Director of Software Engineering

Company Overview
At Motorola Solutions, we’re guided by a shared purpose – helping people be their best in the moments that matter – and we live up to our purpose every day by solving for safer. Because people can only be their best when they not only feel safe, but are safe. We’re solving for safer by building the best possible technologies across every part of our safety and security ecosystem. That’s mission-critical communications devices and networks, AI-powered video security & access control and the ability to unite voice, video and data in a single command center view. We’re solving for safer by connecting public safety agencies and enterprises, enabling the collaboration that’s critical to connect those in need with those who can help. The work we do here matters.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions is on a mission to make watching live video obsolete and accelerate investigations. We are building a cloud-based platform that automatically connects with cameras, processes and analyzes their content and only forward actionable alerts to our customers.

We bring advanced video and analytics capabilities to public safety and commercial customers including healthcare, airports, retail, critical infrastructure and public venues. Video is no longer reactive – looking back at what has taken place – but it also informs proactively, issuing alerts in real-time when a person, object or vehicle appears or a perimeter is crossed. This critical intelligence enables users to take the right action more quickly.

You will develop and execute the product vision and roadmap working collaboratively with our product management, user experience and AI teams. You will also grow and lead a world class team to build and scale our engineering organization around analytics delivery for our growing camera portfolio. As part of the senior technology leadership in the company, you collaborate with Directors and Vice Presidents in your parent organization as well your customer, stakeholder organizations to influence, communicate, or be part of major decisions. You are equally comfortable talking tech with developers, user experience with designers, positioning with product marketers, numbers with finance and marketing, and strategy with executive leadership.

We are looking for someone to inspire and motivate our teams to think big and help them align with the vision and strategy, built on a culture of innovation.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Director of Engineering to lead a talented team responsible for cloud-based solutions serving millions of users. This is a unique opportunity to leverage your technical expertise and leadership skills to modernize and evolve our architecture and integrate the technology into a broader platform. With technical and leadership expertise, you manage engineers across multiple teams and locations, a large product budget and oversee the deployment of large-scale projects across multiple sites internationally. You will be joining an organization with a strong commitment to innovation and a collaborative culture.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Drive the technical strategy and roadmap for the team, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Oversee the development and delivery of high-quality software solutions, meeting scalability, performance, and security requirements.
• Partner with product management, security, and compliance teams to deliver impactful and compliant solutions.
• Cultivate strong cross-functional relationships to drive organizational alignment and achieve shared goals.
• Champion engineering best practices and promote a culture of technical excellence.

Qualifications:

• Proven track record of successfully shipping software solutions in a cloud-based environment (SaaS experience is a must).
• 8+ years of software engineering work experience, including hands-on technical management. Experience developing and shipping on AWS.
• 4+ years of experience in a leadership role: This could be as a Team Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar, demonstrating their ability to guide and mentor engineers.
• Deep understanding of private and public cloud architectures, with experience in migration strategies.
• Strong leadership and people management skills, with a passion for mentoring and developing engineers.
• Experience managing and scaling high-traffic, high-availability systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience in building and managing diverse, high-performing engineering teams.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and modern software development practices.
• Strong understanding of security and compliance standards in the technology industry. Oversee the implementation and management of security compliance programs, ensuring all cloud and on-premise solutions adhere to relevant regulations (GDPR, SOC2, ISO 27001, etc.).
• Experience managing geographically-distributed Engineering teams.
• Experience programming in or more of the following: Java, NodeJS/JS.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Bonus Points:

• Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field
• Experience leading large-scale cloud migrations
• ​​Experience in Machine Learning (ML)
• Contributions to open-source projects or technical communities

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience in engineering
• AND 4+ years in a leadership role
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely is required. Employer work permit sponsorship is not available for this position.