and attention to detail - We are a small team with a user base and revenue that are exploding. Every mistake we make has a direct revenue impact
- Making tradeoffs - We often have to sacrifice quality for speed to validate new ideas. It is important to know the balance between the two and to find good tradeoffs
- Be versatile and open to new ideas - We are an early-stage startup. Our product, roadmap, strategy, and goals constantly change. We should not be scared of a rapidly changing work environment
- Look for opportunities to grow - We are looking for team members who aren't just checking off tasks, but are thinking about how to push the business forward and increase their impact. We want you to look for new opportunities that we aren't taking advantage of, and go for it!
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
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Leadership
Harry Qi
(CEO and Co-founder)Experience as Quantitative Trader at Optiver from 2017 to 2019. LP Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund since 2020.
Ethan Yu
(COO and Co-founder)Experience as Software Engineer Intern for Whatsapp and Facebook. Quantitative Trader for Citadel from 2016 to 2018 and for DRW since 2019.
Omid Rooholfada
(Co-founder)President of Code Haven from 2016 to 2018. Experience as Software Engineer Intern for Facebook and Optimizely.
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