Motive
Senior Software Engineer - Backend
Job Summary
The role involves designing and implementing scalable software solutions for fleet safety and related features, working closely with cross-functional teams. Candidates should have 5+ years of software development experience, proficiency in programming languages such as Ruby, GoLang, Java, Python, or NodeJS, and a solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases. The focus is on creating secure, maintainable, and performant code, supporting features used by the trucking industry and its partners. The company emphasizes diversity, inclusion, and adherence to export regulations, with a remote work option available.
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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.
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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:
As a Software Engineer, you will be a part of a team who can turn product ideas into reality by designing components and services for new feature developments. You will implement scalable architecture and work with an enthusiastic team contributing to robust projects that will be critical for Fleet Safety such as server solutions that interface with best in class Dashcams, tracking critical driving events, and tools for both Safety managers and drivers.
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate with a cross functional team to design and document scalable solutions Ability to write secure, maintainable code that powers the platform that connects the world’s trucks
- Launch and support features that will be used by trucking industry and its partnersLead code reviews and help to guide software architecture decisions
- Resource for the product team to determine technical feasibility of features.
What We're Looking For:
- 5+ years of software development experience
- A degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
- An affinity for creating software that is extensible, performant, and easy to read
- Strong programming skills in one or more of these languages: Ruby (Rails), GoLang, Java, Python, or NodeJS
- Solid understanding of relational databases preferably Postgres or MySQL
- Experience with scaling, troubleshooting, migrations and security of distributed systems
- Experience with NoSQL databases, AWS, micro services, SOAExperience with CI/CD and version control (preferably Git)
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.
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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.
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Motive provides an integrated platform to help improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of fleet operations for the physical economy.
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