Software Development Engineer, Ring Gateways and Permissions Team

Description

Ring is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Gateways and Permissions Framework team, where you'll build the foundational backend services that power device management for millions of Ring devices worldwide.

You'll collaborate across Ring's software, firmware, and product organizations while working with AWS technologies to solve complex distributed systems challenges. Ring Gateways is a mission critical service which is the entry point for apps and devices to the ring cloud service ecosystem. The service processes billions of requests per day. The team's challenges are availability, latency and critical process resilience. The team partners with all the Firmware teams, Ring App team and Cloud Services as the connectivity layer between the two.

Join us in building the next generation of smart home infrastructure that keeps families safe and connected.

• Design and implement ultra-high-throughput backend services supporting millions of Ring devices with 1M+ TPS capacity and strict uptime requirements

• Build extensible APIs and data models that serve as the foundation for Ring's mobile applications and internal service ecosystem

• Drive technical excellence and establish engineering best practices

• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems using AWS services, ensuring scalability from thousands to millions of concurrent device operations

• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions that enhance customer security and convenience

• Lead operational excellence initiatives including monitoring, alerting, and automated testing to maintain our critical service dependencies

• Contribute to technical decision‑making that influences Ring's device platform architecture and future product capabilities

Ring Gateways is a mission critical service which is the entry point for apps and devices to the ring cloud service ecosystem. The service processes millions of requests per day. The team's challenges are availability, latency and critical process resilience. The team partners with all the Firmware teams, Ring App team and Cloud Services as the connectivity layer between the two.

• 5+ years of non‑internship professional software development experience

• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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