Senior/Staff Frontend Platform Engineer, Motorola Solutions

• The ideal candidate is a systems-minded engineer who views the frontend web application as a highly critical, complex consumer
• You must possess deep, native JavaScript/TypeScript expertise and an authentic frontend foundation to execute high-intent data visualizations, manage runtime client boundaries, and directly contribute to client-side platform features as our architectural roadmap evolves
• Node.js & Backend Systems Authority: Extensive, hands-on experience designing, deploying, and maintaining high-concurrency backend services or orchestration layers natively within the Node.js / JavaScript / TypeScript ecosystem
• Infrastructure & DevOps Self-Sufficiency: Direct experience constructing localized Docker environments, optimizing container build layers, and troubleshooting live service behaviors inside active Kubernetes clusters
• Core Frontend Competence: A strong foundation in modern web technologies (React, Next.js, Vue, or Micro-Frontend host-shell concepts) with a practical understanding of client-side performance, browser memory management, and runtime resource limits
• Ecosystem Extensibility & Scale: Experience engineering modular, decoupled platform infrastructure that allows diverse feature teams to develop and deploy at high velocity without introducing cross-domain dependencies
• 5+ years of software engineer and platform engineering experience
• AND 3+ years of technical leadership experience
• AND 3+ years of TypeScript and Node.js experience
• AND 2+ years of Docker and Kubernetes experience

Desirable

• The Frontend Platform Engineering department is dedicated to building scalable, high-performance infrastructure that powers the development and delivery of modular, AI-driven features across our applications
• This team focuses on creating robust middle-layer services, secure integration points, and seamless pipelines to ensure a frictionless experience for developers and end-users alike. With an emphasis on innovation, quality, and speed, the department sets the foundation for cutting-edge frontend technologies and operational excellence
• Our engineers are experts in architecting micro-frontend systems, optimizing cloud deployments, and leveraging AI to streamline development workflows. They drive cross-functional initiatives, implement rigorous testing strategies, and maintain enterprise-grade standards for security, performance, and accessibility
• The Frontend Platform Engineering team is a hub for technical leadership and transformative solutions, enabling the organization to deliver dynamic, high-impact features at scale
• We are seeking a Senior/Staff Platform Engineer to own the architecture and lifecycle of the high-availability middle-layer services supporting our distributed ecosystem. Operating at the intersection of infrastructure and application delivery, this role focuses on building server-side engines, dynamic configuration registries, and orchestration components using Node.js and TypeScript
• Server-Side Node.js Platform Design: Architect, scale, and maintain robust server-side microservices, middleware controllers, and configuration registries (Node.js/TypeScript) that serve as the orchestration engine for downstream applications
• Autonomous Container Operations & Diagnostics: Take direct ownership of code containerization and deployment pipelines. Write optimized Dockerfiles utilizing multi-stage builds to ensure lean production artifacts, and actively navigate cluster environments using the Kubernetes CLI (kubectl) to independently inspect pod states, diagnose routing exceptions, and isolate runtime bugs
• Ecosystem Cache & Contract Governance: Define and govern strict, type-safe data schemas between backend services and the frontend client. Design and optimize multi-tier caching architectures (such as Redis and CDNs) to mitigate system latency and maximize data throughput
• High-Intent Data Visualization & Frontend Execution: Design and deliver highly performant, framework-agnostic client components and interactive, real-time data visualizations. Partner with feature teams to ensure smooth integration with the platform shell, managing browser runtime isolation, error boundaries, and state synchronization
• Technical Advocacy & Alignment: Partner closely with cross-functional team anchors and architects to justify technical investments, reduce platform technical debt, and smoothly coordinate breaking service schema migrations across multiple independent feature teams