Backend Software Engineer, Motive

CA$125-156k

AWS

GCP

JavaScript

Java

Redis

Node.js

Postgres

Cassandra

Azure

Ruby on Rails

DynamoDB

Mid and Senior level

Toronto

Vancouver

More information about location

2 days a week in office

Fleet management platform for trucks

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Fleet management platform for trucks

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceLogisticsTransportInternet of ThingsSaaS

Be an early applicant

CA$125-156k

AWS

GCP

JavaScript

Java

Redis

Node.js

Postgres

Cassandra

Azure

Ruby on Rails

DynamoDB

Mid and Senior level

Toronto

Vancouver

More information about location

2 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceLogisticsTransportInternet of ThingsSaaS

Company mission

To connect the world’s trucks.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

A degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field
4+ years software development experience
Experience building product infrastructure, distributed systems and data models
Experience in Ruby on Rails, Go Lang, Java, Javascript/Node.js or similar language
Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and Cassandra
Experience building for Cloud Infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, Azure or private clouds

What the job involves

As a Software Engineer on the new Public Sector team at Motive, you will be responsible for designing and building products that will modernize the Compliance, Fleet, and Driver management solutions to help our customers reduce toil, increase productivity, and more importantly keep the roads safe
As part of this role you will build scalable infrastructure, APIs/services, and work with a team that is passionate and makes an impact on the physical economy
We are looking for accomplished engineers to not just deliver products for our customers, but to go beyond using the latest technologies
Collaborate across teams to design, deliver and support scalable product features
Make scalable design choices, while championing quality and simplicity
Leverage AI tools such as Cursor, CoPilot to increase productivity and code quality
Build appropriate monitoring, logging, debugging for the health of the system
Mentor and learn from the developers within the engineering organisation

Our take

Trucking is a huge but fragmented industry that was largely ignored by Silicon Valley until companies such as Motive (formerly KeepTruckin) came along. The integrated fleet management platform acts as air traffic control for trucks, bringing drivers online and into the 21st century.

The company offers both hardware and software solutions to freight companies, allowing them to manage their fleet and keep their drivers safe. One of these solutions is an AI-powered dashcam that detects unsafe driving behavior in real time and instantly alerts the driver.

The platform, which is used by over 120,000 companies, from small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises, received $150 million in VC in 2025, which is being used to accelerate its investment in AI and grow its enterprise capabilities.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-13% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4)

Trustpilot (1.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)

May 2022

$150m

SERIES F

Jun 2021

$190m

SERIES E

Total funding: $567.3m

Company HQ

Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Obaid Khan

(Co-Founder & Board Member)

Studied Political Science and Government at University of California before founding KeepTruckin in 2013.

Shoaib Makani

(Co-Founder & CEO)

Studied Government & Economics at LSE. Analytics Intern at Yahoo. Worked for a year at Google as APMM. Went on to work in Business Development at AdMob.

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