Senior Manager of Software Engineering

Motorola Solutions; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 180.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible work models

Paid time off

Parental leave

Health care benefits

Stock grants

Employee stock purchase plans

Mentor relationships

Learning and development opportunities

Rotation programs

Retirement benefits

Global wellness resources

Employee assistance programs

Zusammenfassung

Motorola Solutions is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to guide the Platform & Video Infrastructure org. You will lead a distributed team delivering high-throughput GCP infrastructure, AI-powered pipelines, and video ingestion systems.

As a senior leader, you will align technical strategy with execution, ensuring reliability, scale, and secure, zero-trust networking across environments. Strong experience in DevOps and cross-team collaboration is required.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in CS/CE.
• 10+ years in software, infrastructure, and platform engineering.
• 3+ years in direct engineering management leading distributed teams.

Aufgaben

• Lead a distributed org of Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Managers.
• Drive platform reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency on GCP.
• Define 0–2 year technical roadmaps for video ingestion and evidence pipelines.
• Own headcount planning, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Foster a remote-first culture with accountability and feedback.

Kenntnisse

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Cloud & DevOps mindset

Security & IAM awareness

Cross-functional collaboration

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

GKE

Terraform

Anthos Service Mesh

Kafka

Vertex AI

Jobbeschreibung

• We are seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead and scale our Platform & Video Infrastructure organization
• In this role, you will lead a distributed team of Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers building high-throughput GCP infrastructure, AI-powered evidence pipelines, and core video ingestion systems
• As a senior leader, you will bridge long-term technical strategy with operational execution—driving platform reliability, scaling keyless security architectures, and forging alignment across complex partner connector ecosystems
• Org Development: Lead, mentor, and scale a distributed engineering organization (Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers); establish career pathways, succession planning, and performance management standards for senior talent
• Culture & Operations: Foster a high-accountability remote-first culture centered on engineering autonomy, operational rigor, and continuous feedback
• Resource & Budget Management: Own departmental headcount planning, operational budgets, and resource allocation across platform and integration initiatives
• Infrastructure Excellence: Drive strategic decisions for platform scalability, availability, and cost efficiency across our GCP footprint (GKE, Shared VPC, Managed Kafka, Anthos Service Mesh, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI)
• Security & Infrastructure as Code: Establish organizational standards for keyless authentication (Workload Identity Federation for GitHub Actions), zero-trust networking (mTLS, VPC Service Controls), and immutable infrastructure via Terraform across all environments
• Roadmap & Execution: Define 0–2 year technical roadmaps and delivery benchmarks for platform reliability, evidence verification systems, and video ingestion performance
• Complex Media & AI Engineering: Oversee the architectural strategy for asynchronous, platform-scale media processing (transcoding, SHA-256 chain-of-custody integrity checks) and AI-driven false-positive filtering pipelines
• Connector Ecosystem Partnership: Drive cross-organizational alignment with vendor and gateway connector teams (Genetec, Milestone, Avigilon, Verkada, Digital Watchdog, Envysion, ExacqVision, and others) to standardize API handshakes, streaming protocols, and ingestion performance
• Executive Stakeholder Advisory: Partner closely with Product, Security, and Executive Leadership to shape enterprise-wide architectural standards, integration policies, and platform capabilities

Benefits

• Flexible work models
• Paid time off
• Paid parental and family leave
• Health care benefits
• Global wellness resources
• Employee assistance programs
• Rotation programs
• Mentor relationships
• Learning and development opportunities
• Retirement benefits
• Employee bonuses
• Stock grants & employee stock purchase plans

• Strategic Impact: Proven track record of managing multi-team organizations, owning operational budgets, and driving technical strategy for high-scale platform systems
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Track Record: 10+ years of progressive software, infrastructure, and platform engineering experience, including 3+ years in direct engineering management leading distributed teams and 2+ years of DevOps experience
• Media & Cryptographic Protocols: Experience overseeing asynchronous video processing pipelines (transcoding, live/recorded streaming) and cryptographic integrity standards (SHA-256 chain-of-custody protocols)
• GCP & Cloud Infrastructure: In-depth knowledge of GCP platform services (GKE, Shared VPC, VPC Service Controls, IAM/Workload Identity Federation, Cloud Storage, Anthos Service Mesh) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Language & Architecture Expertise: Hands-on background in Java (Spring Boot microservices) and Python (AI/agentic workflows, evidence verification processing); deep expertise in event-driven microservices (Kafka)
• Security & Enterprise Integration: Solid understanding of modern identity and access management (OIDC, Workload Identity), secure zero-trust networking (mTLS, OAuth 2.0), and enterprise API integration patterns
• AND 2 + years of DevOps experience
• Bachelor degree with 10+ years of progressive software/infrastructure/platform engineering experience
• AND 3+ years of engineering management experience
• Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract