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Motorola Solutions is there for our customers when everything is on the line. In extreme moments — when a hurricane lands or when a fire breaks out. And in everyday moments — when a package arrives just in time for the holiday or when a child doesn’t miss the school bus home. 

We unify voice, data, video and analytics in one integrated ecosystem to enable individuals, businesses and communities to work together in more powerful ways. To help people make better decisions, act confidently and be their best in the moments that matter. Bring your passion, potential and talents to Motorola Solutions and connect with a career that matters.

Department OverviewEvery day, our enterprise and public safety customers rely on effortless and reliable communications to keep businesses thriving and communities safe. They call it their lifeline. At Motorola Solutions, we not only build that lifeline – with mission-critical services, software, video and access control, backed by secure, resilient land mobile radio communications – we advance it every day through our commitment to innovation. Our drive for continuous innovation and partnership with our customers enables them to be ready – in the day-to-day moments, and in the moments that matter most.
Department Overview
At Motorola Solutions we are helping solve some of the biggest challenges facing public safety organizations today. The Data and Common Services team builds software solutions that enable other products in the Command Central suite to meet their customers needs. Our goals are to help public safety professionals easily store and retrieve all the information they need to be able to do their jobs safely and successfully. We work with cutting edge AI in video, audio and analytics combined with advanced modern search technologies to deliver on our mission.
Job Description

We are looking for a hands-on Software Engineering Manager to join our Data and Common Services team. In this role, you will enable a team of talented Software Developers to design, develop, test, and deploy tools, applications and services for our SaaS software products. A successful candidate will have strong technical skills, a creative mind, is decisive and believes in delivering often, leads as well as manages, and has a motivation to achieve results in a fast-paced environment. We want engaging leaders to build great teams that can then build great products!

This team is responsible for providing the single source of truth of responder location within our application suite. This solution is a cloud-based, highly scalable suite of microservices that captures device location data from a multitude of possible sources and provides the most accurate location for a Responder Unit. We work closely with several applications teams both inside and outside MSI to realize this vision and this solution is always evolving to raise the fidelity of the information we provide and our customers depend on the solution to keep first responders safe in moments that matter.  

Responsibilities include:

• You will lead a team of talented software engineers who are developing top tier microservices for Command Center software 

• You will work across organizations and collaborate with internal partner teams

• You will be a mentor to your direct reports, guiding them on their individual career journeys

• Approach all aspects of engineering leadership with an eye toward promoting an agile mindset

• Work closely with engineering and product leadership to prioritize initiatives to deliver the greatest value to the business at the right time

• Anticipate what’s next with one eye always to the future. Champion the balance between short and long-term objectives.

• You will provide strong leadership and nurture a team culture focused on software quality and delivering value to customers, both internal and external

• Recruit, inspire and build a high-performance team

To be a good fit for our team as a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you should have:

• A demonstrable passion for the craft of software development

• 10+ years of experience building and deploying applications and services with one or more general-purpose programming languages including but not limited to: Java, C#

• Experience developing cloud based solutions in Azure a plus (other similar enterprise level systems may be relevant)

• In depth knowledge and working experience developing both REST-based APIs and queue-based designs and implementing microservice principles and architectures

• Experience scaling high-throughput data pipelines, refactoring architectural bottlenecks as needed

• Comfort with tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and GitHub 

• Solid foundation in computer science fundamentals and software engineering best practices in an Agile environment

• Ability to multi-task with a strong sense of urgency; ability to meet deadlines

• Ability to concisely illustrate architectural and programming concepts in words and diagrams

• Comfortable with working with remote team members

• Established experience leading a team of software engineers to accomplish tasks and deliver working features and services

• Established experience acting as mentor to junior and senior engineers, listening to their feedback and providing them with guidance and training opportunities

Even Better If You Have:

• Interest and/or experience in the Public Safety Industry

• Passion to collaborate with our wider teams (e.g. product, UX, support) to think strategically about how to solve problems for our users

• Knowledge in tools such as GitHub, Visual Studio for building, storing, and reviewing code

We value diversity in our team and we are eager to accept applications for our engineers across all backgrounds and life experiences.

The preferred location for this position is Chicago, IL but open to remote work.

Basic Requirements

Bachelors degree with 10+ years of professional experience OR Master's degree with 7+ years of professional experience

Vaccine Requirement

As an employer of 100 or more employees, Motorola Solutions has implemented a policy requiring all U.S. employees reporting to a workplace (anywhere you are performing services on behalf of Motorola Solutions) where other people are present (including coworkers and customers) be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by February 9, 2022. Any employees not fully vaccinated by this date will be required to participate in periodic COVID-19 testing. 

If you are unable to be fully vaccinated, you may apply for a reasonable accommodation based on a qualified medical condition or religious belief. Any offer of employment will be contingent on candidate's ability to demonstrate proof of vaccination (unless approved for a reasonable accommodation based on a qualified medical condition or religious belief) or willingness to participate in periodic COVID-19 testing.

Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced
Referral Payment PlanYes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits effective Day 1
• 401K with Company Match and Day 1 vesting
• 9 Paid Holidays
• Generous Paid Time Off Packages
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid Parental & Family Leave
• and more!

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran's status, or, any other protected characteristic.