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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 seeking a Staff-level backend engineer to design and build scalable services and APIs for their fleet operations platform. You'll own systems from architecture through production, mentor other engineers, and work across teams to deliver reliable, secure solutions for customers managing drivers, vehicles, and fleet operations.
Our summary, not Motive’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
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What they ask for
Required
- 5+ years building production systems, platforms, or customer-facing products
- Experience with one or more of: Go, Ruby, Python, Java, Kotlin, Swift, or similar
- Expertise designing scalable distributed systems, data models, APIs, and cloud-native services
- Strong technical judgment and problem-solving skills
- Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams
Nice to have
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- Experience leading technical projects and designing distributed systems