Backline Support Engineer

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 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.

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About the Role:

The L3 Backline Support Engineer is the entry-level position in this highly specialized team. These engineers are experts in Motive's product ecosystem and possess great technical skills in troubleshooting complex cases escalated from the frontline teams. They work towards identifying and resolving issues at a code-level or system-architecture level

What You’ll Do:

• Advanced Troubleshooting and Technical Resolution: The primary responsibility of the Backline Support Team is to handle escalated cases that require high-level expertise, including advanced troubleshooting techniques and problem resolution.

• Cross-Domain Expertise: The team will maintain an in-depth understanding of all product areas, such as Driver Safety, Fleet Management, Equipment Monitoring, and Spend Management.

• Process Optimization: This team will streamline workflows between engineering, product, and technical support teams.

• Collaboration with Engineering: The backline support engineers will collaborate directly with engineering to provide solutions when internal teams lack technical expertise.

What We’re Looking For:

• Advanced Troubleshooting: Ability to solve complex issues that cannot be resolved by frontline support.

• System Architecture Understanding: Deep knowledge of system architecture to trace issues across different components (databases, APIs, microservices).

• API Troubleshooting: Expertise in analyzing and troubleshooting API calls and integrations.

• Log Analysis: Experience in using log aggregation tools like Datadog for troubleshooting.

• Cloud Infrastructure: Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and how they impact application performance.

• Databases: Strong SQL knowledge to query databases and analyze data anomalies.

• Version Control Systems: Experience with Git and version control workflows.

• Customer-Facing Communication: Clear and concise communication with customers about troubleshooting progress and resolutions.

• Problem-Solving Mindset: Ability to quickly identify issues and propose practical solutions.

• Knowledge of Motive Products: In-depth knowledge of Motive’s product suite, including Fleet Management, Driver Safety, Equipment Monitoring, and Spend Management, to understand the full scope of customer issues.

• Knowledge Base Articles: Proactively create and update internal and customer-facing knowledge base articles to improve issue resolution efficiency.

• Monitoring Datadog Dashboards: Actively monitor Datadog dashboards to identify anomalies related to Motive products, such as fleet status, driver behavior, equipment health, and spend reports, to proactively address potential system issues before they impact customers..

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