Sr. Frontend Engineer (Toronto or Vancouver Hybrid)

Motorola Solutions; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 62,000 - 129,000; Full time

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking a passionate Senior Frontend Engineer for our AI Platforms Team in Toronto or Vancouver. The role involves developing user-facing components for our cloud-based video redaction platform, driving high-impact projects that ensure usability and performance. Join us to contribute to innovative solutions for public safety and enterprise needs while being part of a collaborative team focused on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in frontend software development.
• Expert-level proficiency with React and TypeScript.
• Strong programming, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement high-performance, scalable single-page applications.
• Collaborate with designers and engineers to translate product requirements.
• Participate in code reviews and mentor other engineers.

Skills

React

TypeScript

JavaScript

HTML5

CSS

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering

Tools

Web APIs

Job description

Sr. Frontend Engineer (Toronto or Vancouver Hybrid)

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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.

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.

Aperçu de l’entreprise

Chez Motorola Solutions, nous pensons que tout commence par nos employés. Nous sommes une communauté mondiale soudée, unie par la volonté incessante de contribuer à la sécurité des personnes partout dans le monde. Nos technologies de communication, de sécurité vidéo et de centre de commandement essentielles soutiennent les agences de sécurité publique et les entreprises, permettant une coordination essentielle pour des communautés, des écoles, des hôpitaux et des entreprises plus sécuritaires. Connectez-vous à une carrière qui compte et aidez-nous à bâtir un avenir plus sûr.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions’ innovations, products and services play essential roles in people’s lives. Our end-to-end suite of software solutions helps our customers answer thousands of emergency calls and text messages, and process video, disparate evidence and records. We are also proud to be industry leaders in video security solutions installed in more than 120 countries at thousands of customer sites, including school campuses, transportation systems, healthcare centers, public venues, critical infrastructure, prisons, factories, casinos, airports, financial institutions, government facilities, and retailers.

Our products leverage cutting edge voice technology, language models, natural language understanding, video analytics, and Machine Learning (ML) to enable our customers to focus on what matters while providing faster responses, safer outcomes, and greater transparency. The candidate will join a talented team of scientists and engineers (located in Chicago, Boston, Vancouver and Krakow, Poland) in the Chief Technology Office at Motorola Solutions working on developing mission-critical AI solutions for our public safety and commercial customers. Our mission is to provide meaningful value to MSI’s customers by developing domain-specific applications and services in the areas of Speech & Audio, Machine Translation, Natural Language Understanding and Computer Vision.

Our AI team is focused on all aspects of 1) designing, prototyping and developing solutions (algorithms and architectures for object detection, classification etc.), 2) Machine Learning training and optimization (distributed training and inference acceleration) and 3) data (tools for data acquisition, annotation – both human and machine-powered, data pipelines and supporting ML infrastructure). We’re excited about the work we are doing in AI. We often describe it as “Mission Critical AI” because our approach is founded on our many years of Public Safety and Video Security experience and knowledge. We know the mission-critical needs of our customers are unique and different from most consumer technologies that leverage AI today.

Job Description

We’re looking for a passionate and experienced Senior Frontend Engineer to join our AI Platforms Team at Motorola Solutions. In this role, you’ll play a key part in building the user-facing components of our cloud-based video and audio redaction platform—an essential tool used in secure evidence processing. You’ll work on high-impact, technically challenging projects that blend usability, performance, and scale. This is an opportunity to help shape a product that serves real-world users in critical industries, all while collaborating with a distributed, cross-functional team that values clean architecture, thoughtful design, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement high-performance, scalable single-page applications (SPAs) for audio/video redaction workflows.
• Optimize the user interface for speed, responsiveness, and seamless user experience.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and backend engineers to translate product requirements into functional UI components.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical design discussions to ensure robust and maintainable code.
• Apply modern software design patterns and engineering best practices.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues related to performance, concurrency, and user interaction.
• Participate in code reviews and mentor other engineers to elevate code quality across the team.
• Influence product direction and engineering strategy with a user-focused, scalable mindset.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience in frontend software development.
• Expert-level proficiency with React and TypeScript.
• Strong programming, debugging, and problem-solving skills in JavaScript.
• Solid understanding of HTML5, CSS, responsive design, and accessibility best practices.
• Experience with browser Web APIs such as Canvas, Web Workers, and Audio/Video.
• Proven experience building and maintaining scalable, production-grade web applications.
• Familiarity with UNIX/Linux environments and foundational networking concepts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Strong team player with a collaborative mindset.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing complex UI state with Finite State Machines (FSM) or similar patterns.
• Exposure to modern frontend frameworks beyond React (e.g., SolidJS, Svelte).
• Knowledge of distributed systems and building scalable cloud-native services.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP, and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Contributions to open-source projects (please include GitHub or portfolio links if available).
• Passion for building resilient, observable, and performant systems that scale globally.
• Comfortable working in a fully remote, distributed team with asynchronous communication.
  
  

Target Base Salary Range: $62,600 CAD - $128,300 CAD

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.

Note: Candidate must reside in the Greater Toronto Area or the Greater Vancouver Area.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelors with 4+ years of software engineering experience
• AND 4+ year of experience in React and TypeScript
  
  

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

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.

Motorola Solutions adopte, favorise et promeut les principes de diversité, d’équité et d’inclusion. Nous encourageons et accueillons les candidatures de toutes les personnes qualifiées, quelles que soient leur race, origines ethnique, religion ou croyance, orientation sexuelle, identité et expression sexuelle, statut d’anciens combattants ou tout autre statut protégé par la Loi.

Nous sommes fiers de notre culture axée sur les personnes et les communautés, encourageant ainsi chaque Motorolan d’être la version la plus authentique de lui-même dans ses responsabilités afin de tenir la promesse d’un monde plus sécuritaire.

Si vous souhaitez vous joindre à notre communauté mais croyez que vous ne possédez pas toutes les exigences requises pour le poste convoité, nous aimerions tout de même connaître les raisons pour lesquelles vous pensez être un excellent candidat pour notre équipe.

Nous offrons également des mesures d’adaptation pendant toutes les étapes du processus d’embauche afin de favoriser l’inclusion des personnes vivant avec un handicap physique et/ou mental. Pour demander un aménagement, veuillez remplir ce formulaire d'aménagement raisonnable afin que nous puissions vous aider.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Telecommunications

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