Software Engineer - Android (Kotlin)

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. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department OverviewJoin our innovative engineering team and make a real-world impact! As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll contribute to the development of our Public Safety multiplatform SDK, empowering first responders and others with cutting-edge mobile evidence solutions.
Working with Kotlin and Swift, you'll design, develop, and maintain the Mobile Evidence SDK for both internal and external consumers, with a strong emphasis on creating a seamless and positive developer experience. Be a key player in building technology that matters.
Job DescriptionSCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborate closely with your team to develop, maintain and support core platforms and applications, as well as great technical documentation that is developer friendly

• Build quality in by integrating early, participate in code reviews and by ensuring high % of test coverage

• Proactively reduce technical debt by aggressively refactoring code

• Develop highly secure applications by following defense in depth principles

• Architect software systems across multiple technologies and platforms 

• Ensure code is extensible and maintainable by following leading architectural principles and patterns

• Automate everything, contribute to tooling and manage CI/CD pipelines

• Actively monitor services, respond to incidents and contribute to post incident reviews

• Contribute to a continuous learning culture by participating in training & workshops, bringing ideas to the table and creating learning opportunities

• Help drive continuous improvement by actively identifying improvements, participating in retrospectives and contributing to key metrics

• Focus on customers by asking the right questions, solving the right problem and designing great experiences

• Explore various solutions and share findings with the team

• Help drive engineering best practices and initiatives

Basic RequirementsGENERAL EDUCATION

Bonus if you have:

• Tertiary level computer science or software engineering

• Certificates in software or cloud technologies

• Certificates in Agile

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Kotlin for Android

• Android standards and ecosystem (MAD Skills)

• Android SDK (e.g. writing efficient layouts, dealing with application lifecycle)

• Gradle build tooling 

• Some Java and JVM knowledge

• Application of OOP concepts and design patterns

• Reactive programming paradigm 

• Functional programming 

• Good working knowledge of software architectures

• HTTP and RESTful designs

• Automated Unit, Integration, UI, snapshot and Performance testing

• Managing certificates and provisioning profiles

• CI/CD pipelines & Configuration Management

• Git and associated tools, platforms and practices

• OpenAPI and/or Swagger

• Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

     Bonus if you have experience with:

• Jetpack Compose and Compose Multiplatform 

• Kotlin Multiplatform

• iOS development with Swift, with SwiftUI or UIKit

• Flutter, React Native, 

• Cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP and Azure

• Databases including NoSQL

• TDD, BDD, ATTD

EXPERIENCE

• 1-2+ years Mobile Development

• 1+ years Android with Kotlin

• Worked in an Agile environment

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to work well and collaboratively in an Agile environment

• Open to failure, to ask questions and grow and learn from mistakes

• Ability to research, POC and learn new technologies rapidly

• Creative, with the ability to generate and evaluate multiple solutions

• Pragmatic, understanding the impact of new technology

Ability to evaluate and mitigate risks

Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced

Referral Payment PlanYes

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 email [email protected].