Senior Back End Software Engineer
Summary
Senior backend engineer building the core of the Avigilon Alta Video Management System — cloud-based distributed systems that monitor and manage video cameras, access control and sensors. Day to day: designing and maintaining the backend ecosystem, shipping features, and keeping CI/CD and customer deployments healthy, using languages like Go, Java, Rust or Python.
Salary: £50,000 - 90,000 per year
Requirements:- We are looking for someone with experience working as a software developer.
- We are looking for someone with experience building backend systems for large cloud-based distributed systems.
- We are looking for someone with experience in a backend language such as Go, C++, Java, Rust, or Python.
- We are looking for someone who is passionate about writing high-quality code.
- We are looking for someone who can demonstrate outstanding technical ability.
- It is a bonus if you have an understanding of service-oriented architectures and building cloud-based products.
- It is a bonus if you have experience with machine learning, computer vision, or AI technologies.
- We are looking for a team player who thinks holistically, enjoys solving complex problems, and thrives working autonomously.
- We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic and willing to learn new things.
- We develop the core of the Alta Video Management System.
- We work on cloud-based distributed systems that monitor and manage video cameras, access control systems, and sensors.
- We analyze, develop, design, and maintain the entire backend ecosystem.
- We develop new features, add capabilities, and increase capacity.
- We maintain existing CI/CD systems and customer deployments.
- We work as an agile team with autonomy, collaboration, quality, and security at the core of what we do.
- AI
- Backend
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- Computer Vision
- Support
- Java
- Machine Learning
- Python
- Rust
- Security
- DevOps
- Excel
More:
We are Motorola Solutions, a global close-knit community focused on helping keep people safer everywhere. Our Avigilon Alta Video team brings cloud video security systems to the next level with full AI video analytics and strong operational insights. This is a hybrid role with 2 days from our Edinburgh offices. We offer competitive salary and bonus schemes, two weeks additional pay per year, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a defined contribution pension scheme, an employee stock purchase plan, flexible working options, private medical care, life assurance, enhanced maternity and paternity pay, career development support, learning opportunities, employee health and wellbeing support, carbon neutral initiatives, CSR and volunteering support, and company discount schemes. We are proud of our people-first, community-focused culture and our commitment to diversity and inclusion.
last updated 36 week of 2026