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. As a Staff System Software Engineer, you will be at the forefront of designing and developing cutting‑edge IoT platforms, turning ambitious visions into scalable, high‑performance solutions. You thrive on solving complex technical challenges, mastering new technologies on the fly, and delivering pragmatic solutions that drive impact at scale. This role offers the opportunity to influence technical stack decisions, shape the company’s engineering roadmap, and work closely with the CTO. You will engage in high‑impact workstreams with the freedom to innovate, taking ownership of projects across devices, cloud, and mobile platforms. If you are a self‑starter with a data‑driven mindset and an obsession for excellence, this is the role for you. What You’ll Be Doing: Architect and Build: Design, develop, and optimize high‑performance software and firmware for next‑gen IoT platforms. Turn Vision into Reality: Collaborate with executive and product teams to translate abstract ideas into actionable engineering plans. Debug and Validate: Troubleshoot and optimize software on complex distributed systems, ensuring security, scalability, and resilience. Develop Automated Testing: Create data‑test driven end‑to‑end simulation frameworks to validate system integrity at scale. Adopt Cutting‑Edge Tools: Leverage AI‑powered coding tools to enhance productivity and drive innovation. Lead by Example: Act as a technical mentor, fostering a culture of excellence, ownership, and pragmatism across the engineering team. Iterate and Innovate: Embrace rapid iteration and experimentation, solving real‑time problems and pivoting when necessary to achieve breakthrough results. What We’re Looking For: 8+ years of experience in software development, with deep expertise in either device, backend, cloud, or mobile platforms, and familiarity with others. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. Proficiency in Golang, Kotlin, and C++, with a track record of writing elegant, maintainable, and high‑performance code. Full Stack and Ecosystem understanding - from development and dependencies, modern best practices, to CI/CD understanding, cloud‑native, and security‑aware experience. Experience working with analytics and observability from client to cloud, such as Snowflake and Redash reporting, Grafana and Datadog metrics, and agent methodologies. A proven history of independent, ambitious project delivery in fast‑paced environments. Ability to rapidly master new technologies and adapt to ambiguity, whether it’s distributed systems including embedded devices, machine learning infrastructure, or front‑end frameworks. A strategic problem‑solver who balances technical trade‑offs with business impact. Strong communication skills, capable of translating complex technical challenges into clear, actionable plans. A natural leader with the conviction to push for the right technical solutions and challenge the status quo. Why Join Us? This is more than just a job—it’s a chance to build the future of IoT platforms at scale. You’ll work on the toughest technical challenges with high visibility and impact, shaping the engineering direction of Motive. If you’re a Superbuilder—a technical powerhouse who thrives under pressure, learns on the fly, and delivers game‑changing solutions we want to talk. Let’s build something extraordinary together. We are hiring in the following locations: Vancouver, and Toronto. This is a hybrid role , with the expectation of being in the office 1–2 days per week. 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. 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 Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Overview Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers across a wide range of industries. Visit gomotive.com to learn more. Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more. About The Role As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building Motive Cards for our customers. You will build APIs/services that integrate with payment platforms for processing transactions from Motive customers. We are looking for engineers to build our financial stack and deliver reliability and performance for payment transactions. This team is responsible for (a) building integration with payment platforms (b) generating invoices (c) processing transactions and payments with high reliability (d) monitoring and proactively preventing credit and transaction fraud. What You’ll Do Build and scale data models and improve system performance. Build scalable API interfaces to work across internal and external applications and services. Learn billing/payment related third party integrations like Stripe or Adyen. Develop software that reduces cost of running a service in production, shortens iteration time, and guides product decisions. Build monitoring, logging, and debugging for system health. Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams and projects. Actively work on our AWS cloud infrastructure. Mentor and learn from other engineers in the organization. What We’re Looking For B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field 2+ years of software development experience Experience building product infrastructure, distributed systems and data models Experience in Ruby on Rails, Go, Java, JavaScript/Node.js or similar 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 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. The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is: Canada 121,000—155,000 CAD. Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive’s core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here. UK Candidate Privacy Notice here. 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. Seniority level Associate Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting, Technology, Information and Internet, and Truck Transportation #J-18808-Ljbffr
