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Senior Software Engineer

Motorola Solutions

Los Angeles, CAFull-time$180–200K/yrPosted 2mo agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$180–200K/yr
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Security clearance, requiredBachelor's degree, required

Job overview

Motorola Solutions’ Silvus Technologies team builds mission-critical mobile ad-hoc network radios and communications technology. The Senior Software Engineer designs and builds data-processing pipelines for machine-learning methods using large RF datasets, implementing scalable algorithms and supporting responsive backend services. The role is 100% on-site in Los Angeles and requires extensive software engineering experience, including Python, NodeJS, Linux, containerized infrastructure, and AWS.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Python, requiredNodeJS, requiredLinux, requiredDevOps, requiredDocker, requiredKubernetes, requiredProject Management Tools, requiredAWS, requiredWritten Communication, requiredOral Communication, requiredRelational Databases, nice to haveNoSQL Databases, nice to haveRF Signal Processing, nice to haveLinear Algebra, nice to haveRegulated Environments, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree, required7+ Years Software Engineering Experience, required8+ Years Software Engineering Experience, required6+ Years Python and NodeJS Experience, required6+ Years Linux and DevOps Experience, required6+ Years Containerized Infrastructure Experience, required6+ Years Project Management Tools Experience, required6+ Years AWS Experience, requiredU.S. Citizenship, requiredAbility to Obtain Security Clearance, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off
Parental Leave

Full job description

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 Silvus Technologies is dedicated to one mission: connecting those who keep us safe. We do so by delivering the most advanced Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET) radios powered by our custom and ever evolving Mobile-Networked MIMO waveform. Together, our radios and waveform provide vital communications for mission-critical applications in the harshest environments from underground tunnels to high-altitude balloons.

Silvus StreamCaster™ radios are being rapidly adopted by customers all over the world ranging from the U.S. and Allied Nations Departments of Defense to International, Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcement agencies, all the way to the Superbowl, Grammys, and industry-leading drone, robot, and unmanned systems manufacturers.

We’re excited about the work we are doing in AI. Founded on our many years of experience and knowledge, we know the mission-critical needs of our customers are unique and different from the consumer technologies that leverage AI today.

Silvus Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, Inc. Job Description Would you like to join a talented group of people, doing challenging work, with the mission of “Keeping Our Heroes Connected”? You will be designing and building data processing pipelines in support of machine learning methods that require access to large RF datasets. Your work will directly impact our customers in the form of products and services that make use of signal processing technology. Unlike similar roles in the industry, the result of your work has the potential to impact the entire lifecycle of the workflows impacting people's lives in moments that matter.

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Address data security and availability of data as streams

  • Manage the distribution of algorithms across cloud infrastructure

  • Implement data science algorithms at scale with real-time performance benchmarking and iterative improvement

  • Collaborate with designers to ensure responsive backend services

  • Leverage leadership skills to develop reusable components and enable collaboration between research and production teams

Required Skills

  • 7+ years experience as a software engineer

  • Expert knowledge in Python and NodeJS

  • Experience with Linux, DevOps (command line)

  • Experience with containerized infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes)

  • Experience managing projects with Jira, Azure DevOps or similar tooling

  • Experience with AWS cloud-based infrastructure

  • Strong written and oral communication skills

Desired Skills

  • Familiarity with relational and NoSQL databases

  • Familiarity with RF signal processing

  • Strong mathematics background, particularly in linear algebra

  • Familiarity with regulated environments, such as sovereign clouds

Target Base Salary Range: $180,000 USD - $200,000 USD

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.

As a part of the application process, we encourage you to include a link to code you’ve written.

Note: This role is 100% on-site in our Los Angeles office.

#LI-MP2 #LI-ONSITE

Basic Requirements

  • Bachelors degree with 8+ years of software engineering experience

  • AND 6+ years of Python and NodeJS experience

  • AND 6+ years experience with Linux, DevOps (command line)

  • AND 6+ years experience with containerized infrastructure (Docker, Kubernetes)

  • AND 6+ years experience managing projects with Jira, Azure DevOps, AWS CodeCatalyst, and/or GitHub Issues

  • AND 6+ year experience with AWS cloud-based infrastructure

  • Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract.

Travel Requirements None Relocation Provided None Position Type Experienced Referral Payment Plan No Our U.S. Benefits include:

  • Incentive Bonus Plans

  • Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

  • 401K with Company Match

  • 10 Paid Holidays

  • Generous Paid Time Off Packages

  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan

  • Paid Parental & Family Leave

  • and more!

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.

We’re 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 this Reasonable Accommodations Form so we can assist you.

How this job compares

Set against the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$180–200K/yr
  • California median$165–249K/yr7,770 salary ranges
  • US median$135–219K/yr33,110 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $190K, is 7% below the California median midpoint ($205K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 9,674 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 41,554 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 34,072 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 13,032 of the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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