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Telecommunications · 29k people

Senior Android Developer

Posted 3 Nov

What’s this role about? The Android Application Team Lead will architect and build complex mobile features while championing modern UI standards using Jetpack Compose. They will also provide technical leadership, mentor junior engineers, and ensure application stability through rigorous automated testing and performance optimization.

Chicago, Illinois
On-site
$97K – $123K
Full-time
5-10 years exp
500 W. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL 60661
Bachelor degree

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Company

About Motorola Solutions About Motorola Solutions | Solving for safer Safety and security are at the heart of everything we do at Motorola Solutions. 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. Learn more about our commitment to innovating for a safer future for us all at www.motorolasolutions.com.

Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions | Solving for safer

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10,001+ employees
Telecommunications
Public Company
725k LinkedIn followers
Raised $2B

Responsibilities

  • As a Senior Android Developer, you will serve as a technical anchor for the team, driving application architecture, modern UI paradigms, and taking full technical ownership of major engineering initiatives. You will work across the full software lifecycle—from conceptualization to deployment—ensuring our mission-critical applications remain reliable, performant, highly testable, and scalable.
  • Architect & Build: Lead the end-to-end technical design, system architecture, and development of complex mobile features for high-reliability environments using modern Android toolsets.
  • UI Modernization & Standards: Champion modern Android UI development using Jetpack Compose to build responsive, robust, and maintainable user interfaces.
  • Testing & Quality Leadership: Establish and drive automated testing strategies (unit, UI, and integration testing) to ensure high test coverage, application stability, and prevent regressions.
  • Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Drive technical excellence across the team by establishing coding standards, conducting thorough code reviews, and mentoring junior and mid-level engineers.
  • Ownership & Stability: Serve as a self-sufficient, hands-on technical lead accountable for application stability, performance, code quality, and technical debt mitigation.
  • Project Delivery: Plan, break down, and drive multiple concurrent technical initiatives to delivery, collaborating effectively with product management and platform teams.
  • Technical Communication: Articulate complex architectural trade-offs, technical strategies, and platform constraints clearly to both peer engineers and leadership.

Qualification

TechnologySoftwareEngineeringManagement & LeadershipSecurity & Safety

Required

  • Deep Android Expertise: In-depth mastery of the Android SDK, OS internals, framework lifecycle, and modern application architecture patterns (e.g., MVVM, MVI, Clean Architecture).
  • Modern UI & Jetpack Compose: Proven experience building complex, performant UIs with Jetpack Compose and modern Jetpack libraries.
  • Language Proficiency: Advanced expertise in Kotlin and Java, including deep understanding of asynchronous programming (Coroutines, Flow/RxJava).
  • Automated Testing Mastery: Hands-on experience creating reliable automated test suites using Unit Testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockk/Mockito) and UI/Integration Testing frameworks (Espresso, Compose Test Framework, UI Automator).
  • Low-Level Development: Experience with C/C++ and the Android NDK/JNI for high-performance or native component integration.
  • Performance Optimization: Advanced skills in profiling and optimization, including CPU/memory profiling, thread management, battery optimization, and leak identification (LeakCanary, Android Studio Profiler).
  • Debugging & Troubleshooting: Superior root-cause analysis skills for tackling deep-seated OS, native, or multi-threaded bugs.
  • Engineering Ecosystem: Proficiency with modern Android development tools (Android Studio, Gradle), version control (Git), issue tracking (JIRA), CI/CD test integration, and Agile development methodologies.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
  • 5+ years of Experience building cross-platform native apps (iOS and/or Android) and web applications.

Preferred

  • CI/CD Automation: Experience setting up automated build and test pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Fastlane) for continuous integration and delivery.
  • Security: Background in securing Android applications, hardware-backed key storage, or encryption standards relevant to public safety applications.
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  • Target Base Salary Range: $96,500 - $123,000 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.

Benefits

  • 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!

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