Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Job Description

Motive is seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to join their team. Motive empowers those who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive and more profitable. The engineer will collaborate with a cross-functional team to design and document scalable solutions, write secure, maintainable code, and launch features for the trucking industry and its partners. The role involves leading code reviews and guiding software architecture decisions, as well as serving as a resource for the product team to determine technical feasibility of features.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a cross functional team to design and document scalable solutions
• 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 partners
• Lead code reviews and help to guide software architecture decisions
• Resource for the product team to determine technical feasibility of features

Requirements:

• 7+ 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, SOA
• Experience with CI/CD and version control (preferably Git)