Sr Software Engineer

Overview

We’re Smart Things, a leading IoT ecosystem and the sole subsidiary of Samsung, with corporate offices in Minneapolis and the Bay Area. Smart Things provides an intuitive platform that enables users to control and manage their connected life with devices such as phones, TVs, appliances, and third‑party partners like IKEA and SONOS.

As a founding member of Matter, we drive secure, reliable and seamless smart‑home experiences. The Senior Staff Software Engineer role plays a key technical multiplier, delivering architectural excellence across our cloud organization and ensuring resilient, AI‑augmented, high‑performance cloud infrastructure.

Minneapolis, MN. Hybrid: onsite 3 days a week at the Minneapolis office.

• Collaborate with leadership to align a 2‑3 year technical roadmap for cloud infrastructure and evaluate build‑vs‑buy scenarios for core platform components.
• Lead evolution of the Smart Things Schema and Cloud‑to‑Cloud (C2C) integration layers, ensuring low‑latency, secure, highly scalable interfaces with external ecosystems such as Alexa, Google Home, and Matter‑over‑Bridge.
• Standardize implementation of AI‑augmented engineering, guiding the use of LLM‑based coding assistants and automated agentic workflows to compress the SDLC without compromising security or architecture.
• Drive adoption of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to bridge cloud data silos and AI agents, optimizing internal tools and documentation for autonomous debugging and discovery.
• Serve as guardian of system blast radius by implementing Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets that balance innovation pace with high availability.
• Partner with security teams to embed Zero Trust and Secure‑by‑Design principles; ensure compliance with global privacy standards (GDPR, CCPA).
• Champion the RFC culture, providing rigorous, ego‑free feedback on high‑impact designs and evaluating impact on the broader AI‑agent ecosystem and partner integrations.

• 10+ years of relevant experience, with at least 2‑3 years in technical leadership across multiple teams.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Deep proficiency in OAuth2, JWT, and Webhooks for secure partner authentication and event‑driven architectures.
• Proven experience designing and scaling Cloud‑to‑Cloud connectors and public‑facing APIs.
• Understanding of third‑party ecosystem integration requirements (Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home Kit/Matter).
• Proficiency in AI‑native development environments (Cursor, Claude, or Git Hub Copilot) and coaching engineers on prompt engineering for agentic workflows.
• Knowledge of Model Context Protocol (MCP) for AI‑model communication with data sources.
• Advanced understanding of CAP theorem, distributed locking, and eventual consistency in high‑concurrency IoT environments.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP—Serverless, Container Orchestration (K8s), and Global Traffic Management.
• Ability to discern AI hype from genuine architectural value and manage technical debt with automation.
• Exceptional ability to distill complex designs into concise executive summaries.

• Competitive compensation (Base $165,000‑$235,000) plus 20% annual target bonus.
• Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental, vision, mental health; HSA with employer contribution; life & disability insurance; FSAs.
• Unlimited PTO, 12 paid holidays, and generous parental leave (8 weeks fully paid plus 8 weeks for recovery).
• Education reimbursement program and access to O’Reilly learning resources.
• Parking stipend and onsite EV chargers.
• In‑office catered lunches on Thursdays and onsite gym access.

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