Software Development Engineer, Persistent Connection Service (PCS)

Ring is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Persistent Connection Service team where youll build and maintain the foundational socket services that power device connectivity for millions of Ring devices worldwide.

Youll collaborate across Rings software firmware and product organizations while working with AWS technologies to solve complex distributed systems challenges. Persistent Connection Service is a mission critical service which maintains persistent connections between Ring devices and Ring Cloud to enable two-way communication. The service processes billions of messages per day between Cloud and Devices. The teams challenges are availability latency and critical process resilience. The team partners with all the Firmware teams and Cloud Services being the connectivity layer between the two.

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

Key job responsibilities
- Design and implement ultra-high-throughput backend services supporting millions of Ring devices and strict uptime requirements
- Build extensible services and data models that serve as the foundation for Rings device connectivity 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 experience and security
- Lead operational excellence initiatives including monitoring alerting and automated testing to maintain our critical service dependencies
- Contribute to technical decision-making that influences Rings device platform architecture and future product capabilities

About the team
Persistent Connection Service is a mission critical service which maintains persistent connections between Ring devices and Ring Cloud to enable two-way communication. The service processes billions of messages per day between Cloud and Devices. The teams challenges are availability latency and critical process resilience. The team partners with all the Firmware teams and Cloud Services being 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
- Bachelors degree in computer science or equivalent
- Experience in one or more relevant front-end frameworks such as React Angular etc.
- Experience with Generative AI assisted development practices.

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CAN ON Toronto - 150700.00 - 251700.00 CAD annually