Manager, Software Engineering (User Systems)

About SimpliSafe

Were a high-tech 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 state-of-the-art 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

Join Simplisafes User Systems team as a hands-on Manager of Software Engineering to lead one of our high-performing backend development this critical role you will split your time between managementmentoring engineers setting technical direction and driving executionand direct technical contribution including coding design and architecture review. You will be instrumental in the successful delivery and operational excellence of our core backend services.

Primary responsibilities include

• Manage and mentor a team of 3-5 backend software engineers fostering a culture of ownership continuous improvement and technical excellence.
• Conduct regular one-on-ones provide coaching write and deliver performance reviews and support career development plans for all team members.
• Drive the planning execution and successful delivery of projects within an Agile/Scrum framework ensuring on-time delivery and high-quality results.
• Partner with product managers QA and other engineering teams to define requirements scope projects and manage dependencies.
• Serve as a technical leader and active individual contributor spending a significant portion of your time writing high-quality production-ready code in Typescript/Javascript and Rust.
• Lead the design architecture and implementation of scalable high-availability and fault-tolerant backend services and APIs.
• Set and enforce technical standards conduct rigorous code and design reviews and ensure the team adheres to best practices in areas such as testing monitoring and security.
• Oversee the deployment monitoring and maintenance of production systems and participate in an on-call rotation as needed.

What Youll Bring

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• 8 years of professional software engineering experience with at least 1-2 years of experience in a formal management or technical lead role managing direct reports.
• Deep expertise in developing and deploying complex high-traffic backend systems and microservices.
• 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 understanding of distributed systems relational and NoSQL databases (e.g. MySQL MongoDB DynamoDB) caching and message queues (e.g. Kafka RabbitMQ).
• Hands-on experience building deploying and maintaining cloud-based backend systems (AWS GCP or Azure).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) and DevOps principles.

What Values Youll Share

• 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 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.

What We Offer

• 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 SimpliSafers and their families (For more information on our total rewards please click here)
• Free SimpliSafe 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 $142800 to $209500.

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. We carefully tailor individual compensation packages including base pay taking into consideration employees job-related skills experience qualifications work location and other relevant business factors.

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. More details can be found here.

Were committed to fair and equitable pay practices as well as pay transparency. We regularly review our programs to ensure they remain competitive and aligned with our values.

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 .