Motive

Director, Developer Platform & Experience

Motive · Hybrid - Vancouver

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
92 days
Motive's roles stay open a median of 94 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
1% of Motive's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Motive
high
136 stale, 18 reposted of 136 open
Hiring momentum
68 roles opened in the last 90 days
↓ down vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-11-14

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Motive's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Motive.

About this role

The Director of Developer Platform & Experience at Motive will lead the execution of an AI-driven development lifecycle, overseeing the internal developer ecosystem, including developer experience, infrastructure, and CI/CD systems. This role focuses on building cloud-based agentic development infrastructure and enhancing developer productivity, while also ensuring governance and quality in AI tooling. The position requires a hands-on leader who can manage teams and drive significant improvements in engineering velocity and developer satisfaction.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Motive as an employer.

What you need

  • 12+ years in software engineering
  • 6+ years leading engineering teams
  • 2+ years as a manager of managers
  • Real developer background with experience in production systems
  • Deep DevOps and infrastructure knowledge
  • Ownership of developer productivity at scale

Nice to have

  • Experience with a large monolith undergoing modernization
  • Background in test infrastructure at scale
  • Experience running platform work as a product
  • Familiarity with multi-region deployment
  • Open source contribution or public writing on developer productivity

What you get

  • Health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Sick time off
  • Short term and long term disability coverage
  • Life insurance
  • 401k contribution

Worth weighing

  • Compensation range provided is CAD $238,000 — $300,000
  • No specific details on the company's technology stack beyond general descriptions
  • The role requires significant leadership and management responsibilities
  • Expectations for measurable outcomes in engineering velocity may be challenging

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Listed by Motive on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-11-14. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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