Senior Software Engineer (Java + Cloud-Native) Sustaining Engineering
Waltham, MA - USA
Job Summary
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. We build and connect technologies to help protect people property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration thats 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
Sustaining engineering is part of the development with in the MSI/Rave Mobile safety organization.
Job Description
Rave Mobile Safety powers over a billion critical alerts each year delivering reliable high-impact communication when it matters most. We operate at the intersection of mission-critical reliability and modern AI-augmented engineeringand were looking for engineers who thrive in that space.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our Sustaining Engineering team. This role is ideal for a self-directed confident engineer who excels in fast-paced collaborative environments and is passionate about solving complex production scalability and performance challenges.
What Youll Be Doing
Build Cloud-Native Services: Ship backend services in Java and Spring Boot focused on high-throughput messaging and workflow.
Scale Intelligent Systems: Design microservices and APIs that are secure observable and built to scale in a multi-tenant SaaS environment.
Modern Delivery: Build CI/CD workflows and safe deployment strategies like canary blue/green and progressive delivery.
Platform Modernization: Lead the incremental evolution of our architecture toward event-driven patterns emphasizing maintainability and operational excellence.
AI-Augmented Development & Agentic Workflows: Leverage AI coding assistants and autonomous agents (e.g. GitHub Copilot Cursor or custom agentic scripts) to handle complex refactoring automate unit test generation and streamline the SDLC while maintaining rigorous manual oversight for life-safety code.
Tech Environment (What Were Building Toward)
Backend: Java (modern versions) Spring Boot REST and gRPC.
Data: SQL (MySQL) strong data modeling and leveraging big data to inform business decisions.
Runtime: AWS Docker and Kubernetes.
Tooling: LLM-based productivity tools and AI Agents integrated into the SDLC for automated documentation code reviews and proactive bug detection.
What Youll Bring (Requirements)
US Citizenship: Ability to obtain security clearance as required by government contract.
Experience: 5 years building and operating highly available software systems.
AI Literacy: Proficiency in prompt engineering and experience integrating AI Agents into your workflow to act as a force multiplier for developer velocity.
Core Engineering: Strong proficiency in Java Spring Boot and common enterprise patterns.
Cloud & Containers: Hands-on experience with AWS Docker and Kubernetes orchestration.
Foundations: Mastery of data structures OOP networking and reliability patterns.
Reduce Technical debt and recommend platform/process improvements.
Develop and optimize MySQL reporting queries.
Strongly Preferred
MLOps Exposure: Experience assisting with the deployment monitoring or scaling of ML-backed services in production.
Event-Driven Architecture: Production experience with queues pub-sub or streaming (e.g. Kafka/SQS).
Full-Stack Capability: Frontend experience with React Angular or Vue.
Automation: Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
Target Base Salary Range:$150000 USD - $175000 USD
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.
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Basic Requirements
Bachelors degree with 5 years of software development/engineering and/or full stack experience
AND 3 years building and operating highly scalable highly available software systems.
AND 2 years of Java experience
AND 2 years of experience in cloud platforms
AND 2 years of Docker and Kubernetes experience
Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract
Travel Requirements
None
Relocation Provided
None
Position Type
Experienced
Referral Payment Plan
YesOur :
Incentive Bonus Plans
Medical Dental Visionbenefits
401K with Company Match
10 Paid Holidays
GenerousPaidTime Off Packages
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
PaidParental & Family Leave
and more!
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.
Were 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 thisReasonable Accommodations Formso we can assist you.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Motorola Solutions, Inc., incorporated on March 9, 1973, is a provider of communication infrastructure, devices, accessories, software and services. The Company operates through two segments: Products and Services. It serves global customer base spanning federal, state, county, provin ... View more