Senior Software Engineer

Motorola Solutions; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Motorola Solutions is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Guardian Mobile team. This hybrid role involves developing mobile solutions for the UK Fire Service, focusing on modernization and innovation in public safety applications. Key responsibilities include leading software development efforts, collaborating with product management, and mentoring junior engineers. Ideal candidates should have a background in mobile application development and possess strong technical and communication skills.

Benefits

Competitive salary and bonus schemes

Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus)

25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays

Attractive defined contribution pension scheme

Employee stock purchase plan

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Career development support

Employee health and wellbeing support

Corporate social responsibility initiatives

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in commercial software engineering.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience architecting mobile applications for Android/iOS.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-quality software solutions for the UK Fire Service.
• Work within a team of 10 software engineers to innovate and maintain products.
• Mentor junior engineers on best practices.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Education

BSc Computing Science

BSc Software Engineering

Tools

Java

Kotlin

Objective C

React Native

.net

WPF

WinUI

HTML

CSS

React

Job description

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 Overview At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with safety. Safety is the constant that empowers people to confidently move forward. It can fill a flight or sell out a stadium. It can care for a patient or graduate a class.

As a global leader in public safety and enterprise security, we create and connect the technologies that help to keep people safe where they live, learn, work and play. Our integrated technology ecosystem unifies critical communications, video security and access control, and CommandCentral software, enabling collaboration in more powerful ways.

At Motorola Solutions, we’re ushering in a new era in public safety and security. Bring your passion, potential and talents to a career that matters.

The Guardian Mobile team sits within Motorola Solutions' International Mobile Applications organisation and serves frontline requirements for UK Fire officers - across mobile platforms such as Windows MDTs, Android and iOS.
Job Description

This role is hybrid, consisting of work from our offices and home, with home-working permitted most of the time and offices being used for meetings and team days. You will ideally be based in and around EITHER our Glasgow office OR Leicester office.

The Guardian Mobile solution is responsible for creating mobile solutions and mobile gateway servers for our UK Fire Service customers. Our core solution has been developed over the past 20 years, primarily as a DELPHI-based Widows Client for Panasonic Toughpads and as a DELPHI-based gateway server which connects to third party Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) systems and other third party systems.

We are entering a period of modernisation to our product stack and wish to ensure that we maintain support for our existing products and customers while continuing to innovate, refine and modernise our offerings. This includes the creation of new Android/iOS based applications while ensuring longevity for our existing applications.

The “Senior Software Engineer” role will be responsible for working within a team of approximately 10 software engineers who design, develop and release these software solutions for our UK Fire Service customers. The post holder will be responsible for developing high quality, high performing software at a high velocity in accordance with the direction set by the Senior Manager of Software Engineering, working closely with our Product Manager for our UK Fire Mobile product.

The post holder will report to the Senior Manager of Software Engineering. The post holder will work alongside other Senior Software Engineers and more junior engineers. Our senior engineers are also expected to coach and mentor the more junior engineers on the team.

Basic Requirements

Required:

• A relevant university qualification such as a BSc Computing Science or BSc Software Engineering
• 5+ years of experience in commercial software engineering
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

IMPORTANT - This role requires security clearance, you must be able to attain SC and NPPV3 clearances to be eligible for this role.

Desirable:

• Previous experience of architecting and developing mobile smartphone applications (such as Android and iOS) using technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Objective C, or React Native.
• Previous experience of developing web applications using HTML, CSS, React, etc.
• Previous experience of architecting and developing .net/Windows applications, with experience of Windows UI frameworks (e.g. WPF, WinUI, etc.)
• Previous experience architecting and developing server/gateway applications and client/server model communications.
• Previous working experience in an Agile environment (Scrum).
  

Nice to have:

• Previous experience of developing solutions for emergency services agencies
• Previous experience of working with DELPHI
  

In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching and development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes.

• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).

• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.

• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.

• Employee stock purchase plan.

• Life assurance.

• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.

• Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.

• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.

• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.

• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.

• Well known companies discount scheme.

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Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced Referral Payment PlanYes Company Motorola Solutions UK Limited

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.