SimpliSafe

SimpliSafe

Staff Software Engineer - User Systems

Boston, MA · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$147k-$196kDetected 33 days ago
JavaScriptTypeScriptPythonJavaGoRustC#Backend DevelopmentAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesDevOpsRESTgRPCAgileCommunicationCollaborationAdaptability

About the role

  • This role is key to accelerating technical initiatives, focusing on complex cross-team efforts, delivering high-impact technical work, and fostering continuous engineering excellence.
  • Write high-quality, maintainable code and tackle the most challenging technical problems.
  • Serve in an On-Call rotation as a first responder for systems owned by the team.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design, review, and implementation of complex, large-scale, and highly available backend services and microservices.
  • Define and drive improvements in performance, scalability, monitoring, and operational excellence, ensuring our systems meet demanding SLOs/SLIs.
  • Act as the lead technical mentor and coach for engineers, defining best practices, conducting rigorous code and design reviews, and raising the overall technical bar across the entire backend organization.
  • Lead technical collaboration and coordination across different teams, resolving major technical blockers, and standardizing shared services and technologies.
  • Drive key technical processes and project execution, including technical planning, and leading post-mortems for major incidents.
  • Deep experience designing, building, and operating distributed, high-volume backend systems and REST/gRPC APIs.
  • Proven ability to architect solutions using modern patterns, including event-driven architectures, domain-driven design, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe, inclusive environment where you can build, grow and thrive
  • Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together, give opportunities to network, mentor and develop, and advocate for change.

Requirements

  • Required Skills & Qualifications
  • Proficiency in at least one major programming language (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Rust, Java, Go, Python, C#) with the adaptability to work with multiple languages.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and proficiency in operational tools for monitoring, logging, and CI/CD.
  • Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) and DevOps principles.

Compensation

  • The target annual base pay range for this role is $146,600 to $195,500.
  • This target annual base pay range represents our good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this role.
  • We use a market-based compensation approach to set our target annual base pay ranges and make adjustments annually.

Benefits

  • A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families (For more information on our total rewards please click here )

Company info

  • About SimpliSafe
  • 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.
  • And we've created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career you're building.
  • Ours is a no ego culture of collaboration and innovation where those seeking their next challenge can find big opportunities and make a huge impact on the lives of all those who we protect.
  • We don't just want you to work here.
  • We want you to grow and thrive here.
  • We're embracing a hybrid work model that enables our teams to split their time between office and home.
  • Hybrid for us means we expect our teams to come together in our state-of-the-art office on two core days, typically Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday - working together in person and choosing where they work for the remainder of the week.
  • We all benefit from flexibility and get to use the best of both worlds to get our work done.
  • Why are we hiring?
  • Well, we're growing and thriving.
  • So, 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.
  • Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them.
  • We regularly review our programs to ensure they remain competitive and aligned with our values.
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