Sr Software Engineer
Minneapolis, MN - USA
Job Summary
In order to support our growing user base and provide exciting new functionality the Events team is building new microservices based on high-performance scalable technologies. With platform growth from Samsung products like Galaxy Smartphones Neo QLED TVs and Bespoke appliances in addition to the revolutionary Matter project the Events team needs to add a highly skilled software engineer with experience in building scalable cloud services.
If you want to learn more about the work youll be doing with us take a look at the SmartThings API for Subscriptions and Schedules.
Key Responsibilities
This position is a hybrid role based onsite 3 days a week at our office in Minneapolis MN.
In this role your primary responsibilities will include the following:
In this role your primary responsibilities will include the following:
- Drive the execution and delivery of critical features within the Events team
- Implement solutions to complicated globally distributed problems at massive scale
- Participate in total ownership of the Event Pipeline from design and development to testing and operational support
- Provide highly reliable services with zero-down time
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
- Contribute to technical design documents and architectural discussions for the Events team.
Skills Knowledge & Expertise
Inclusive Hiring Practices
Dont meet all desired requirements Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At SmartThings we are dedicated to building a diverse inclusive and authentic workplace so if youre excited about this role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly in the job description we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)
What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)
- BS or MS in Computer Science or related.
- 5 years of related experience.
- Professional history developing services with Java and the JVM Ecosystem. Experience with other JVM languages especially Kotlin is a plus.
- Strong experience designing and implementing scalable well-structured REST APIs
- Background building cloud-native services to operate on cloud platforms such as AWS GCP or Azure
- Experience designing and implementing event driven architectures with data streaming systems like Apache Kafka or AWS Kinesis (Kafka is preferred)
- Data design and efficient access with SQL (e.g. MySQL or PostGreSQL) and NoSQL (e.g. DynamoDB or Cassandra) database systems
- Experience writing automated tests leveraging frameworks such as JUnit Spock or Kotest
- Effective collaboration through Git version control
- Demonstrated experience delivering systems end-to-end from design through production launch monitoring and iteration
- Ability to collaborate with peer teams quality assurance and product management to build the best solution for our customers
Desired Skills
- Familiarity with frameworks like Micronaut Spring Boot Spring Webflux especially focused on asynchronous and reactive patterns
- Familiarity with processes and tools that enable Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Knowledge of distributed cache solutions (e.g. Redis Valkey Memcached)
- Experience with our common tools such as Jira Confluence Spinnaker Jenkins Datadog SumoLogic JetBrains IntelliJ
SmartThings Benefits
Why Youll Love Working at SmartThings
- We offer an attractive compensation package with comprehensive health benefits including medical dental vision and mental health; an HSA with employer contribution; life & disability insurance; FSAs for health and dependent care expenses; a competitive 401k with a 5% employer match and more.
- All of our employees enjoy unlimited PTO 12 paid holidays and a generous parental leave policy (8 weeks fully paid parental leave and 8 more fully paid weeks for childbirth recovery leave).
- Eligible employees benefit from our education reimbursement program and all employees enjoy access to learning resources through OReilly.
- Our commitment to diversity equity inclusion and belonging is embedded into our culture and our work and everyone has frequent opportunities to join forums and groups and participate in ongoing projects.
- We offer a parking stipend to cover the monthly garage cost. EV chargers are also onsite.
- In-office catered lunches on Thursdays.
- Access to the onsite gym.
Base compensation range for this position is $117000 to $158000 annually. Actual base within this range will depend on many factors including experience skills technical expertise and market addition this role is eligible for a 20% annual target bonus based heavily on individual performance.
At SmartThings we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all. If you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process or to perform the requirements of the job we will work with you to meet your needs in compliance with applicable laws. Please reach out to and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will connect with you further!
At SmartThings we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all. If you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process or to perform the requirements of the job we will work with you to meet your needs in compliance with applicable laws. Please reach out to and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will connect with you further!
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
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