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We’re 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 that’s 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.\nDepartment Overview\nMotorola Solutions’ Avigilon Alta Video brings cloud video security systems to the next level. Alta’s cloud-native video security platform delivers industry-leading analytics and exceptional operational insights to help organizations observe, oversee, and analyze their environments to protect people, property, and places in real time.The Alta Video Engineering Team injects intelligence into our approach to safety and across every solution we engineer. 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If you bring strong software engineering fundamentals and equivalent practical experience, we encourage you to apply and help us build scalable solutions that make communities safer every day.\nBasic Requirements\nCloud Architecture & System Design\nBuild, test, and deploy resilient microservices for our high-throughput cloud video management system\nHelp to ensure system scalability and operational efficiency across distributed cloud environments\nPartner with product managers and architects to refine user stories into actionable, high-quality technical implementations\nEngineering Excellence & Code Quality\nChampion clean architecture and testing standards through thoughtful peer reviews and shared best practices\nAnalyze production metrics and telemetry to optimize backend services and resolve complex performance bottlenecks\nCollaborate within agile teams across the UK and internationally to maintain steady, dependable deployment cadences\nInnovation & Continuous Growth\nDedicate development time to explore emerging technologies, tools, and technical prototypes\nFoster an inclusive environment of learning, mentorship, and knowledge sharing across engineering disciplines\nJob Requirements\nBachelor's Degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a technical discipline\nSolid software engineering experience building distributed backend systems and services\nAble to collaborate in-person with the team at our Edinburgh office\nTechnical Expertise\nProgramming Languages to design clean, high-performance services using Golang, Python, C, C++, Rust, or C#\nAPI Development to build and integrate robust RESTful or gRPC web services\nDatabase Engineering to interact with, manage, and model relational or distributed NoSQL databases\nEnglish Proficiency to collaborate and communicate technical concepts clearly across international teams\nProfessional Experience\nAgile Collaboration to deliver incremental value within cross-functional product squads\nPreferred Qualifications (Optional)\nHands-on experience developing and deploying services within Google Cloud Platform (GCP) or alternative public cloud platforms\nExperience or interest in leveraging modern AI developer tooling to assist software engineering workflows\nFamiliarity with frontend frameworks such as TypeScript or React\nThe Avigilon Alta Video teams default to programming using Go for backend and Typescript for frontend, but also use a wide variety of different languages and frameworks. It is not expected that you would be familiar with Go (or any of the other languages we use) but you should be enthusiastic and willing to learn new things!\nWe are looking for a team player who thinks holistically, enjoys solving complex problems and thrives in an agile, cross functional environment.\nWe believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace spawns innovation - the more diverse our employees are, the more ideas and talents we have to excel as a leader in the technology sector. If you would like to be part of a dynamic team of people who are ambitious, focused, and hardworking then we look forward to meeting you!\nIn return for your expertise, we’ll support you in this new challenge with coaching & development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you’ll get:\nCompetitive salary and bonus schemes.\nTwo weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).\n25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.\n10% time (1 day in every 10 to pursue innovation and personal development).\nAttractive defined contribution pension scheme.\nEmployee stock purchase plan.\nFlexible working options.\nPrivate medical care.\nLife assurance. \nEnhanced maternity and paternity pay.\nCareer development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.\nEmployee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.\nCarbon neutral initiatives/goals.\nCorporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.\nWell known companies discount schemes.\n#LI-GW1\nTravel Requirements\nNoneRelocation Provided\nNonePosition Type\nExperiencedReferral Payment Plan\nYesCompany\nMotorola Solutions UK LimitedEEO Statement\nMotorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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