Software Engineer, Developer Platform

Software Engineer, Developer Experience Platform

Department: Interfaces

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Minneapolis, MN

We’re Smart Things, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. We're a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung with corporate offices in Minneapolis and the Bay Area.

More than 430 million people worldwide use Smart Things to control and manage their connected life. Smart Things 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!

We are looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Developer Center team. Device makers around the world integrate their hardware with the Smart Things platform, and the Developer Center is where that journey happens, from first API call through Works with Smart Things certification. It's how developers around the world experience our platform, and our team's mission is to make that journey clear, accurate, and easy to use.

This role owns the documentation developers rely on and helps build the console they use alongside it. You'll write the integration guides and API reference at , own that site's frontend and publishing pipeline, and contribute features and code to the Developer Center itself. You'll collaborate across product and engineering teams to deliver a seamless, high-quality developer experience for the global Smart Things platform.

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

• Own the docs site on the Smart Things Developer Center end to end:
  Docusaurus theme customization, MDX components, versioning, search configuration, CI/CD, and analytics.
• Write and maintain technical documentation (API docs, SDK guides, and integration tutorials) for external developers integrating with the Smart Things platform.
• Establish documentation standards, and maintain quality through linters, AI-powered authoring tools, and participation in code and documentation reviews.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with platform engineers, product managers, and designers to build new features and enhance existing ones for the Developer Center.
• Use AI tooling to accelerate drafting, research, and content audits, with technical verification before anything ships.
• Proactively communicate progress and challenges to stakeholders and team.

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 Smart Things, 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
• 2+ years combined across software engineering and technical writing.
• Demonstrated strong technical writing for a developer audience.
• Experience with Docusaurus or comparable documentation frameworks.
• Strong proficiency with HTML, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript/Type Script, and React.
• Experience with Node.js and frameworks such as Express or Next.js
• Comfortable owning a build and deploy pipeline: CI/CD,…