What You'd Be Doing 🛠️

• Go through 2 days of industry specific and Motion specific onboarding, pair with a senior dev to set up the codebase, and push a feature in your first week.
• Own a major initiative in your first 3 months.
• Work on a small, high-ownership, cross-functional team, with weekly cycles.
• Build user facing product ranging from cutting edge AI support to onboarding to creative discovery tools.

Our ideal fit brings ✨

• 5+ years shipping product. You’ve turned designs and product requirements into things people love and use. Ideally inside a small team where you owned end-to-end outcomes, not a slice.
• 0 to 1 experience. You've taken something from blank page to shipped product, whether that's a startup you founded, a feature you owned end to end, or a side project that found real users. You're comfortable building without a spec, validating as you go, and changing course when we learn something new.
• Strong proficiency in a modern web stack. We run on React, TypeScript, and Node.js, but we're open to any modern experience. If you've shipped production code in something comparable, you'll pick ours up quickly.
• AI-forward by default. You're not just "using AI", you're actively pushing how far it can take you. You're managing agents, building workflows, and letting AI do the heavy lifting while you focus elsewhere. Agentic engineering is the future of engineering work, and you're excited to see the shift.
• Any background: self-taught, bootcamp, degree, founder. We love talent from everywhere

You'll be a strong fit if you align with these qualities:

• High urgency, high ownership. The pace is fast and the autonomy is real. New engineers typically ship to production in their first week, own meaningful surface area from day one, and see their work in customers’ hands in days, not weeks. We measure success by output and impact.
• Pragmatic to the core. You optimize for impact, not perfection. Ship customer value first, smooth the edges once it’s live.
• At home in ambiguity. Requirements shift, priorities change. Clarity is rarely delivered on a silver platter, you create it as you go and keep moving.
• Hands-on by default. You can go from designing an API to debugging a production issue. No task is beneath you, and “I’ll figure it out” is your starting point.
• Clear, concise communicator. We're a small remote team that runs on focused, concise communication. You know when to add context and when to get to the point.
• Low ego and collaborative. You do the work yourself and make everyone around you sharper. The bar is high, and engineering is a team sport.

You’re Probably Not The Right Fit If

• You do your best work with structure: a defined spec, a predictable calendar, and one focus at a time
• You get derailed by context-switching: moving between shipping features and live customer issues in the same day isn’t how you want to work
• You want a steady, predictable pace: a roadmap that’s set in advance and mostly stays fixed
• You prefer clarity up front: clear requirements handed off, rather than ambiguity you resolve yourself
• You're looking for a leadership role or a specific title: this is a hands-on IC seat focused on shipping product. If managing a team or landing a particular title is the priority, this isn't the right next move.
• You’re cautious about AI in your workflow: we’re betting hard on agentic coding being the future; if that feels like a mandate rather than an unlock, it won’t be a fit

What You'll Love About Motion 💜

• Competitive compensation package: We offer competitive compensation, including equity for all employees, health benefits from day one, a monthly health & lifestyle stipend to support your well-being, 20 days of PTO, and a $1,500 work-from-home stipend.
• Remote-first with hybrid flexibility: We're a remote-first company with team members spanning Canada, the U.S., and beyond, but also have office spaces in 4 main hubs (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Porto) for optional hybrid work.
• Growth that speaks for itself: Motion has strong product-market fit, 2.5x YoY growth, second-time founders with deep industry knowledge, and $30M in Series B funding to fuel our momentum.
• Opportunity for impact: As an early team member, your contributions will directly shape the product, team, and the future of the company. If you're excited about building, you’ll thrive here!
• Award-winning team: We're a low-ego, high-performing team that was just ranked #19 on G2's list of Best Canadian Software Companies for 2026.
• Team connection:
  • Virtual: Day-to-day, we use Roam, an AI-powered virtual office platform that fosters spontaneous collaboration, drop into meetings or quick chats, and interact with colleagues for a simulated, "live" digital headquarters.
  • In-person: Outside of the option to go to one of our offices, our team gets together in-person for a week every two months, and we have a company retreat every summer.

We closed out 2024 with a $30M Series B raise and strong signals from our customers. In 2025, we built the foundational capabilities our customers rely on, setting the stage for what's to come. In 2026, with fresh funding ($65M+ total capital raised), we’re building forward from that foundation, taking what we learned to market in a deeply AI-native way.

🌎 A note on location: we're looking to hire someone based in Canada, the United States, or Europe but are open to exceptional candidates in other locations. If this position excites you and you believe you'd be a strong fit, we encourage you to apply!

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