Software Engineer II

Overview

We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. We’ve created a culture that cares about the career you’re building. Our no-ego culture emphasizes collaboration and innovation where those seeking their next challenge can find big opportunities and make a meaningful impact.

We’re embracing a hybrid work model that enables our teams to split their time between office and home. Hybrid for us means we come together in our state-of-the-art office on two core days, typically Tuesday and Wednesday, and teams can choose where they work for the remainder of the week.

We’re growing and thriving. We need smart, talented, and humble people who share our values to join us as we disrupt the home security space and relentlessly pursue our mission of keeping Every Home Secure.

Simpli Safe’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 Software Engineer II 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:

• Develop and design simple, reliable, high-quality software that scales to meet the needs of our growing customer base.
• Develop and maintain tests to ensure the solution continues to function at a high level and can be maintained and refactored safely.
• Long-term support and 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 in an on-call rotation as a first responder for software owned by your team.

What You'll Bring

• Experience designing and implementing features in cloud-based backend systems.
• A strong understanding of the SOLID principles.
• Passion, curiosity and a desire to continuously learn and grow.
• Experience using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with the Agile Scrum process.

• 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.

• A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive
• A comprehensive total rewards package that supports wellness and provides security for Simpli Safe employees and their families
• Free Simpli Safe system and professional monitoring for your home
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, offer networking, mentorship and opportunities for personal development

Simpli Safe is an equal employment opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected status. If a reasonable accommodation may be needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of a position, or to enjoy other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact