Principal Software Engineer, Wonderly

$815-965k

OTE

$375k

BASE

Plus equity and bonus. Salary applicable to employees working in our San Francisco or New York City offices

JavaScript

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada, US

AI business software for service SMBs

Job no longer available

AI business software for service SMBs

1-20 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSaaSAutomation

Job no longer available

$815-965k

OTE

$375k

BASE

Plus equity and bonus. Salary applicable to employees working in our San Francisco or New York City offices

JavaScript

Senior and Expert level

Remote from Canada, US

1-20 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSaaSAutomation

Company mission

To empower service SMBs to grow and compete with AI by automating sales, operations, and customer communication in one platform.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You are ambitious and always looking for ways to improve
You are a fast learner and can quickly familiarize yourself with a complex product and 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 9 years experience
We prefer candidates who are familiar with the Javascript ecosystem and can hit the ground running when they join us
We don’t expect you to know all of our technologies, but enough of them to pick up the rest quickly. Our tech stack: Typescript, Node.js, React, React Query, Nest.js, Postgres, Temporal

What the job involves

Motion is hiring an experienced software engineer who can make key technical decisions and implement large software projects to help Motion scale the next 2 orders of magnitude
He role may be frontend, backend, or full-stack, whichever suits your background
As an engineer on our team, you will work on Motion's highest impact projects and have ownership over major parts of the product code
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 should expect your ideas to get challenged and to learn a lot from your coworkers

Our take

Large companies deploy custom-built agents for everything from sales and marketing to customer support. However, SMBs don’t have the capital, manpower, know-how or time to develop these business-accelerating tools. Wonderly, formerly Motion, is out to change that with its end-to-end AI platform for service businesses.

Currently working with SMBs across a diverse range of industries, Wonderly’s product offers web-building services, AI lead generation, sales, project management and communication tools, all for B2C companies looking to boost their revenue.

Since rebranding from its project management app, Motion, Wonderly has expanded its concept of time-saving for businesses and, in just two years, has created a tool that’s attracted hundreds of customers. Operating on the principle that “if you can explain your business to a neighbor, you can turn on Wonderly”, it’s created what could be a game-changer for the B2C and SMBs out there that feel the AI boom has left them behind.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Sep 2025

$38m

SERIES C

May 2023

$14m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $65.1m

Company benefits

Competitive Salary and Equity
Health Benefits
Generous PTO
Work from Home Equipment
100% Remote Friendly
Annual COmpany Off-sites

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Articles

Y Combinator-backed Wonderly raises fresh $38M to build the Microsoft Office of AI

Wonderly Engineering Blog

Leadership

Harry Qi

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Previously a Quantitative Trader at Optiver, where he started his career as a Trading Intern.

Ethan Yu

(Co-Founder & COO)

Was a Quantitative Trader at DRW and Citadel, after a Software Engineering Internship at Facebook.

Omid Rooholfada

(Co-Founder)

Previously a Software Engineering Intern at Facebook and Optimizely.

Chander Ramesh

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Previously a Software Engineer at Mighty, Stripe and Skip Scooters.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Wonderly

Wonderly is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with respect and given equal opportunities. We do not discriminate based on gender identity, race, ancestry, disability, religion, sexual orientation, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We welcome and encourage all qualified candidates to apply for our job openings.

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