Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Chicago Hybrid)

Motorola Solutions•Chicago, IL

2d•$155,000 - $180,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Motorola Solutions' Video Intelligence team is hiring a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead GCP Infrastructure/DevOps and Evidence Domain engineering. You'll direct senior engineers and tech leads owning cloud platform reliability, high-volume video/media processing, AI-driven evidence workflows, and secure data egress — plus influence indirect connector teams building third-party video ingestion gateways (Genetec, Milestone XProtect, Avigilon, Verkada, and others). We are seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead and scale our Platform & Video Infrastructure organization. In this role, you will lead a distributed team of Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers building high-throughput GCP infrastructure, AI-powered evidence pipelines, and core video ingestion systems. As a senior leader, you will bridge long-term technical strategy with operational execution—driving platform reliability, scaling keyless security architectures, and forging alignment across complex partner connector ecosystems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of progressive software, infrastructure, and platform engineering experience, including 3+ years in direct engineering management leading distributed teams and 2+ years of DevOps experience.
Proven track record of managing multi-team organizations, owning operational budgets, and driving technical strategy for high-scale platform systems.
Hands-on background in Java (Spring Boot microservices) and Python (AI/agentic workflows, evidence verification processing); deep expertise in event-driven microservices (Kafka).
In-depth knowledge of GCP platform services (GKE, Shared VPC, VPC Service Controls, IAM/Workload Identity Federation, Cloud Storage, Anthos Service Mesh) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
Experience overseeing asynchronous video processing pipelines (transcoding, live/recorded streaming) and cryptographic integrity standards (SHA-256 chain-of-custody protocols).
Solid understanding of modern identity and access management (OIDC, Workload Identity), secure zero-trust networking (mTLS, OAuth 2.0), and enterprise API integration patterns.
Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract.

Nice To Haves

Candidate must be in the Chicago office 3 times a week.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor, and scale a distributed engineering organization (Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers); establish career pathways, succession planning, and performance management standards for senior talent.
Foster a high-accountability remote-first culture centered on engineering autonomy, operational rigor, and continuous feedback.
Own departmental headcount planning, operational budgets, and resource allocation across platform and integration initiatives.
Drive strategic decisions for platform scalability, availability, and cost efficiency across our GCP footprint (GKE, Shared VPC, Managed Kafka, Anthos Service Mesh, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI).
Establish organizational standards for keyless authentication (Workload Identity Federation for GitHub Actions), zero-trust networking (mTLS, VPC Service Controls), and immutable infrastructure via Terraform across all environments.
Define 0–2 year technical roadmaps and delivery benchmarks for platform reliability, evidence verification systems, and video ingestion performance.
Oversee the architectural strategy for asynchronous, platform-scale media processing (transcoding, SHA-256 chain-of-custody integrity checks) and AI-driven false-positive filtering pipelines.
Drive cross-organizational alignment with vendor and gateway connector teams (Genetec, Milestone, Avigilon, Verkada, Digital Watchdog, Envysion, ExacqVision, and others) to standardize API handshakes, streaming protocols, and ingestion performance.
Partner closely with Product, Security, and Executive Leadership to shape enterprise-wide architectural standards, integration policies, and platform capabilities.