Mobile Application Developer

Company Overview

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re 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 that’s 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 OverviewMotorola Solutions' Avigilon Alta Video brings Cloud video security systems to the next level. Alta's cloud-based video surveillance solution offers industry leading full AI video analytics and exceptional operational insights.
The Alta Video engineering team injects intelligence into their approach to security and all their solutions. They help organisations see, understand, and act on their surroundings to protect people, business, and reputation in real-time.
Could you be part of the ever growing Alta Video mobile software team?
Job Description

This role is working on a hybrid basis, with the expectation of working out of our London offices during part of the week.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced mobile developer to join our growing team to help to develop native iOS and Android apps, using Swift with SwiftUI and Kotlin with Compose respectively. Experience with these technologies is not required, but is preferred. If you care about creating great user experiences, writing solid and maintainable code, and continuously improving existing code then you are the person we are looking for!

Our apps incorporate a wide range of interesting and technically challenging features that you will help to shape and improve:

• Rendering high resolution video in a performance critical environment.
• Working with large volumes of data in a performant way.
• Designing and implementing new UI components.
• Investigating and improving performance and scalability as new features are added.

At Avigilon Alta, you will make a defining contribution to the development of our products, by:

• Writing high-quality code with creativity and passion.
• Conceptualising, designing and following up on implementation of new functionality in close collaboration with product management, designers, and frontend and backend developers.
• Improving current work, in regards to processes and tools.
• Staying up to date with the latest developments within design and technology, and suggesting short and long-term solutions.

Although we are looking for someone who wants to focus completely on mobile applications, there is scope for using technologies across the stack, including in web application using Vue and Typescript, and other tools to aid development that are written in Go.

Basic Requirements

You're not expected to have all of the following skills, but they will be useful in performing your job.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has experience working as a software developer.
• Has experience in building mobile applications for iOS, Android, or both.
• Has experience with a modern mobile language such as Kotlin or Swift.
• Is passionate about writing high-quality code.
• Can demonstrate outstanding technical ability.
• Wants to design and implement new functionality in close collaboration with colleagues who work with product, user experience and backend.
• Wants to improve and optimise our application in terms of maintainability, performance and security - both from customer feedback and using your initiative.
• Loves staying up to date on technology and is happy to suggest short-term and long-term improvements.
• Can suggest new ideas to the team to help us improve the product, and as developers.
• Is proficient in English and good communicator.

We expect you to be proactive, take ownership of the product and make decisions accordingly. You will have room to explore new technologies and shape development according to your own wishes.

We are looking for a team player who enjoys solving complex problems and thrives working autonomously, while not afraid to ask for input and learn from their teammates if they're stuck.

In return for your expertise, we'll support you in this new challenge with coaching and development every step of the way. Also, to reward your hard work you'll get:

• Competitive salary and bonus schemes.
• Two weeks additional pay per year (holiday bonus).
• 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays.
• Attractive defined contribution pension scheme.
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Flexible working options.
• Private medical care.
• Life assurance.  
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.
• Career development support and wide ranging learning opportunities.
• Employee health and wellbeing support EAP, wellbeing guidance etc.
• Carbon neutral initiatives/goals.
• Corporate social responsibility initiatives including support for volunteering days.
• Well known companies discount scheme.

Travel RequirementsUnder 10%
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperienced

Referral Payment PlanNo

CompanyMotorola Solutions UK Limited

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 you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.