Software Engineer - Backend for Financial Products Who we are: 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 more than 120,000 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. Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more. Motive serves more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery. Motive is proud to be a Forbes Cloud 100 company and a 2020 Career-Launching Company by Wealthfront. About the Role: As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building Motive Cards for our customers. As part of this role you will build APIs/services that integrate with payment platforms for processing transactions from Motive customers. We are looking for strong engineers to build our financial stack and deliver best-in-class reliability and performance for payment transactions. This team is responsible for (a) building integration with payment platforms (b) generating invoice (c) processing transactions and payments with high reliability (d) monitoring and proactively preventing credit and transaction fraud. What You’ll Do: Build and scale data models and improve system performance. Build and make scalable design choices for API interfaces to work across internal and external applications and services. Ability to quickly learn billing/payment related third party integration like stripe or adyen. Building software that improves the cost of running a service in production, reduces iteration time and helps you and the team make better decisions about how and what we build and try next. Build appropriate monitoring, logging, debugging for the health of the system. Communicate effectively cross functional teams and projects. Actively work on our AWS cloud infrastructure Mentor and learn from the developers within the engineering organization What We’re Looking For: B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field 2+ years software development experience Experience building product infrastructure, distributed systems and data models 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 Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Please review our Candidate Privacy Noticehere . 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. Apply for this job * indicates a required field First Name * Last Name * Email * Phone * Location (City) Resume/CV * Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf Enter manually Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, txt, rtf LinkedIn Profile Github URL Other Website What tangible factors are most important to you when considering a job opportunity? * Work-life Balance Remote Work Leadership Compensation PTO Culture Company Outlook Select your top 3. What about Motive makes it an appealing place to work? * Pronouns Select... Let Motive know what pronouns you use so we can address you correctly. How did you hear about this opportunity? * Select... Canada Demographic Survey We invite applicants to share their demographic background. If you choose to complete this survey, your responses may be used to identify areas of improvement in our hiring process. How would you describe your gender identity? Select... #J-18808-Ljbffr
Who we are: 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 more than 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. Visit gomotive.com to learn more. About the Role As a Mid Market Sales Engineer, you have the opportunity to play an important role in increasing the effectiveness, productivity, and revenue growth in the Sales Team. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Mid Market Sales Engineering, Sales Engineers partner closely with Account Executives to close new business with prospects — as well as with existing customers — through discovery calls, product demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and onsite meetings. This position has the opportunity to work with the most impactful companies in North America that power our physical economy. What You'll Do Partner and strategize with Account Executives for discovery calls, product demonstrations, POC support and onsite meetings Will be capable of providing customized demonstrations of the Motive product offering to prospects spanning a multitude of roles Successfully match customer pains and requirements to proposed solutions Become an expert on Motive’s competition, lending your expertise to Emerging Mid Market AEs working on displacement deals Product expert, not only on Motive’s current offering but our roadmap as well Work with AEs to respond to RFIs and RFPs Sales liaison between multiple internal organizations, including; Product, Engineering, Customer Success and Product Marketing What We're Looking For Minimum 3+ years working with strategic sales prospects in a pre-sales/sales engineering capacity (SaaS and Hardware experience is a plus) Bachelor's Degree required, Bachelor's of Science preferred, MS a plus French fluency a plus Experience in the Transportation & Logistics industry is a plus Experience with APIs and integrations Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences alike Consistent track record selling complex solutions with the ability to navigate long, strategic sales cycles Proven analytical skills and the ability to problem-solve complex issues 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 (RSUs). 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. The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the on-target earnings (base pay + commissions) are: Canada $138,000 — $200,000 CAD Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here. UK Candidate Privacy Notice here. 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. #LI-Remote #J-18808-Ljbffr
A technology company in Canada is seeking a Mid Market Sales Engineer to enhance sales effectiveness and productivity. The ideal candidate will partner with Account Executives to manage strategic sales cycles, provide product demonstrations, and support existing customers. Candidates should possess 3+ years in a related sales role, with a Bachelor's Degree preferred, as well as strong communication and problem-solving skills. Competitive salary and benefits provided.
