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Base Salary
$164k - $200k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop observable, reliable, and scalable backend services processing telemetry from hundreds of thousands of IoT devices.
- Build and operate Kafka and Flink stream-processing pipelines for geofencing, alerting, trip construction, and asset location.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs for internal and external applications.
- Collaborate with Embedded, IoT, and cross-functional teams on device data contracts and end-to-end feature delivery.
- Reduce technical debt, improve code quality, and champion engineering excellence.
- Use AI tools such as Cursor and CoPilot to improve productivity and code quality.
- Work on AWS cloud infrastructure and mentor and learn from other engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
- At least 5 years of software development experience.
- Experience building distributed systems and event-driven or stream-processing pipelines using Kafka, Flink, Kinesis, or similar technologies.
- Experience with modern programming languages; Ruby, Golang, and Kotlin/Java proficiency is a plus.
- Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and Cassandra.
- Experience building on cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or private clouds.
- IoT, sensor-data, or geospatial-systems experience is a plus.
- Demonstrated ownership and problem-solving mindset.
Benefits
- Health, pharmacy, optical, and dental care benefits, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Paid time off and sick time off.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Life insurance and 401k contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Potential restricted stock units may be included in total compensation.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring two days per week in the office.
Tech Stack
Amazon DynamoDBApache CassandraApache FlinkApache KafkaAWSAzureGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKotlinPostgreSQLRedisRuby
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About Motive
Motive builds an automated operations platform that pairs IoT hardware with AI-powered software for fleets and physical operations, covering GPS tracking, ELD compliance, dashcams, safety, maintenance, and spend management. It sells hardware and SaaS subscriptions to transportation, construction, energy, field service, and public-sector customers. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company reports serving over 120,000 businesses.