Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer - App Cloud Services (Mountain View, CA)

Department: Interfaces

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Mountain View, CA

Reporting To: James Chen

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 Apps Cloud Services (ACS) team works on services that support the App Platform including SmartApps and their execution. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to collaborate internally and across teams working on high-impact projects in a fast paced environment with a team of engaged performers.

Our microservices are mainly written in Java and primarily using the Ratpack and Dropwizard frameworks. We use many of the latest AWS technologies and have a strong focus on ownership, quality and reliability. Our team manages problems with call volume, serving hundreds of millions of clients simultaneously and overcoming the associated challenges. Our engineers have an outsized opportunity to make an impact on end users at SmartThings, and our team is passionate about finding solutions.

Key Responsibilities

This position is a hybrid role, based onsite 3 days a week at our office in Mountain View, CA.

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

• Developing in all phases of the software development lifecycle from planning to deployment and support
• Designing, implementing, testing, and monitoring cloud services that are highly available and fault tolerant, from API to storage
• Lead projects that may not be fully defined and influence direction as appropriate.
• Expected to be attentive to app execution volume ( 100M /hr) as well as help implement corrective measures for scalability, reliability and performance
• Collaborate with other cloud and mobile engineers from around the world to create simple and scalable solutions for new features and for improvements to existing functionality
• Execute on scoped tasks, writing clean code and following best practices with excellent test automation coverage
• Proactively identify areas for improvement/strategy within team area, and clearly communicate action plans across teams and cultures

Skills, Knowledge & 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)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of relevant experience in software development
• Strong development skills in Java or another language on the JVM
• Hands-on experience with at least one of the following cloud offerings: AWS, Azure and GCP
• Proficient experience with cloud services deployments, monitoring and production support
• Advanced working knowledge with large scale infrastructure and distributed systems
• Intermediate experience with Git or Github/Gitlab, Pull Requests and Rebasing
• Experience with linux systems
• Ability to lead and navigate ambiguity as needed
• Ability to influence technical direction as appropriate
• Aptitude to work well in diverse, team-focused environments across multiple timezones
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting content to audiences at various levels
• Ability to operate in fast-paced, deadline driven, collaborative and iterative programming environment
• A passion for continuous learning and understanding
• Receptive to receiving and applying constructive feedback towards improvement

Desired Skills

• Designing and developing REST APIs
• Experience with Ratpack, Dropwizard or other Java web frameworks
• Hands-on experience with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra or DynamoDB

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.
• Free onsite parking with EV chargers at our Mountain View location.
• Free lunch daily at our onsite cafeteria.
• Access to the onsite gym and locker rooms.

Base compensation range for this position is $138,105 to $196,695. 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. Please reach out to and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will connect with you further.