# Staff Software Engineer - Backend Services at Motive

- Company: Motive
- What the company does: Motive provides an integrated platform to help improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of fleet operations for the physical economy. Backed by Kleiner Perkins.
- Company website: https://go.gomotive.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Hybrid - Seattle
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Posted: 2026-10-30
- Apply by: 2026-12-14
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/gomotive/jobs/8925237002?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/motive-software-engineer-monitoring/

## About the role

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Equipment Monitoring team, you will build the backend systems that give fleets unmatched visibility into the location, utilization, and health of their equipment - trailers, reefers, construction machinery, and small assets. Our data comes from IoT devices in the field: Asset Gateways, BLE environmental and door sensors, and Beacons. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field
- 5+ years software development experience
- Experience building distributed systems and event-driven/stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Flink, Kinesis or similar)
- Experience in modern programming languages. Proficiency in Ruby, Golang, Kotlin/Java is a plus
- 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

Tags: Software Engineering

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