Software Engineer, Backend

Motive empowers physical operations with tools for safety, productivity, and profitability, serving 120,000+ customers across transportation, construction, energy, and other industries.
Backend
Mid-Level Software Engineer
Remote
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
3+ years of experience
Logistics · Enterprise SaaS

Description For Software Engineer, Backend

Motive is a leading technology company revolutionizing the physical operations industry, serving over 120,000 customers from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses. As a Backend Software Engineer at Motive, you'll be at the forefront of building products that modernize Compliance, Fleet, and Driver management solutions for Enterprise customers. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work on scalable infrastructure and APIs that directly impact the trucking industry - a crucial component of the economy.

You'll be part of a team developing solutions that increase productivity and safety while reducing manual workloads through automation. The position requires expertise in backend technologies including Ruby on Rails, Go Lang, Java, and various databases. You'll work with cutting-edge cloud infrastructure and be responsible for building robust, secure, and maintainable code.

The ideal candidate should have 3-6 years of software development experience with a strong background in distributed systems and data models. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to make a tangible impact on the transportation and logistics industry while working with modern technologies in a remote setting. The role offers both technical challenges and opportunities for mentorship within the engineering organization.

Motive values diversity and inclusion as core principles, making it an ideal workplace for engineers looking to contribute to meaningful solutions while growing their careers. The company's platform uniquely combines safety, operations, and finance management in a single system, powered by industry-leading AI, offering complete visibility and control to customers.

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Responsibilities For Software Engineer, Backend

  • Collaborate with cross functional team to design, document, and deliver scalable solutions
  • Write secure, maintainable code that powers the platform
  • Launch and support features used by trucking industry at scale
  • Build appropriate monitoring, logging, debugging for system health
  • Provide on-call support for services deployed in production
  • Mentor and learn from developers within the engineering organisation

Requirements For Software Engineer, Backend

Java
JavaScript
Node.js
PostgreSQL
Redis
Cassandra
Go
Ruby
  • A degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
  • 3-6 years software development experience
  • Experience building product infrastructure, distributed systems and data models
  • Experience in Ruby on Rails, Go Lang, Java, Javascript/Node.js or similar language
  • 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

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