Staff Systems Software Engineer, Motive
Android OS
$171-261k
Fleet management platform for trucks
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Fleet management platform for trucks
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$171-261k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To connect the world’s trucks.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in software development
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Experience with Kotlin, Java & C++
- Deep experience with AOSP (Android Open Source Project), Android OS and Linux
- Experience with embedded programming on Linux and / or RTOS
- 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
What the job involves
- As a Staff System Software Engineer, you will help Motive design and develop on-edge IoT platforms. As an exceptional technical engineer and self-starter, you are able to design, execute, and test complex system features on a range of Linux, Android and real-time operating systems
- This role will help build the next-generation Hardware platforms for Motive. You understand how to design and develop modular software features in a collaborative environment and agile team. This role offers immense career advancement and the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology
- We are looking for a motivated and driven self-starter, to further our technical stack from end to end
- Design and develop high-performance firmware and software for cutting-edge IoT platforms
- Debug, optimize, and validate firmware on complex multi-core architectures
- Develop automated and unit-level functional testing to validate designs
- Present and provide feedback on architectural discussions for next-generation business logic
- Engage with a cross-disciplinary team to design, develop and test features up the stack
- Validate and maintain features using cloud-based analysis at scale
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 series F funding in 2022, which is being used to accelerate its investment in AI, expand its product offerings into spend management, and grow its enterprise capabilities.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-13% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jul 2025
$150m
LATE VC
May 2022
$150m
SERIES F
Total funding: $717.3m
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Obaid Khan
(COO)Studied Political Science and Government at University of California before founding KeepTruckin in 2013.
Shoaib Makani
(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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