Senior Android Applications Developer

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

Department Description
Innovation is the oxygen of our company, and in 2023, we invested more than US$850 million in research and development (R&D). We’re now opening a new Research & Development Centre in Cork, Ireland focused on designing software for the company’s comprehensive land mobile radio (LMR) portfolio, with plans for expansion across other technologies in the future.

Motorola Solutions’ ecosystem of technologies is centred on safety and security, with LMR representing a foundational core. The company has deployed more than 13,000 LMR networks worldwide, trusted by governments and enterprises for highly secure communications designed to work in the most extreme conditions. Modernised with broadband and advanced data applications, LMR remains at the forefront of providing public safety agencies with the communications they rely on and need.

You’ll be part of our diverse and experienced global team, developing meaningful solutions that support thousands of public safety agencies and enterprises worldwide in solving complex safety and security challenges. Come join our team to work on real-world projects with a real-world impact.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Android Applications Developer to design, build, and maintain mission-critical Android applications supporting public-safety communication, situational awareness, and operational data systems. These applications are used by emergency responders and must operate reliably in demanding field environments with intermittent connectivity, device integrations, and high availability requirements.

The successful candidate will collaborate with product management, UI/UX, backend platform teams, and device integration teams to deliver secure, resilient, and performance-optimized applications, while driving engineering excellence, architectural consistency, and technical mentorship across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain mission-critical Android applications using Kotlin-first development practices.
   

• Implement resilient, offline-capable, and fault-tolerant mobile solutions capable of operating in low-connectivity or degraded network environments.
   

• Build modern Android user interfaces using Jetpack Compose while ensuring usability in high-stress operational workflows.
   

• Implement scalable, modular architectures (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture, modularization) supporting large multi-feature applications.
   

• Integrate with backend systems, real-time messaging platforms, and device services using REST, streaming, and event-driven APIs.
   

• Develop and maintain integrations with Bluetooth, radio communication interfaces, sensors, GPS/location, and background services.
   

• Optimize applications for performance, battery efficiency, and reliability under continuous operational use.
   

• Implement secure communication, authentication, and data-protection mechanisms aligned with enterprise and public-safety security requirements.
   

• Contribute to automated testing, reliability validation, and release quality gates including unit, integration, and instrumentation testing.
   

• Support CI/CD pipelines, release automation, and operational monitoring of deployed mobile applications.
   

• Participate in technical design reviews, mentor engineers, and promote engineering best practices across teams.
   

• Diagnose field issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement durable fixes for production deployments.

Basic Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
   

• Strong experience developing production Android applications using Kotlin and the Android SDK.
   

• Experience designing high-reliability, enterprise, or mission-critical mobile applications.
   

• Experience with modern Android UI development using Jetpack Compose.
   

• Strong knowledge of Android architecture components (ViewModel, Navigation, Lifecycle, WorkManager).
   

• Experience implementing offline-first data synchronization, caching, and conflict-handling strategies.
   

• Experience working with Bluetooth, device integrations, background processing, or hardware-adjacent APIs.
   

• Experience with networking frameworks such as Retrofit, OkHttp, or Ktor.
   

• Strong debugging, performance optimization, and secure coding practices.
   

• Experience working with Git-based development workflows.
   

• Strong collaboration and communication skills within cross-functional engineering environments.
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on public safety, communications, defense, or highly regulated enterprise mobile platforms.
   

• Experience integrating with radio communication systems, push-to-talk, messaging, or real-time communication frameworks.
   

• Experience implementing secure mobile architectures including certificate-based authentication, encrypted storage, and hardened builds.
   

• Experience with dependency injection frameworks (Hilt/Dagger).
   

• Familiarity with modular Android architectures for large-scale applications.
   

• Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives.
   

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum delivery environments supporting multi-team product releases.
   

• Familiarity with Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) for sharing business logic across mobile or cross-platform applications.
   

• Familiarity with Compose Multiplatform for building shared UI components across Android and other supported platforms.

• Experience with Firebase, observability platforms, or operational telemetry tooling.

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Travel Requirements

None

Relocation Provided

None

Position Type

Experienced

Referral Payment Plan

No

Company

Motorola Solutions Ireland 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.