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A technology company in Vancouver seeks a Software Engineer to build payment integration services and improve system performance. Responsibilities include scaling data models, developing API interfaces, and mentoring team members. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience in software development with knowledge of AWS and various databases. Competitive salary between $101,000 to $120,000 CAD is offered, along with comprehensive benefits.
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A technology company in Vancouver seeks a Software Engineer to build payment integration services and improve system performance. Responsibilities include scaling data models, developing API interfaces, and mentoring team members. Ideal candidates have 2+ years of experience in software development with knowledge of AWS and various databases. Competitive salary between $101,000 to $120,000 CAD is offered, along with comprehensive benefits.
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A technology company in Canada is seeking a Software Engineer to build and manage payment integration services. This role requires experience in various programming languages and cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will develop high-performance applications and ensure the reliability of payment systems. Competitive compensation of $101,000 — $115,000 USD offered along with comprehensive benefits.
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Who We Are
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. About the Role
As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building Motive Cards for our customers. You will build APIs/services that integrate with payment platforms for processing transactions from Motive customers. Your focus will be on building a financial stack that delivers best‑in‑class reliability and performance for payment transactions, including integration with payment platforms, generating invoices, processing payments with high reliability, and monitoring and preventing credit and transaction fraud. What You’ll Do Build and scale data models and improve system performance. Build and make scalable design choices for API interfaces to work across internal and external applications and services. Learn billing/payment related third‑party integrations such as Stripe or Adyen. Build software that improves the cost of running a service in production, reduces iteration time, and helps the team make better decisions about what to build next. Build appropriate monitoring, logging, and debugging for the health of the system. Communicate effectively across cross‑functional teams and projects. Actively work on our AWS cloud infrastructure. Mentor and learn from the developers within the engineering organization. What We’re Looking For B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science or related field. 2+ years software development experience. Experience building product infrastructure, distributed systems, and data models. Experience with Ruby on Rails, Go, Java, JavaScript/Node.js, or a 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. Pay Transparency
Compensation may be based on factors such as 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; and a 401(k) contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The compensation range for this position depends on location: Canada – $101,000—$120,000 CAD. Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive’s core values. We are an equal‑opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. Seniority level
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Who we are: 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 more than 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. Visit gomotive.com to learn more. About the Role: As a Mid Market Sales Engineer, you have the opportunity to play an important role in increasing the effectiveness, productivity, and revenue growth in the Sales Team. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Mid Market Sales Engineering, Sales Engineers partner closely with Account Executives to close new business with prospects — as well as with existing customers — through discovery calls, product demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and onsite meetings. This position has the opportunity to work with the most impactful companies in North America that power our physical economy. What You\'ll Do: Partner and strategize with Account Executives for discovery calls, product demonstrations, POC support and onsite meetings Will be capable of providing customized demonstrations of the Motive product offering to prospects spanning a multitude of roles Successfully match customer pains and requirements to proposed solutions Become an expert on Motive’s competition, lending your expertise to Emerging Mid Market AEs working on displacement deals Product expert, not only on Motive’s current offering but our roadmap as well Work with AEs to respond to RFIs and RFPs Sales liaison between multiple internal organizations, including; Product, Engineering, Customer Success and Product Marketing What We're Looking For: Minimum 3+ years working with strategic sales prospects in a pre-sales/sales engineering capacity (SaaS and Hardware experience is a plus) Bachelor's Degree required, Bachelor’s of Science preferred, MS a plus French fluency a plus Experience in the Transportation & Logistics industry is a plus Experience with APIs and integrations Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences alike Consistent track record selling complex solutions with the ability to navigate long, strategic sales cycles Proven analytical skills and the ability to problem-solve complex issues 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 (RSUs). 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. The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the on-target earnings (base pay + commissions) are: Canada $138,000 — $200,000 CAD Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive\'s core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here. UK Candidate Privacy Notice here. 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. #LI-Remote #J-18808-Ljbffr
