Senior Software Engineer - Backend at Motive | San Francisco, California, United States | Rezi

Senior Software Engineer - Backend at Motive

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Motive · San Francisco, California, United States

3 days ago

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Motive · San Francisco, California, United States

4 days ago
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About the Role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Equipment Monitoring team, you will build the backend systems that give fleets unmatched visibility into the location, utilization, and health of their equipment. You will design and operate ingestion and stream-processing pipelines that turn raw sensor telemetry into accurate real-time locations, geofence events, trips, and alerts. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy working near hardware while building cloud services at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Develop highly observable, reliable, and scalable backend services that process telemetry from hundreds of thousands of IoT devices.
  • Build and operate stream-processing pipelines powering geo-fencing, alerting, trip construction, and asset location.
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs for both internal and external applications.
  • Collaborate with Embedded, IoT, and cross-functional teams on device data contracts and end-to-end feature delivery.
  • 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.
  • Actively work on our AWS Cloud infrastructure, and mentor and learn from other engineers to foster a culture of continuous growth.

Requirements

  • B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field
  • 5+ years software development experience
  • Experience building distributed systems and event-driven/stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Flink, Kinesis or similar)
  • 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
  • Experience with IoT/sensor data or geospatial systems (geofencing, location) is a plus
  • Ownership and Problem Solving mindset
  • The applicant must be authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

Skills

  • Kafka
  • Flink
  • Kinesis
  • Ruby
  • Golang
  • Kotlin
  • Java
  • PostgreSQL
  • DynamoDB
  • Redis
  • Cassandra
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Azure
  • IoT
  • sensor data
  • geospatial systems
  • geofencing
  • location
  • Cursor
  • CoPilot

Location

  • Hybrid

Work Type

  • Hybrid

Experience Level

  • Senior
  • 5+ years software development experience

Education Level

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

Salary/Compensations

  • $140,000—$193,000 USD

Benefits

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

About the Company

  • Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable.
  • The Motive platform gives safety, operations and finance teams complete visibility and control over drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system.
  • Motive serves nearly 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 gomotive.com to learn more.

Equal Opportunity

  • 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.