The posting
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
The Avigilon Alta Video UI team develops the mission-critical frontend infrastructure that powers our cloud-native Video Management System (VMS). As part of Motorola Solutions, our work directly advances our corporate purpose of "Helping people be their best in the moments that matter" and our relentless mission of "Solving for safer." Our platform is actively evolving to support deep interconnectivity across the entire Motorola Solutions ecosystem, delivering real-time operational intelligence to protect people, property, and places. Our team champions high-performance web engineering, clean architectural integrity, and the craftsmanship required to build the most dependable visual tools in the industry.
Job Description
At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We are seeking a Mid-Level Frontend Software Engineer to join the Avigilon Alta Video - Edinburgh office under a flexible hybrid model (aiming for 2 days on-site per week). In this role, you will architect, build, and optimize scalable user interfaces that process high-volume, real-time video feeds and telemetry data.
We embrace an engineering culture anchored in high standards, continuous learning, and active inclusion. You will navigate intricate client logic, implement reactive state management, and build robust features that help to provide smooth, responsive application performance under demanding conditions. We value foundational problem-solving and clean design patterns over fleeting trends. We recognize that talent develops along varied paths; while formal academic credentials provide a strong baseline, equivalent practical experience demonstrated through meaningful software engineering achievements is deeply valued.
Job Description
Frontend Architecture & State Management
- Build modular, maintainable user interfaces using Vue 3, Pinia, and TypeScript to power high-throughput video platform capabilities
- Implement reactive client-side data flows and state management patterns to manage complex real-time operational data
- Integrate RESTful APIs and WebSockets to establish high-performance client-server communication and live streaming telemetry
Engineering Rigor & Resilient Systems
- Apply robust testing methodologies and client-side debugging practices to help to provide exceptional software stability
- Conduct thoughtful code reviews and champion maintainable design patterns that strengthen codebase scalability
- Analyze and resolve complex frontend performance bottlenecks to optimize runtime responsiveness and browser efficiency
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Delivery
- Partner with product managers, UX designers, and distributed engineering colleagues to translate requirements into intuitive, reliable interfaces
- Utilise Git and continuous integration workflows to support dependable, predictable release cycles
- Document architectural decisions and contribute to frontend engineering standards to help to elevate team-wide capabilities
Basic Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a STEM discipline
- Demonstrated professional software engineering experience specialising in frontend web application development
- Legal authorization to work in the United Kingdom
Technical Expertise
- Vue 3 and TypeScript to architect scalable, reactive, and type-safe web applications
- State Management (Pinia, Vuex, or Redux) to coordinate predictable client data flows across distributed UI components
- Modern JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, and CSS3 to build responsive, accessible, and high-performance browser interfaces
- RESTful APIs and WebSockets to consume real-time streaming services and asynchronous network requests
- Git to manage version control, branching strategies, and collaborative peer reviews
- Professional English Proficiency to communicate technical concepts and collaborate across international cross-functional teams
We 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!
In 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:
- Competitive salary and bonus schemes
- Two weeks of additional pay per year (holiday bonus)
- 25 days holiday entitlement + bank holidays
- Attractive defined contribution pension scheme
- Private medical insurance
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Flexible working options
- 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
We are an equal opportunities employer and we want you to have every opportunity to shine and show us your talents, please let us know if there is anything we can do to make sure the process works for you. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees
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Travel Requirements
None
Relocation Provided
None
Position Type
Experienced
Referral Payment Plan
Yes
Company
Motorola 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.
