Staff Software Engineer

What You’ll Do

SimpliSafe’s Device Cloud Services team is on a mission to level up the cloud-based systems that empower customers to interact with their home security systems from anywhere in the world. We’re looking for a motivated, experienced Staff Software Engineer to design, develop, maintain and own software solutions. We’re a backend team solving large-scale distributed problems, ensuring customers have real-time control and visibility into their security systems; because we deal with life safety, reliability, simplicity, and performance are our key pillars.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Partner with internal stakeholders to understand requirements and design simple, reliable, flexible solutions.
• Drive the implementation of those solutions, both by writing code yourself and supporting other engineers with code reviews and mentoring.
• Long-term support & maintenance work, such as performance optimization, bug fixes, feature additions, design and usability improvements, and automation.
• Document the systems you are building to ensure they can be maintained by the next generation of developers.
• Serve as an on-call first responder for software owned by your team.

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive experience designing and implementing features, including designing and building APIs for others to consume.
• Experience with at least 2 major programming languages (C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C++, Go, Python, etc.).
• A strong understanding of the SOLID principles.
• Passion, curiosity and a desire to continuously learn and grow.
• Experience building and running cloud based microservices and distributed systems according to industry best practices.
• Experience using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with the Agile Scrum process.

Nice-to-Haves

• Extensive professional experience in any of the major programming languages from above.
• Experience with lean/agile software development principles and practices, including continuous integration & delivery, test automation, etc.

What Values You’ll Share

• Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them.
• Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
• No Ego - Maintaining a “no job too small” attitude, and an open, inclusive and humble style.
• One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success.
• Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed.
• Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.