Staff Software Engineer - Backend

3 Months ago • 8 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Staff System Software Engineer at Motive, you will be designing and developing cutting-edge IoT platforms, transforming ambitious visions into scalable, high-performance solutions. You will be involved in architecting and building software, collaborating with teams to translate ideas into plans, debugging and validating systems, creating testing frameworks, and leading by example. You'll also be adopting new tools and innovating in a fast-paced environment. This role offers the chance to influence technical decisions and shape the company's engineering roadmap.
Must have:
  • 8+ years of software development experience
  • Proficiency in Golang, Kotlin, and C++
  • Full Stack and Ecosystem understanding
  • Experience with analytics and observability tools
  • Ability to master new technologies rapidly

Job Details

Who we are:

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 120,000 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 gomotive.com to learn more.

About the Role:

At Motive, we’re not just looking for engineers—we’re seeking Superbuilders. As a Staff System Software Engineer, you will be at the forefront of designing and developing cutting-edge IoT platforms, turning ambitious visions into scalable, high-performance solutions. You thrive on solving complex technical challenges, mastering new technologies on the fly, and delivering pragmatic solutions that drive impact at scale.

This role offers the opportunity to influence technical stack decisions, shape the company’s engineering roadmap, and work closely with the CTO. You will engage in high-impact workstreams with the freedom to innovate, taking ownership of projects across devices, cloud, and mobile platforms. If you are a self-starter with a data-driven mindset and an obsession for excellence, this is the role for you.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Architect and Build: Design, develop, and optimize high-performance software and firmware for next-gen IoT platforms.
  • Turn Vision into Reality: Collaborate with executive and product teams to translate abstract ideas into actionable engineering plans.
  • Debug and Validate: Troubleshoot and optimize software on complex distributed systems, ensuring security, scalability, and resilience.
  • Develop Automated Testing: Create data test driven end to end simulation frameworks to validate system integrity at scale. 
  • Adopt Cutting-Edge Tools: Leverage AI-powered coding tools to enhance productivity and drive innovation.
  • Lead by Example: Act as a technical mentor, fostering a culture of excellence, ownership, and pragmatism across the engineering team.
  • Iterate and Innovate: Embrace rapid iteration and experimentation, solving real-time problems and pivoting when necessary to achieve breakthrough results.

What We’re Looking For:

  • 8+ years of experience in software development, with deep expertise in either device, backend, cloud, or mobile platforms, and familiarity with others.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Proficiency in Golang, Kotlin, and C++, with a track record of writing elegant, maintainable, and high-performance code.
  • Full Stack and Ecosystem understanding - from development and dependencies, modern best practices, to CI/CD understanding, cloud-native, and security-aware experience.
  • Experience working with analytics and observability from client to cloud, such as Snowflake and Redash reporting, Grafana and Datadog metrics, and agent methodologies.
  • A proven history of independent, ambitious project delivery in fast-paced environments.
  • Ability to rapidly master new technologies and adapt to ambiguity, whether it’s distributed systems including embedded devices, machine learning infrastructure, or front-end frameworks.
  • A strategic problem-solver who balances technical trade-offs with business impact.
  • Strong communication skills, capable of translating complex technical challenges into clear, actionable plans.
  • A natural leader with the conviction to push for the right technical solutions and challenge the status quo.

Why Join Us?

This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to build the future of IoT platforms at scale. You’ll work on the toughest technical challenges with high visibility and impact, shaping the engineering direction of Motive. If you’re a Superbuilder—a technical powerhouse who thrives under pressure, learns on the fly, and delivers game-changing solutions—we want to talk. Let’s build something extraordinary together.

 

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. 

Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here .

UK Candidate Privacy Notice here.

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. 

#LI-Remote

Similar Jobs

Autodesk - Senior Financial Analyst

Autodesk

Costa Rica (Remote)
1 Month ago
Sully.ai - Senior Frontend Engineer (Contract)

Sully.ai

United States (Remote)
1 Week ago
Axel springer - Events Manager

Axel springer

Arlington, Virginia, United States (Hybrid)
1 Week ago
Internet Brands - Marketing Content & SEO Specialist

Internet Brands

Chicago, Illinois, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Hawkeye Innovations - VAR Replay Operator

Hawkeye Innovations

Vienna, Vienna, Austria (Hybrid)
4 Months ago
miniclip - Backend Developer

miniclip

İzmir, İzmir, Türkiye (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
Cognite - (Senior) Backend Engineer

Cognite

Phoenix, Arizona, United States (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
GameChanger - Staff Backend Engineer, Video Enablement

GameChanger

New York, United States (Remote)
4 Weeks ago
binance - Technical Support Engineer (Blockchain & Backend Development)

binance

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Remote)
1 Year ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Autodesk - Software Engineer

Autodesk

Pune, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
Visa - Specialist Test Automation Engineer

Visa

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand (Hybrid)
2 Weeks ago
Kavalirio - Senior Staff Accountant

Kavalirio

Jacksonville, Florida, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Techland - Art Director (Dying Light Univere)

Techland

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (On-Site)
11 Months ago
Gojek - Account Manager

Gojek

Jakarta, Indonesia (On-Site)
1 Year ago
Funko - Facilities Technician – Level 2

Funko

Buckeye, Arizona, United States (On-Site)
4 Months ago
Wolters Kluwer - Senior Product Marketing Specialist (m/f/d)

Wolters Kluwer

London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)
1 Week ago
Canva - Fullstack Software Engineer - Video Compositor

Canva

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (Remote)
3 Months ago
Nice - Principal Client Services Program Manager

Nice

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa (Hybrid)
4 Weeks ago
WebMD - Director, Strategic Accounts

WebMD

United States (On-Site)
1 Week ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Canada

Playpok pok  - Unity Developer

Playpok pok

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Rockstar Games - UI Tools Programmer

Rockstar Games

Oakville, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Rush street interactive  - Full Stack Engineer

Rush street interactive

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Turbulent - Quality Assurance Analyst

Turbulent

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
2 Weeks ago
SSC Technologies - Senior Fund Accountant

SSC Technologies

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)
10 Months ago
Critical mass - Product Engineer - 3D

Critical mass

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago
Super.com - VP, Engineering

Super.com

Canada (Remote)
3 Months ago
Unity - Senior Technical Project/Program Manager (Maternity Cover)

Unity

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (Remote)
2 Months ago
Ice fall interactive - APPLY FOR A JOB

Ice fall interactive

Nelson, British Columbia, Canada (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Autodesk - Senior Principal Construction Research Scientist

Autodesk

Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Hybrid)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Backend Development Jobs

Epic Games - Backend Security Programmer (Asset Integrity)

Epic Games

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Match Group - Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Match Group

Seoul, South Korea (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Pocket Worlds - Lead Backend Engineer

Pocket Worlds

Austin, Texas, United States (Remote)
4 Months ago
bytedance - Backend Software Engineer (Business Infra), ByteCloud - 2025 Start

bytedance

Singapore (On-Site)
9 Months ago
Survay Monkey - Senior Software Engineer II [Backend]

Survay Monkey

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Tide - Staff Backend Engineer - Developer Experience

Tide

Romania (Remote)
2 Months ago
MURKA - PHP Developer

MURKA

(Remote)
3 Months ago
Visa - Software Engineer - Backend

Visa

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (Hybrid)
9 Months ago
Nagarro - Engineer, NodeJS

Nagarro

India (Remote)
9 Months ago
Aera Technology - Senior Software Engineer Backend

Aera Technology

Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania (Hybrid)
3 Weeks ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded