Sr. Backend Development Lead

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions we believe that everything starts with our people. Were 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 thats 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

Job Description

Within the Digital Program at MSI IT were passionate about building software that solves problems. We count on our Backend Development Lead (BDLs) to empower our users with a rich feature set high availability and stellar performance level to pursue their missions. As we expand our customer deployments we are currently seeking a BDL to understand our IT systems and applications requirements and help build new applications or enhance existing applications. Specifically we are searching for someone who brings fresh ideas demonstrates a unique and informed viewpoint and enjoys collaborating with a cross-functional team to develop real-world solutions and positive user experiences at every interaction. As a BDL you will be responsible for business and IT stakeholders interaction requirements analysis designing the systems lead the development efforts and of the Digital Transformation platform & help us meet the business requirements enrich the customer experience and satisfaction and improve the quality of the software applications.

Objectives of this Role:

• Develop and maintain ETL pipelines using Python for data extraction cleansing transformation and loading across multiple systems.

• Build modular reusable Python components/scripts to support largescale data processing and automation.

• Write and optimize Unix Shell scripts to orchestrate ETL workflows manage file operations and automate recurring data tasks.

• Configure and manage Cron Jobs for scheduling monitoring and ensuring timely execution of ETL processes using the tools like Cronicle.

• Design and optimize database tables views and stored procedures in PostgreSQL Oracle or Amazon RDS.

• Write efficient SQL queries analyze execution plans and perform performance tuning for highvolume data operations.

• Develop custom data transformation scripts to parse structured/unstructured data apply business rules and validate data quality.

• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to understand data requirements create sourcetotarget mappings and implement transformation logic.

• Troubleshoot ETL failures perform rootcause analysis and implement longterm fixes to improve pipeline reliability.

• Ensure ETL best practices including incremental loads error logging audit trails and data quality checks.

Daily and Monthly Responsibilities

• Partner with development teams to deliver the planned deliverables

• Meet with IT leaders to discuss project goals solution quality schedule and progress and the overall client relationship.

• Estimate the work required to implement a module of a project.

• Test your work and review team members work and give constructive feedback on improvements.

• Serve as the technical expert on multiple active project initiatives.

• Assist in the creation of design documents and key artifacts for the project.

• Leverage internal tools standards and processes for the development work.

• Collaborate with peers and junior team members to debug code or resolve technical problems.

• Drive client satisfaction through repeated project delivery successes and strategic engagement.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor of engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology/Electronics or Master of Computer Applications.

• Minimum 10-12 years of sound programming experience in Python Unix Shell scripting Cron Jobs using various libraries like Pandas NumPy Requests SQLAlchemy Openpyxl cryptography hashlib passlib ssl email smtplib etc.

• Extensive RDBMS database working knowledge (DML SQLs Stored Procedures/Functions/Triggers development) using PostgreSQL Oracle SQL Server MySQL MongoDB etc.

• Hands on experience on data transformation/integration scripting development

• Must have experience with using APIs web Services (SOAP and RESTFUL) FTP/SFTP flat files non SQL data sources etc.

• Exposure to communication services like SMTP SMS VoIP etc.

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

• Can handle customer and Business teams

• Willing to work in onsite and offshore model. Should be able to lead and manage offshore teams.

• Must be familiar with various types of testing defect prevention activities & Quality Management

• Well aware of CI/CD processes and having experience using DevOps tools like Bitbucket Jenkins Docker Kubernets Jira Git Confluence version control Automation tools etc.

• Familiarity with AI technologies like GenAI Agentic AI Copilot ChatGPT etc.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Should be able to manage work independently.

Travel Requirements

Relocation Provided

Position Type

Referral Payment Plan

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 youd like to join our team but feel that you dont quite meet all of the preferred skills wed still love to hear why you think youd be a great addition to our team.