Senior Software Engineer, Frontend (TypeScript)

Motorola Solutions; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holiday bonus

25 days holiday

Pension

Private medical insurance

Employee stock plan

Flexible working

Life assurance

Parental pay

Career development

Wellbeing support

CSR volunteering

Discount scheme

Job summary

Motorola Solutions in Edinburgh is seeking a seasoned frontend developer to design, implement, and maintain sophisticated stateful frontend systems. You will work on a hybrid model, balancing office days with remote collaboration, and contribute to scalable architectures across the VMS platform.

The role emphasizes TypeScript, Vue 3, Pinia/Vuex/Redux, and Firebase with CI/CD pipelines to accelerate feature delivery, while mentoring teammates and driving architectural improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering with focus on frontend architecture.
• Ability to manage intricate application states and data flows using Pinia, Vuex, or Redux.
• Deep understanding of RESTful APIs, Firebase and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong TypeScript and modern CSS/HTML skills.
• Engineering mindset with design patterns and scalable codebase.
• Excellent collaboration and mentoring abilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, and maintain software for the organization’s products and systems.
• Perform system integration of software and hardware to maintain throughput and program consistency.
• Develop, validate, and test structures and user documentation.
• Architect and implement complex state management patterns and robust API integrations.
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and leverage Firebase services for rapid, reliable feature deployment.

Skills

Frontend architecture

State management

REST APIs

Firebase CI/CD

TypeScript

CSS/HTML

Design patterns

Mentoring

Vue 3

Pinia

Vuex

Redux

Firebase

CI/CD

Tools

Vue 3

Pinia

Vuex

Redux

Firebase

CI/CD

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. 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 The Avigilon Alta Video UI team is responsible for the mission-critical infrastructure that powers our VMS. We are currently evolving our platform to support deep-tier interconnection across the Motorola product portfolio. Our team values high-performance engineering, architectural integrity, and a commitment to building the most reliable real-time tools in the industry. While our stack features Vue 3, Pinia, and TypeScript on the frontend and Go on the backend, we prioritize engineering fundamentals over specific library knowledge. We are looking for a seasoned developer who can navigate complex logic, manage sophisticated state, and help us steer our architecture forward. We have a fantastic city center office in the heart of Edinburgh and fully embrace a hybrid home/office working model, with an aim for 2 days in the office.

Job Description

Analyzes, develops, designs, and maintains software for the organization’s products and systems. Performs system integration of software and hardware to maintain throughput and program consistency. Develops, validates, and tests: structures and user documentation. Architects and implements complex state management patterns and robust API integrations to support a scaling ecosystem. Optimizes delivery by contributing to CI/CD pipelines and leveraging Firebase services for rapid, reliable feature deployment.

Basic Requirements

Experience: in software engineering experience, with a heavy focus on modern frontend architecture.

Complex Logic & State: Proven ability to manage intricate application states and data flows (e.g., Pinia, Vuex, or Redux).

API & Infrastructure: Deep understanding of consuming RESTful APIs and hands‑on experience with Firebase and CI/CD workflows.

Technical Stack: Advanced proficiency in TypeScript and modern CSS/HTML.

Engineering Mindset: A strong foundation in design patterns and the ability to drive architectural changes across a large codebase.

Collaboration: Demonstrated team player skills and a willingness to mentor others.

Desired Skills

Resilient Systems: Excitement about building, operating, and maintaining resilient, scalable systems. Global Architecture: Passion for architecting scalable frontend systems that impact a global community of users. Observability: Drive for frontend observability to understand performance and be able to diagnose complex logic problems. Remote Culture: The team is highly distributed across geographies, and you will thrive in an environment of remote work and asynchronous communication.

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace spawns innovation – the more diverse our employees are, the more ideas and talents we have to excel as a leader in the technology sector. If you would like to be part of a dynamic team of people who are ambitious, focused, and hardworking then we look forward to meeting you! In return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way.

Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes
• Two weeks of additional pay per year (holiday bonus)
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Flexible working options
• 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

We are an equal opportunities employer and we want you to have every opportunity to shine and show us your talents, please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the process works for you. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees #LI-DJ1 Travel Requirements None Relocation Provided None Position Type Experienced Referral Payment Plan Yes 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.