Staff Backend Engineer - IoT & Real-Time Fleet Telemetry

Gomotive; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

401k

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Equipment Monitoring team. You will design and implement backend systems that ingest and process telemetry from IoT devices, delivering real-time asset locations, geofence events, trips, and alerts.

You will build stream-processing pipelines using Kafka and Flink, collaborate with Embedded/IoT teams on device data contracts, and shape scalable APIs for internal and external use. Hybrid in-office two days a week in Seattle area.

Qualifications

• Requires BS or MS in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of software development experience.
• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven/stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Flink, Kinesis or similar).
• Proficiency in Ruby, Golang, Kotlin/Java is a plus.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, Cassandra).
• Experience with cloud infrastructures (AWS, GCP, Azure or private clouds).
• IoT/sensor data or geospatial systems a plus.
• Hybrid in-office two days a week.

Responsibilities

• Develop highly observable, reliable, and scalable backend services processing telemetry from hundreds of thousands of IoT devices.
• Build and operate stream-processing pipelines (Kafka, Flink) powering geo-fencing, alerting, trip construction, and asset location.
• Design, build, and maintain scalable APIs for internal and external applications.
• Collaborate with Embedded, IoT, and cross-functional teams on device data contracts and end-to-end feature delivery.
• Champion engineering excellence by reducing technical debt and improving code quality.
• Leverage AI tools to increase productivity and code quality.
• Work on AWS Cloud infrastructure and mentor peers to foster growth.

Skills

Distributed systems

Event-driven pipelines

Cloud infrastructure

Ownership mindset

Team collaboration

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Kinesis

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Redis

Cassandra

Job description

Motive is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Equipment Monitoring team. You will design and implement backend systems that ingest and process telemetry from IoT devices, delivering real-time asset locations, geofence events, trips, and alerts.

You will build stream-processing pipelines using Kafka and Flink, collaborate with Embedded/IoT teams on device data contracts, and shape scalable APIs for internal and external use. Hybrid in-office two days a week in Seattle area.