Software Engineer - DArC (Minneapolis, MN)

Department: Device Architecture Cloud (DArC)

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Reporting To: Charlie Grussing-Neitzel

Description

We're SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung, our corporate offices are based in Minneapolis and the Bay Area.

More than 270 million people worldwide use SmartThings to control and manage their connected life. SmartThings delivers simple, powerful experiences across Samsung's leading portfolio of phones, TVs, and appliances, and we offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem. As a founding member of Matter, we are a leader in the industry to help make smart homes more secure, reliable and seamless to use.

Like the smartphone revolution, smart home technology is transforming the way we interact with the world around us. With SmartThings products, we're reducing global emissions, improving service industries, and creating a safer, smarter planet. Come be a part of the transformation with us! Do the SmartThings!

Key Responsibilities

This position is a hybrid role, based onsite 3 days a week at our office in Minneapolis, MN.

About The Team

SmartThings is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join the Device Architecture Cloud (DArC) Team. The DArC team develops the core APIs used by all devices on our platform to control, react to, onboard, and list devices. If high volume systems critical to customer success excite you, then this opportunity is for you! The team is at the center of our IoT strategy which actively evolves to meet customer expectations, adopt new standards, new compliance and certification requirements, and continuous business growth. In this role you'd have the opportunity to work on high-impact projects in a fast-paced, high visibility environment with a team of high performing engineers.

If you desire a technically challenging, collaborative, and fun environment, SmartThings may be the place for you!

As a member of the Device Architecture Cloud Team, you will contribute to:

• Implementing microservices surrounding devices, the device's last known state, and their events.
• Expected to be attentive to devices, event volume and user requests (~250M /hr) as well as help implement corrective measures for scalability, reliability and performance.
• Abstracting the basic building blocks of a device into reusable pieces on the platform.
• Facilitating the many ways a device can be incorporated into a user account.
• Maintaining the communication between the device and the SmartThings platform.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge And Expertise

Inclusive Hiring Practices

If your skills and experience are close to what we're looking for, we encourage you to apply. We know that abilities can be developed in many different ways, and some of the most educational paths have twists and turns. Diversity of thought creates the most creative teams, and we're passionate about adding new perspectives to the conversation at SmartThings. Even if you aren't certain you meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply!

• BS or MS in Computer Science or related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience demonstrating proficiency in Java, Kotlin, object-oriented design, and/or C-based/inspired programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, C++, Rust, etc.
• Exposure to modern non-blocking/asynchronous server frameworks like Micronaut, Sprint Boot, Node.js, Spring WebFlux, etc.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Comfortable developing and understanding of an existing codebase in order to implement new features.
• Experience with microservice architecture and service-to-service interconnectability
• Experience with Linux systems.
• Experience in developing RESTful APIs.
• Experience operating production services in a cloud-based environment like AWS or GCP.
• Good communication and people skills. Comfortable presenting to both internal and external executive audiences.
• Generally identifies as a hard working, light hearted, growth mindset individual
  
  

Desired Skills

• Experience with RatPack is a plus.
• Experience with Java & Kotlin
• JVM web frameworks. Micronaut, Spring Boot, etc.
• Experience with asynchronous server-side programming.
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra or DynamoDB.
• Experience with Kafka.
• Experience with IoT device applications.
  
  

SmartThings Benefits

Why You'll 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 O'Reilly.
• 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.
  
  

Compensation for this role for a candidate based in Minneapolis is expected to be between $86,503 and $122,834. Additionally, this role is eligible for a 15% annual target bonus potential, depending on company and individual performance.

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