Tech Lead Manager - Backend Platform

About the Role

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.

What You’ll Do

Leadership and Team Management

• 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.

Technical Responsibilities

• 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.

Problem Solving and Innovation

• 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 

Stakeholder Engagement

• 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.

What We’re Looking For

• 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.