Senior Software Engineer (Java + Cloud-Native)

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.

Rave Mobile Safety is building and evolving the messaging platform that powers over a billion critical alerts each year across SMS email push notifications and voice. This work sits at the center of life-safety communications—where reliability scale and speed matter every day.

We’re investing heavily in cloud-native architecture microservices and modern engineering practices. If you enjoy building resilient distributed systems shipping to production frequently and raising the bar on platform reliability and developer velocity this role is for you.

What you’ll be doing

• Build and ship cloud-native backend services in Java using Spring Boot focused on high-throughput messaging and workflow.

• Design and implement microservices and APIs that are secure observable and built to scale in a multi-tenant SaaS environment.

• Partner with Engineering Product QA and Operations to deliver features that are reliable measurable and production-ready.

• Improve platform resilience and performance through smart architecture instrumentation load testing and pragmatic optimization.

• Build modern delivery workflows: CI/CD automated testing and safe deployments (blue/green canary progressive delivery).

• Contribute to platform modernization (incremental evolution not “big bang” rewrites) with an emphasis on maintainability and operational excellence.

• Support the integration and operationalization of emerging technologies and services within our production environment.

Tech environment (what we’re building toward)

• Backend: Java (modern versions) Spring Boot API-first services (REST; gRPC where useful)

• Architecture: microservices event-driven patterns multi-tenant SaaS

• Cloud & runtime: AWS preferred; Docker + Kubernetes (cloud-native containers)

• Data: SQL databases (MySQL preferred) and strong data modeling practices

• Frontend: Experience with modern frameworks such as Vue React or Angular.

• Operational excellence: monitoring logging tracing alerting incident response readiness

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Requirements

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

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

• Strong proficiency in Java and modern backend development (Spring Boot and common enterprise patterns).

• Experience designing and implementing APIs and distributed system integrations.

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred; Azure/GCP welcome).

• Hands-on experience with containers (Docker) and Kubernetes (or equivalent orchestration experience).

• Strong fundamentals: data structures OOP networking basics reliability patterns.

• Proficiency with SQL and relational databases (MySQL preferred).

• Experience working in an Agile environment with strong cross-functional communication skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or equivalent practical experience).

Strongly preferred / bonus points

• Production experience with microservices and/or event-driven architectures (queues pub-sub streaming).

• Front-end development experience with React Angular or Vue (TypeScript a plus).

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and delivery automation (Terraform/CloudFormation + CI/CD).

• Exposure to Machine Learning (ML) operations including assisting with the deployment monitoring or scaling of ML-backed services in a production setting.

• Familiarity with public safety / critical communications domains (state/local public safety facilities/property management) is a plus.

Target Base Salary Range: $150000 USD - $175000 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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• Bachelors degree with 8+ years of software development/engineering and/or full stack experience

• AND 5+ years building and operating highly scalable highly available software systems.

• AND 4+ years of Java experience

• AND 3 years of experience in cloud platforms

• AND 3+ years of Docker and Kubernetes experience

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

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.

What We Do

About Motorola Solutions | Solving for safer Safety and security are at the heart of everything we do at Motorola Solutions. 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.

Why Work With Us

We are a global family of driven dynamic people who inspire and support everyone around us to be the best version of themselves. We embrace a “people first” philosophy – and are committed to creating and maintaining a culture of caring and inclusiveness. Are you ready to join our team and be a part of a close-knit community in a big company?

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