Staff Software Engineer, Backend is open at Motive (Hybrid - San Francisco, California). The posting gives a salary of $200K - $235K. Posted on Aug 18, 2026, and still on Motive’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
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…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Motive’s careers page.
Hiring at Motive
Motive has 182 open roles right now, 98 of them remote. Most are in Sales & Business Development, Engineering and Marketing & Community. The median advertised salary across its roles with a published range is $170K. See all its roles
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