The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of motivation on employee performance through employee engagement as an intervening variable in the Surakarta City Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services Office. The sampling method used saturated sampling with a total of 58 respondents. Data collection was carried out by distributing a questionnaire at the Surakarta DPMPTSP office. The analysis technique uses PLS (Partial Least Square) with the SmartPLS 3.0 program. The results of the study show that motivation has a positive and insignificant effect on employee performance, employee engagement has a positive and significant effect on employee performance, motivation has a positive and significant effect on employee engagement, and employee engagement can mediate the influence of motivation on employee performance.