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Motive

Software Engineer, Backend

Motive, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Overview Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves more than 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector. Visit Motive Perks & Benefits to learn more.

About the Role As a Software Engineer in the FleetFoundation team, you will build scalable APIs and services that are core to Motive’s success. We are looking for strong engineers to build the platform that will be leveraged by multiple teams at Motive such as Safety, Motive Cards, Assets etc. The team is responsible for providing a fast, reliable and accurate view of Trips, Drivers, Vehicles and other critical Fleet data.

What You’ll Do

Develop

highly observable, reliable, and scalable

platform components with a focus on long-term maintainability.

Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs

for both internal and external applications.

Champion engineering excellence

by proactively reducing technical debt and improving code quality.

Leverage AI tools such as Cursor, CoPilot to increase productivity and code quality

Collaborate effectively

with cross-functional teams to deliver on project goals.

Actively work on our AWS Cloud infrastructure

Mentor and learn

from other engineers to foster a culture of continuous growth.

What We’re Looking For

B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field

3+ years software development experience

Experience building product platforms, using micro-services and distributed systems technologies

Experience in modern programming languages. Proficiency in Ruby, Golang, Kotlin/Java is a plus.

Experience with Relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and Cassandra

Experience building for Cloud Infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, Azure or private clouds

Ownership and Problem Solving mindset

Pay Transparency Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.

The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:

Canada

$121,000 — $161,000 CAD

Diversity and Inclusion Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

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The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.

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