Software Engineer, DevOps, Cloud Engineer - Software

We’re a high‑tech home security company passionately committed to protecting every home. Our culture values collaboration, innovation, and impact, and we offer a hybrid work model that allows you to split time between our state‑of‑the‑art office and remote work.

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.

• Define and lead the system‑level validation strategy for critical customer journeys across devices, firmware, cloud services, and monitoring systems.
• Architect and evolve scalable validation frameworks, environments, and test harnesses tailored to complex embedded and distributed systems.
• Design and implement automated validation solutions that expand coverage, improve reliability, and reduce system‑level risk.
• Develop and standardize software interfaces and tooling that interact with hardware systems, enabling consistent and scalable validation.
• Drive early validation by reviewing product requirements, behavioral specifications, and design documents to identify risks before implementation.
• Identify and close validation gaps that lead to integration and behavioral defects in production systems.
• Lead cross‑functional validation initiatives and influence engineering teams to adopt shift‑left validation and system‑level quality practices.
• Drive continuous improvement in validation reliability, performance, and signal quality using data‑driven and modern validation methodologies.
• Mentor engineers, provide technical leadership, and raise the bar on system thinking, validation practices, and debugging across the team.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8–10+ years of experience in software development, system validation, or automated testing for distributed or embedded systems.
• Strong software architecture and system design experience across distributed and stateful systems.
• Advanced programming expertise (Python preferred) with strong object‑oriented design principles.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and influence cross‑team engineering direction.

• Experience with device simulation, firmware validation, or IoT system architectures.
• Experience designing validation frameworks and strategies for large‑scale distributed systems.
• Experience leading cross‑functional automation or validation initiatives across product areas.
• Deep understanding of validation practices including performance, resilience, and system reliability.

• 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 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 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 your wellness and provides security for Simpli Safers and their families.
• Free Simpli Safe system and professional monitoring for your home.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor, and develop, and advocate for change.

The target annual base pay range for this role is $146,600 to $215,100. This target represents a good‑faith estimate of what we expect to pay for the role. We use a market‑based compensation approach to set our target ranges and make adjustments annually. Beyond base pay, we offer a total rewards package that may include participation in our annual bonus program, equity, and other forms of compensation, in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and lifestyle benefits.

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