Backend Engineer

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 nearly 100,000 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 on Motive’s Workforce Management engineering team, you will design, build, and maintain scalable software that helps physical operations teams manage their workforce more effectively. You will own projects end to end, contribute to technical decisions, and solve complex engineering problems with a focus on reliability, performance, and customer impact. You will be supporting one of the fastest growing product lines at Motive. Day to day impact will include building 0- 1, maintaining our existing systems, and collaborating with product/design to innovate. What You’ll Do Design and implement scalable, reliable services and product features. Own engineering projects from technical planning through delivery and ongoing improvement. Identify root causes and resolve complex issues across services and systems. Improve the performance, observability, and maintainability of existing software. Collaborate with product, design, and adjacent engineering teams to deliver cohesive solutions. Contribute to technical discussions, design reviews, and engineering best practices. Mentor teammates and share knowledge across the engineering organization. What We’re Looking Fo