Overview:
At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.
Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.
You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.
Come make an impact every day at Zebra.
What We're Looking For:
As a Software Engineer at Zebra, you will be a key driver of our digital innovation, building the next generation of enterprise-grade cloud solutions that power businesses worldwide. This is a role for a talented and autonomous full-stack engineer who thrives on tackling complex challenges. You will have significant latitude to determine the objectives of your assignments and will be expected to accomplish your work without considerable direction. Your core responsibility will be to research, analyze, design, develop, and maintain the critical end-to-end software for our products and systems. This involves taking full ownership of the development lifecycle—from crafting modern frontend interfaces to engineering robust backend microservices. You will perform complex system integration of software and hardware to maintain throughput and program consistency. Beyond coding, you will develop, validate, and test application structures and user documentation, ensuring we deliver sophisticated, high-performance platforms that are resilient, scalable, and serve as the critical link between our users and our powerful cloud ecosystem. If you are a passionate expert in building full-stack solutions and are driven to solve real-world problems, we want you on our team.
Hands-On Development:
Actively
design, develop, test, and maintain
high-quality full-stack software. This role requires significant
hands-on coding
across both frontend and backend as a primary function.
Architect & Design End-to-End Solutions:
Architect and design highly complex and realtime cloud-native projects through hands-on prototyping, creating novel solutions and technologies.
Establish Technical Requirements:
Establish and define technical requirements for complex software projects, ensuring correct feature prioritization and architectural alignment from the start.
Champion Code Quality:
Drive the code review process across the stack, setting a high bar for quality and personally developing technical improvements for the team.
Provide Technical Leadership:
Use your status as a hands-on full-stack expert to provide technical leadership across multiple engineering disciplines and programs.
Drive Innovation:
Document new ideas and methodologies to be shared across software teams and define requirements for new tools to solve complex problems.
Initiate Collaboration:
Proactively initiate collaboration and build positive relationships with other engineering disciplines to ensure project alignment and success.
Coordinate & Mentor:
Mentor and coordinate the activities of other personnel, providing technical guidance and fostering growth through direct, hands-on examples.
Expert Full-Stack Development Experience:
Proven, hands-on expertise across the full technology stack.
Frontend:
Experience with modern frontend frameworks, specifically
React.js
.
Backend:
Strong proficiency in server-side languages like
Java
or
JavaScript/Node.js
.
Microservices:
Deep, hands-on experience in
microservice architecture
, including design, development, and deployment.
Cloud Platform:
Deep expertise with
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
and its core services (GKE, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, etc.).
Databases:
Expertise in designing and managing scalable databases (e.g., Firestore, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, MongoDB).
Testing:
Demonstrable experience with testing frameworks and methodologies across the stack (e.g., Jest, JUnit, Cypress) to ensure code quality.
Exclusion of DevOps-Only Experience:
This is a software architecture and development role. Candidates with experience limited to
only DevOps, SRE, or cloud administration are not eligible
.
Preferred Skills
Android Development:
Experience with native Android application development (Java/Kotlin) and integrating mobile clients with backend services.
Multi-Cloud Knowledge:
Familiarity with other major cloud platforms like Microsoft Azure or AWS.
CI/CD Implementation:
Understanding and experience with building and maintaining Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Cloud Security & Cost Management:
Knowledge of cloud security best practices and experience with cloud cost optimization.
Modern Practices:
Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform).
Benefits:
We understand the importance of work-life balance and wellbeing, which is why we offer flexibility for our teams including: hybrid work, adaptable hours, Summer Flex Fridays, Focus Fridays, and an annual companywide well-being day to promote revitalization and success.
Job Posting Statement:
To protect candidates from falling victim to online fraudulent activity involving fake job postings and employment offers, please be aware our recruiters will always connect with you via @zebra.com email accounts. Applications are only accepted through our applicant tracking system and only accept personal identifying information through that system. Our Talent Acquisition team will not ask for you to provide personal identifying information via e-mail or outside of the system. If you are a victim of identity theft contact your local police department.
AI Technology Statement:
Zebra Technologies leverages AI technology to evaluate job applications using objective, job-relevant criteria. This approach enhances efficiency and promotes fairness in the hiring process. However, every decision regarding interviews and hiring is made by our dedicated team, because we believe people make the best decisions about people. For more on how we use technology in hiring and how we process applicant data, see our
Zebra Privacy Policy
.
