About the job
Who We Are:
Motive is dedicated to empowering those who manage physical operations with innovative tools designed to enhance safety, productivity, and profitability. For the first time, safety, operations, and finance teams can efficiently oversee drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet-related expenses from a single platform. By leveraging industry-leading AI, the Motive platform ensures comprehensive visibility and control, significantly diminishing manual workloads through task automation and simplification.
With nearly 100,000 clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses, Motive operates across diverse sectors including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
Explore more at gomotive.com.
About the Role:
As a Backend Software Engineer, you will join the Equipment Monitoring team, transforming innovative product concepts into reality by designing the essential components and services that drive Motive's equipment intelligence platform. You will develop highly scalable systems capable of processing millions of messages daily and supporting vital products such as real-time asset location, trip history, utilization insights, and cold-chain monitoring. Your contributions will enable fleets to track everything from trailers to high-value tools, even in low-connectivity scenarios, utilizing technologies such as BLE beacons, mesh networks, and third-party equipment integrations.
Collaborating with a dedicated, cross-functional team, your efforts will directly enhance customer profitability and operational efficiency. This includes minimizing asset underutilization, expanding network coverage, reducing downtime through predictive maintenance data, and ensuring compliance for temperature-sensitive goods. The systems you create will deliver actionable, real-time insights that aid customers in recovering stolen assets, preventing spoilage, maintaining equipment health, and optimizing daily operations across various industries.

