Senior Software Engineer (Java + Cloud-Native) - Sustaining Engineering

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview

Sustaining engineering is part of the development with in the MSI/Rave Mobile safety organization.

Job Description

Rave Mobile Safety powers over a billion critical alerts each year, delivering reliable, high-impact communication when it matters most. We operate at the intersection of mission-critical reliability and modern, AI-augmented engineering—and we’re looking for engineers who thrive in that space.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Sustaining Engineering team. This role is ideal for a self-directed, confident engineer who excels in fast-paced, collaborative environments and is passionate about solving complex production, scalability, and performance challenges.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build Cloud-Native Services: Ship backend services in Java and Spring Boot focused on high-throughput messaging and workflow.

• Scale Intelligent Systems: Design microservices and APIs that are secure, observable, and built to scale in a multi-tenant SaaS environment.

• Modern Delivery: Build CI/CD workflows and safe deployment strategies like canary, blue/green, and progressive delivery.

• Platform Modernization: Lead the incremental evolution of our architecture toward event-driven patterns, emphasizing maintainability and operational excellence.

• AI-Augmented Development & Agentic Workflows: Leverage AI coding assistants and autonomous agents (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or custom agentic scripts) to handle complex refactoring, automate unit test generation, and streamline the SDLC while maintaining rigorous manual oversight for life-safety code.

Tech Environment (What We’re Building Toward)

• Backend: Java (modern versions), Spring Boot, REST, and gRPC.

• Data: SQL (MySQL), strong data modeling and leveraging big data to inform business decisions. 

• Runtime: AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Tooling: LLM-based productivity tools and AI Agents integrated into the SDLC for automated documentation, code reviews, and proactive bug detection.

What You’ll Bring (Requirements)

• US Citizenship: Ability to obtain security clearance as required by government contract.

• Experience: 5+ years building and operating highly available software systems.

• AI Literacy: Proficiency in prompt engineering and experience integrating AI Agents into your workflow to act as a force multiplier for developer velocity.

• Core Engineering: Strong proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and common enterprise patterns.

• Cloud & Containers: Hands-on experience with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes orchestration.

• Foundations: Mastery of data structures, OOP, networking, and reliability patterns.

• Reduce Technical debt and recommend platform/process improvements.

• Develop and optimize MySQL reporting queries.

Strongly Preferred

• MLOps Exposure: Experience assisting with the deployment, monitoring, or scaling of ML-backed services in production.

• Event-Driven Architecture: Production experience with queues, pub-sub, or streaming (e.g., Kafka/SQS).

• Full-Stack Capability: Frontend experience with React, Angular, or Vue.

• Automation: Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation).

Target Base Salary Range: $150,000 USD - $175,000 USD

Consistent with Motorola Solutions values and applicable law, we provide the following information to promote pay transparency and equity. Pay within this range varies and depends on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The actual offer will be based on the individual candidate.

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Basic Requirements

• Bachelors degree with 5+ years of software development/engineering and/or full stack experience

• AND 3+ years building and operating highly scalable, highly available software systems.

• AND 2+ years of Java experience

• AND 2+ years of experience in cloud platforms

• AND 2+ years of Docker and Kubernetes experience

• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract

Travel Requirements

None

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 for employment 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, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruiting experience for candidates with disabilities, or other physical or mental health conditions. To request an accommodation, please complete this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.