Motive

Staff Software Engineer, Platform

Motive$180K — $200K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering for production systems or customer-facing products.
  • Proficient in modern programming languages like Go, Ruby, Python, Java, Kotlin, or Swift.
  • Experience in designing scalable distributed systems and APIs.
  • Strong critical thinking for identifying risks, bugs, and performance bottlenecks.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and work collaboratively with various stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop scalable services and APIs for enhanced performance and reliability.
  • Make architectural decisions for new capabilities and system improvements.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Enhance engineering practices through code reviews and operational excellence initiatives.
  • Mentor team members, sharing technical knowledge and best practices to elevate team performance.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, pharmacy, optical, and dental care.
  • Paid time off and sick time.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
  • Life insurance.
  • 401k contribution options.
Full Job Description
About the Role:

As a Software Engineer at Motive, you will design and build scalable product and platform capabilities that power mission-critical customer experiences, with meaningful ownership from architecture through production operations. In this role, you will report into an Engineering Manager, and help shape technical direction, raise engineering standards, and mentor other engineers while partnering across product and engineering teams to deliver reliable, secure, and maintainable systems.
What You'll Do:
  • Design, build, and ship scalable services, APIs, and product features with a strong emphasis on reliability, maintainability, and performance.
  • Drive technical design and make sound architecture decisions for new capabilities and improvements to existing systems.
  • Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver high-quality solutions that solve meaningful customer problems.
  • Improve engineering excellence through code reviews, testing, monitoring, logging, debugging, and operational best practices.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to team direction by sharing knowledge, providing technical guidance, and helping scale effective engineering practices.
What We're Looking For:
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience building production systems, platforms, or customer-facing products.
  • Strong experience with one or more modern programming languages such as Go, Ruby, Python, Java, Kotlin, Swift, or similar.
  • Proven experience designing scalable distributed systems, data models, APIs, and cloud-native services.
  • Strong technical judgment and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify risks, bugs, and bottlenecks early.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver complex technical initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience building production systems, platforms, or customer-facing products.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver complex technical initiatives.
  • Experience leading technical projects, designing distributed systems.


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 base compensation range for this role is:

$180,000-$200,000 USD

All job postings are for existing vacancies. Please note; some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.

About Motive

Motive is a software company that provides cloud-based solutions for the automotive industry. The company's products include customer relationship management (CRM) software, sales and service applications, and data analytics tools. Motive was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Emeryville, California. The company has a strong focus on innovation and has received numerous awards for its products and services. Motive has a small team of around 200 employees and is privately held.
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