Senior Software Architect

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.

Aperçu de lentreprise

Chez Motorola Solutions nous pensons que tout commence par nos employés. Nous sommes une communauté mondiale soudée unie par la volonté incessante de contribuer à la sécurité des personnes partout dans le monde. Nous concevons et connectons des technologies qui contribuent à protéger les personnes les biens et les infrastructures. Nos solutions favorisent la collaboration essentielle pour améliorer la sécurité des populations des écoles des hôpitaux des entreprises et finalement des nations. Connectez-vous à une carrière qui compte et aidez-nous à bâtir un avenir plus sûr.

Department Overview

Motorola Solutions Video Division is defining the future of the security industry through innovative end-to-end solutions. We arent just adding AI features to our productswe are pioneering an AI-First software engineering culture. From advanced award-winning video analytics like Appearance Search and Visual Alerts we architect our systems from the ground up to maximize the power of Artificial Intelligence. We are transforming the surveillance landscape and our team is leading the charge by integrating intelligent data-driven capabilities into the very fabric of our software ecosystem.

Job Description

Were looking for a Senior Software Architect to lead the technical direction of our video management system (VMS) as we expand AI capabilities across the platform. Youll design how AI integrates into our cloud and on-premise deployments at scaledefining architecture making trade-offs and working hands-on with engineering teams to solve hard distributed systems problems.

This is a hybrid strategic and hands-on role. Youll set technical direction and evaluate new technologies while also doing code reviews proof-of-concepts and debugging production issues. Youll report directly to the Senior Director of Engineering and work closely with product security and engineering leadership across our division.

The right person has built large-scale systems in production has experience integrating AI services into real-world applications and knows when to advocate for doing things right versus shipping something that works. You should be comfortable both at a whiteboard and in an IDE.

This position is based in Vancouver BC and the candidate must reside in the Greater Vancouver area as you will be required to go into the office on a hybrid work schedule. Join a close-knit community where you can explore your curiosities shape your career and maximize your impact.

What Youll Do:

Define technical direction

• Own the architectural roadmap for our VMS platform as we integrate AI capabilities

• Translate business requirements into scalable system designs

• Evaluate technical trade-offs and long-term risks with product security and engineering leadership

Build and maintain systems

• Design and implement solutions for large-scale codebases across backend and client

• Own non-functional requirements: scalability high availability low-latency video delivery

• Establish observability frameworks (metrics logs distributed tracing) to turn telemetry into actionable data

Lead and mentor

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers across the division

• Drive engineering standards and quality through code reviews and architectural decisions

• Build collaborative relationships with developers and technical leadership

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

• Extensive experience building distributed systems in C or C#

• Experience architecting modern client applications (React TypeScript or similar frameworks)

• Track record of shipping large-scale systems to production

• Experience integrating AI services or APIs into production applications

• Strong understanding of microservices real-time data streaming and database design

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have:

• Experience with DevOps practices CI/CD pipelines and test automation

• Familiarity with Postgres or other relational databases

• Experience with modern languages like Rust frameworks

• Background in video streaming media processing or security/surveillance systems

Target Base Salary Range: 200000 - 250000 CAD

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

• 10 years of software development experience in C or C#

Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

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.

Motorola Solutions adopte favorise et promeut les principes de diversité déquité et dinclusion. Nous encourageons et accueillons les candidatures de toutes les personnes qualifiées quelles que soient leur race origines ethnique religion ou croyance orientation sexuelle identité et expression sexuelle statut danciens combattants ou tout autre statut protégé par la Loi.

Nous sommes fiers de notre culture axée sur les personnes et les communautés encourageant ainsi chaque Motorolan dêtre la version la plus authentique de lui-même dans ses responsabilités afin de tenir la promesse dun monde plus sécuritaire.

Si vous souhaitez vous joindre à notre communauté mais croyez que vous ne possédez pas toutes les exigences requises pour le poste convoité nous aimerions tout de même connaître les raisons pour lesquelles vous pensez être un excellent candidat pour notre équipe.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1