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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Full-Stack Engineer (Chicago Hybrid) - **Company:** Motorola Solutions, Inc. - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $135,000.0 - $155,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Application Integration Architecture, Cloud Storage, Static Program Analysis, Code Review, Data Compression, Data Integrity, Fault Tolerance, FFmpeg, Design of User Interfaces, Python (Programming Language), Object Detection, Transcoding, Data Processing, Large Language Models, AngularJS, Front End Software Development, Microservices - **Published:** June 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=017a2108a5178860 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Video compression?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Experience & Impact: Bachelor's degree plus 4 + years of progressive technical experience, demonstrating successful ownership of complex, distributed features. * Media Processing Mastery: Practical experience with media processing tools (e.g., FFmpeg) to perform lossless trimming, transcoding, and frame-accurate media manipulation. * GCP Proficiency: Proven ability to deploy and manage applications on GCP (GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage). * API/Contract Ownership: Extensive experience designing robust service contracts and managing dependencies between Python/Java microservices. * Frontend Expertise: Professional experience with Angular 17+ (specifically Signals ) for developing highly performant, real-time user experiences. * System Integrity: Deep understanding of scale challenges, fault-tolerant design, and the ability to anticipate and address stress points within media-heavy architectures. * Transformative Mindset: Practical experience leveraging modern AI tools for coding, architectural trade-offs, and code analysis., * Bachelors degree with 4+ years of full stack engineering and Python experience * AND 2+ years of Java experience * Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract. ## Description * Architectural Ownership: Propose and facilitate technical discussions to arrive at agreed-upon architectural plans for video trimming, transcription, and packaging services. * Contract Definition & Coordination: Own the APIs for the Evidence Domain, coordinating with external consumer teams to ensure seamless integration and data integrity. * Feature Grooming & Delegation: Groom stories from Product Management requirements and break down tasks for the team to enable rapid, parallel development. * Hands-on Media Manipulation: Lead the implementation of frame-accurate video trimming, cropping, and snapshot extraction logic using libraries such as FFmpeg or GStreamer . * High-Performance UI/UX: Lead the development of the Video Trim Editor and extraction logic, ensuring frame-accurate performance and efficient GCS data handling in the browser. * Quality & Review: Conduct thorough code reviews, serving as a trusted source to catch edge cases, security gaps, and performance bottlenecks. * Pipeline Transformation: Actively contribute to development pipeline improvements (e.g., automated guardrails, RAG systems) to significantly cut down PR cycle time. * AI Integration: Participate in shipping LLM-powered features (e.g., scene description and object detection), monitoring live metrics to refine accuracy. ## Related Videos - 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