Senior Software Engineer - Hub Cloud Services (Minneapolis, MN) - SmartThings

Minneapolis, MN

About the Job

Description

We’re SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung, our corporate offices are based in Minneapolis and the Bay Area.

More than 350 million people worldwide use SmartThings to control and manage their connected life. SmartThings delivers simple, powerful experiences across Samsung’s leading portfolio of phones, TVs, and appliances. We also offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem (think IKEA, SONOS, Honeywell, and so many more). As a founding member of Matter, we are a leader in the industry to help make smart homes more secure, reliable and seamless to use. Come be a part of the leading edge of IoT innovation!

About The Team

The Hub Cloud Services (HCS) team handles billions of events through our system daily and millions of commands to users’ homes. We are responsible for processing commands and events so quickly that it’s indistinguishable to users whether automation runs in the cloud or locally on their local network. In addition to building and enhancing our event/command pipelines, we own and control the APIs central to our hub and partner hubs. The hub is the backbone of many modern smart homes, making our team’s APIs and tools central for numerous teams at SmartThings.

Key Responsibilities

This position is a hybrid role, based onsite 3 days a week at our office in Minneapolis, MN.

In this role, your primary responsibilities will include the following:

Build and maintain cloud services that are scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant.
Proactively identify areas for improvement and influence strategy within the team’s responsibility.
Improve quality, uptime, and monitoring for all existing applications and apply best practices for new development.
Lead projects and create new architectural designs with your team members.
Collaborate across global teams.
Mentor other team members.
Set professional standards for the company by role-modeling core values.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Inclusive Hiring Practices

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At SmartThings, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)

BA/BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or similar discipline.
5+ years of experience in a software engineering role.
Strong development skills (preferably in Java or another JVM-based language).
Experience in designing and developing microservices and REST APIs.
Experience with deploying to cloud-based services like AWS or GCP.
Experience with cloud services deployments, monitoring, and production support.
Ability to work within established infrastructure and quickly become familiar.
Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision and manage time effectively.
Eager to learn new technologies and adapt to new and changing requirements.

Desired Skills

Experience with DynamoDB and Redis.
Hands-on experience with at least one of the following cloud offerings: AWS, Azure, and GCP.

SmartThings Benefits

We offer an attractive compensation package with comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health; an HSA with employer contribution; life & disability insurance; FSAs for health and dependent care expenses; a competitive 401k with a 5% employer match, and more.
All of our employees enjoy unlimited PTO, 12 paid holidays, and a generous parental leave policy (8 weeks fully paid parental leave and 8 more fully paid weeks for childbirth recovery leave).
Eligible employees benefit from our education reimbursement program, and all employees enjoy access to learning resources through O’Reilly.
Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is embedded into our culture and our work, and everyone has frequent opportunities to join forums and groups and participate in ongoing projects.
We offer either a parking stipend to cover the monthly garage cost or a public transit stipend. EV chargers are also onsite.
In-office catered lunches on Thursdays.
Access to the onsite gym.

Base compensation range for this position is $108,743 to $157,677. Actual base within this range will depend on many factors including experience, skills, technical expertise and market alignment. In addition, this role is eligible for a 20% annual target bonus based heavily on individual performance.

At SmartThings, we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all. If you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process or to perform the requirements of the job, we will work with you to meet your needs in compliance with applicable laws.

To complete the application process, please email talent@smartthings.com and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will connect with you further.

Source : SmartThings