Senior Android Engineer

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. 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. Department Overview Melbourne Design Centre is part of Motorola Solutions' Software Enterprise organisation with a focus on streamlining processes and increasing operational efficiency with a highly configurable and integrated mobility solution designed for responders in the field.

OBJECTIVES In this Software Engineering role you will be contributing to developing our public safety platform application on Android and across platforms using mobile technologies such as Kotlin and Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP). SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES Collaborate closely with your team to develop, maintain and support core platforms and applications Build quality in by integrating early, participate in code reviews and by ensuring there high test coverage Proactively reduce technical debt by aggressively refactoring code Develop highly secure applications by following defense in depth principles Architect software systems across multiple technologies and platforms  Ensure code is extensible and maintainable by following leading architectural principles and patterns Automate everything, contribute to tooling and manage CI/CD pipelines Actively monitor services, respond to incidents and contribute to post incident reviews Contribute to a continuous learning culture by participating in training & workshops, bringing ideas to the table and creating learning opportunities Help drive continuous improvement by actively identifying improvements, participating in retrospectives and contributing to key metrics Focus on customers by asking the right questions, solving the right problem and designing great experiences Explore various solutions and share findings with the team Help drive engineering best practices and initiatives KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Android standards and ecosystem Android SDK (e.g. writing efficient layouts, dealing with application lifecycle) Kotlin for Android Java and the JVM, additional language experience is a bonus Application of OOP concepts and design patterns Reactive programming paradigm  Functional programming  Good working knowledge of software architectures HTTP and RESTful designs Automated Unit, Integration, UI, snapshot and Performance testing CI/CD pipelines & Configuration Management Git and associated tools, platforms and practices OpenAPI and/or Swagger Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)      Bonus if you have experience with: Cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP and Azure Local and remote data persistence ( SQLDelight, Room, NoSQL ) Advanced testing techniques ( TDD, BDD, ATDD ) iOS development with Swift, with SwiftUI or UIKit EXPERIENCE 5+ years of professional Software Engineering experience 4+ years specialising in native Android development with strong proficiency in Kotlin Proven track record of architecting and shipping complex apps to production PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES Ability to work well and collaboratively in an Agile environment Open to failure, to ask questions and grow and learn from mistakes Ability to research, POC and learn new technologies rapidly Creative, with the ability to generate and evaluate multiple solutions Pragmatic, understanding the impact of new technology Ability to evaluate and mitigate risks Basic Requirements GENERAL EDUCATION Tertiary Level in Computer Science or Software Engineering Bonus if you have:  Certificates in software or cloud technologies Certificates in Agile KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS Android standards and ecosystem Java and the JVM, additional