Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Enterprise)

Motive; Vancouver, Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 166,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics software provider in Canada is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Backend to build scalable solutions that enhance safety and productivity in the trucking industry. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of software development experience, a degree in computer science, and strong programming skills in languages such as Ruby or Python. This role offers a competitive salary range of CAD 166,000 - CAD 250,000 and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits

Paid time off

401k contribution

Short and long term disability coverage

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software development experience.
• Affinity for creating software that is extensible, performant, and easy to read.
• Solid understanding of relational databases, preferably Postgres or MySQL.
• Experience with scaling, troubleshooting, migrations and security of distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a cross functional team to design and document scalable solutions.
• Launch and support features for the trucking industry.
• Provide technical feasibility assessments for features.

Skills

Software development experience

Programming skills in Ruby, GoLang, Java, Python, or NodeJS

Understanding of relational databases

Experience with distributed systems

Experience with NoSQL databases

CI/CD and version control

Education

Degree in computer science, software engineering or related field

Job description

Overview

Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Enterprise)

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.

At Motive, we’re not just looking for engineers—we’re seeking Superbuilders. You will be responsible for building products that will modernize the Compliance, Fleet, and Driver management solutions for our Enterprise customers to increase productivity, profitability and more importantly to keep the roads safe. You will build scalable infrastructure, APIs/services and work with a team that is passionate and makes an impact on the trucking industry which is the driving force of the economy.

We are looking for accomplished engineers to not just deliver products to bolster Motive’s success in providing Enterprise solutions but to go beyond it using the latest technologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a cross functional team to design and document scalable solutions. Ability to write secure, maintainable code that powers the platform that connects the world’s trucks.
• Launch and support features that will be used by the trucking industry and its partners. Lead code reviews and help to guide software architecture decisions.
• Provide technical feasibility assessments for features to the product team.

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of software development experience
• A degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
• 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, microservices, SOA
• Experience with CI/CD and version control (preferably Git)

Pay Transparency

Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.

Equal Opportunity Motive creates a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

Export Control The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology.

Location and Additional Notes

The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is Canada: $166,000 - $250,000 CAD.