Senior Backend Engineer - IoT & Real-Time Data

Motive; Seattle, San Francisco (WA, CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental & vision

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401k

Job summary

Motive is hiring a Senior Software Engineer on the Equipment Monitoring team to build backend systems for fleet visibility, using IoT data. You will design and operate ingestion and stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Flink) and collaborate with Embedded/IoT teams on device data contracts; work in a cloud-first environment with AWS, GCP, and Azure.

You will develop scalable APIs, reduce tech debt, and mentor peers while leveraging AI tools to improve quality; this role supports a hybrid work

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years software development experience.
• Experience building distributed systems and event-driven pipelines (Kafka, Flink, Kinesis).
• Proficiency in Ruby, Golang, Kotlin/Java is a plus.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Cassandra.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, Azure or private clouds.
• IoT/sensor data or geospatial systems experience is a plus.
• Ownership and problem solving mindset.
• Hybrid in-office two days a week.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly observable, reliable, scalable backend services for IoT telemetry.
• Build and operate stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Flink) for geo-fencing and alerts.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs for internal and external apps.
• Collaborate with Embedded, IoT, and cross-functional teams on data contracts.
• Champion engineering excellence by reducing technical debt and improving quality.
• Leverage AI tools to increase productivity and code quality.
• Contribute to AWS Cloud infra and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Distributed systems

Event-driven pipelines

Ruby

Golang

Java/Kotlin

Databases

Cloud infrastructure

IoT data

Geospatial

Hybrid work

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Kinesis

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Redis

Cassandra

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Motive is hiring a Senior Software Engineer on the Equipment Monitoring team to build backend systems for fleet visibility, using IoT data. You will design and operate ingestion and stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Flink) and collaborate with Embedded/IoT teams on device data contracts; work in a cloud-first environment with AWS, GCP, and Azure.

You will develop scalable APIs, reduce tech debt, and mentor peers while leveraging AI tools to improve quality; this role supports a hybrid work