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. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.
Department OverviewMotorola Solutions has recently acquired RapidDeploy Inc., and we’re excited to welcome
new talent to our growing team. By applying for this role, you’ll become part of the
RapidDeploy team within the broader Motorola Solutions organization—where innovation
meets impact in the world of Public Safety.
At RapidDeploy, our mission is to reduce emergency response times by equipping
dispatchers and call-takers with real-time situational awareness through advanced tactical
mapping, and by delivering powerful analytics to help public safety agencies optimize their
operations. Now, together with Motorola Solutions, we’re accelerating our shared vision of
creating safer communities through smarter technology.
Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team. Responsibilities will include building microservices (mainly Micro-frontends in React)
Your primary responsibilities will be to design and develop services and components on this stack, and to coordinate with the rest of the team working on different layers of the infrastructure.
A commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and a thirst for elegant code is a must.
Responsibilities:
Design and develop libraries, components, and services, using efficient, reusable, secure, and reliable code
Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of applications
Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to solve these
Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation (including test-automation)
Develop new user-facing features
Build reusable components and UI libraries for future use
Translate designs and wireframes into high-quality code
Constant collaboration with other developers and product management
A passion to keep track of the latest modern trends
Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements
Basic Requirements
Over 5 years of experience and a complete understanding of React and its main
fundamentals
Strong proficiency in JavaScript, object model, event handlers, JSX, and Babel
Strong understanding of variables and scoping
Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, HTML/CSS, ES6
Strong proficiency in JavaScript design patterns
Familiarity with Web/Shared/Service Workers
Familiarity with newer specifications of EcmaScript
Familiarity with micro frontend architecture
Familiarity with WebSockets
Familiarity with modern front-end build pipelines and tools
Familiarity with development pipelines and release management tools
Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as JSON Web Tokens
Experience with common front-end development tools such as Webpack, NPM, etc.
A knack for benchmarking and optimization
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:
Guaranteed 13 th Cheque
Annual Incentive Performance bonus
Discovery medical aid, 50% of the package for you and your dependents covered by MSI
Old Mutual pension fund (7,5% deducted from the base salary, MSI contributing with an equivalent of 10.5% of base salary on a monthly basis)
20 PTO days, 36 sick leave days in a 3-year cycle (PTO entitlement increasing with the years of service)
Family responsibility, compassionate and study leaves
Employee Assistance Program - a confidential and free of charge hotline with
professional counselling for our employees and their families
Educational assistance program
Free and unlimited access to all courses on LinkedIn Learning
Fully Remote from any place in South Africa - set you up to work from home - laptop
and accessories.
Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperiencedReferral Payment PlanYesCompanyMotorola Solutions South Africa (Proprietary) 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.