Software Engineer II - User Systems

About SimpliSafe

Were a hightech home security company thats passionate about protecting the life youve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And weve created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career youre 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 dont just want you to work here. We want you to grow and thrive here.

Were 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 stateoftheart office on two core days typically Tuesday and Wednesday to work together in person and teams can choose 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 were 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.

What Youll Do

Simplisafe is looking for a Software Engineer II to join our User Systems team to develop and maintain our cloud based backend systems that power our native mobile applications.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Work in a crossfunctional team of frontend & backend engineers quality assurance and product managers to design develop test deploy and maintain backend systems owned by the User Systems team.
• Optimize our backend systems for performance reliability and scalability.
• Ensure high quality standards by participating in design & code reviews writing and maintaining tests.
• Document the systems you are building to ensure they can be maintained by the next generation of developers.
• Serve in an oncall rotation as a first responder for software owned by your team.

What Youll Bring

• Bachelors degree in Computer science or a related field and 2 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with at least 1 major programming language (JavaScript/TypeScript Rust Java Go Python C# etc. and comfortable being on a team that utilizes multiple languages.
• Experience building deploying and maintaining cloudbased backend systems in AWS GCP or Azure.
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban).
• Familiarity with DevOps principles.
• A sense of ownership and accountability.
• Passion for software development continuous learning and a growth mindset.

What Values Youll Share

• Customer Obsessed Building deep empathy for our customers putting them at the core of our work and developing strong longterm relationships with them.
• Aim High Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
• No Ego Maintaining a no job too small attitude and 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 to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.

We wholeheartedly embrace and actively seek applications from all individuals no matter how they identify. We are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace and we believe our work is enriched when we incorporate a multitude of perspectives backgrounds and experiences. We want everyone who works here to thrive and contribute to not only our mission of keeping every home secure but also to making our workplace safe and supportive for others. If a reasonable accommodation may be needed to fully participate in the job application or interview process to perform the essential functions of a position or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact .