Sr. Software Engineering Manager

Company Overview

Motorola Solutions is a global company focused on people, safety, and connected technology to protect people, property, and places. We aim to build a safer future and offer meaningful careers.

Department Overview

Join the Missions & Insights organization to help build the next generation of public safety technology. We create platforms that power real-time emergency response, crime analysis, and capabilities such as drone-as-first-responder and AI-driven situational awareness. Our portfolio includes CommandCentral Aware and RapidDeploy and we are innovating in autonomous incident detection and AI triage. Our goal is a mission-first, cloud-native, and intelligence-driven nerve center for modern public safety.

The Device and Unit Services Team collects and normalizes telemetry data from diverse sources, including device types, Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), and other Public Safety systems. This information is consolidated and supplied to end users to provide crucial situational awareness insights. This team provides the single source of truth for responder location within our application suite.

Job Description

The Senior Software Engineering Manager will serve as an expert in modern software architecture, specializing in cloud-native microservices, capable of strategically leveraging GenAI to significantly drive team efficiency and output, while ensuring high quality and security standards and effectively navigating cross-product communication and stakeholder alignment challenges. Educates and coaches the team in software craftsmanship principles while maintaining high security, test automation, and quality standards.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional software development expertise with a strong people management background, experienced in designing scalable, maintainable, and reliable software systems using various design patterns, especially microservices architectural patterns.
• Ability to negotiate with product and business teams to reach a common understanding about feature scope, services complexity, and product evolution with strong tech debt roadmap planning skills.
• Data-driven with a focus on Agile processes, efficiency improvements, quality, and SRE KPIs, capable of leveraging GenAI adoption as part of the software development lifecycle.
• Experience leading highly skilled software engineers in fast-paced, agile development environments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including presenting to senior leadership levels.
• Proven track record of solving complex business challenges using cutting-edge technology and Generative AI.

Specific Knowledge & Skills

• A bachelor's degree is highly desired.
• 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Microservices, and Cloud.
• 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Strong full-stack knowledge, especially web application development using Angular and building RESTful APIs and Microservices using Java.
• Experience with NoSQL databases, preferably Cosmos DB. SQL DB knowledge is a plus.
• Deep technical expertise in Azure and Kubernetes, with proven experience in scalable CI/CD practices and a DevOps mindset.

This position is subject to working in high-security areas governed by the US Department of Justice\'s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy and requires passing a fingerprint background check.

Target Base Salary Range: $150,000 - $160,000 USD. Pay varies based on knowledge, skills, and experience; the actual offer is based on the candidate.

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Basic Requirements

• 10+ years of professional experience in Software Engineering, Microservices, and Cloud, with 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.
• Must be able to obtain background clearance as required by government customer

Travel Requirements

Under 10%

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

Yes

Our U.S. Benefits include:

• Incentive Bonus Plans
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
• 401K with Company Match
• 10 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. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture. If you’d like to join our team but feel you don\'t meet all preferred skills, we still encourage you to apply. We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience. To request an accommodation, please complete the Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.