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$200,000 – $235,000
Listed on Motive’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Motive is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to design and build scalable backend services and APIs for their fleet management platform, serving nearly 100,000 customers. The role offers significant technical ownership, mentorship opportunities, and the chance to shape engineering standards across a growing organization.
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years building production systems, platforms, or customer-facing products
- Strong experience with at least one modern programming language (Go, Ruby, Python, Java, Kotlin, Swift, or similar)
- Proven experience designing scalable distributed systems, data models, APIs, and cloud-native services
- Strong technical judgment and problem-solving skills
- Experience mentoring engineers and cross-functional collaboration
Nice to have
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience leading technical projects and designing distributed systems