Staff Software Engineer - Hub To Cloud (Minneapolis, MN)

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!SmartThings Culture & Ways of WorkingSmartThings' dynamic culture continuously moves forward with agility and determination, providing an opportunity for impactful contributions across all roles. Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is deeply ingrained in our core values, fostering a culture that values,celebrates, and honors the unique perspectives and experiences of every individual. Embracing inclusive practices, we strive to cultivate a work environment where everyone thrives. At SmartThings, we're creating immersive, interconnected experiences for both our customers and our team members. Our workplace mirrors this ethos, offering a versatile hybrid environment that nurtures personal connections and fosters collaborative efforts. It's a place where we can harness the power of teamwork and also delve into focused solo work from the comfort of home a couple of days a week. Joining our team means being based in the vibrant Minneapolis/St. Paul area and working with us at our Minneapolis office three days a week, adding your unique touch to our collective journey. About The TeamAt SmartThings, large scale is a way of life. Hundreds of thousands of hubs and millions of devices interact with our platform on a daily basis generating billions of events - and the future is bright for those numbers to go up! The Hub to Cloud (H2C) team is responsible for maintaining connectivity between all of the hubs and the SmartThings Platform. We do this using an event-driven architecture spanning multiple services where uptime and low-latency are always the first requirement. Our goal is to make the end user's experience better by developing a low-latency, fault-tolerant, and scalable edge platform.H2C is at the forefront of integrating new technologies and methodologies, many of which are being adopted by other teams at the company after we've laid the foundation. So, if you want to be part of a team that is highly visible, collaborative, blameless, and responsible for building the future of SmartThings, then join us!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!

SmartThings Culture & Ways of Working

SmartThings' dynamic culture continuously moves forward with agility and determination, providing an opportunity for impactful contributions across all roles. Our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging is deeply ingrained in our core values, fostering a culture that values,celebrates, and honors the unique perspectives and experiences of every individual. Embracing inclusive practices, we strive to cultivate a work environment where everyone thrives.

At SmartThings, we're creating immersive, interconnected experiences for both our customers and our team members. Our workplace mirrors this ethos, offering a versatile hybrid environment that nurtures personal connections and fosters collaborative efforts. It's a place where we can harness the power of teamwork and also delve into focused solo work from the comfort of home a couple of days a week. Joining our team means being based in the vibrant Minneapolis/St. Paul area and working with us at our Minneapolis office three days a week, adding your unique touch to our collective journey.

About The Team

At SmartThings, large scale is a way of life. Hundreds of thousands of hubs and millions of devices interact with our platform on a daily basis generating billions of events - and the future is bright for those numbers to go up! The Hub to Cloud (H2C) team is responsible for maintaining connectivity between all of the hubs and the SmartThings Platform. We do this using an event-driven architecture spanning multiple services where uptime and low-latency are always the first requirement. Our goal is to make the end user's experience better by developing a low-latency, fault-tolerant, and scalable edge platform.

H2C is at the forefront of integrating new technologies and methodologies, many of which are being adopted by other teams at the company after we've laid the foundation. So, if you want to be part of a team that is highly visible, collaborative, blameless, and responsible for building the future of SmartThings, then join us!

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cloud services that are scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant.

• Proactively identify areas for improvement and influence strategy within the team's responsibility.

• Improve quality, uptime, and monitoring for all existing applications and apply best practices for new development.

• Working comfortably in all phases of the software development lifecycle from planning to deployment and support.

• Serve as a technical leader on projects, architecting and designing large, complex features.

• Work with managers to scope and define assignments and other project criteria.

• Driving key strategic outcomes like reliability, quality, and testability.

• Identifying additional work items to act as a steward of systems.

• Mentoring other team members.

• Collaborate across local and global teams.

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!

What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar discipline.

• 8+ years of experience in a software role preferred.

• Java or other JVM languages (we are predominantly Java 17+ and Kotlin).

• Debugging JVM applications using tools like profiling, thread dumps, and heap dumps.

• Developing and supporting production systems.

• Designing robust applications and APIs.

• Experience in designing and implementing microservice architecture.

Desired Skills

• Experience with asynchronous programming and frameworks (e.g. Vert.x or Ratpack).

• Experience with event-driven architectures and technologies (e.g. Kafka, Redis Streams, or RabbitMQ).

• Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g. DynamoDB, Cassandra, or Redis).

• Experience with cloud providers (e.g. AWS, Azure, or GCP).

SmartThings Benefits

• 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 $128,148 and $192,222. Additionally, this role is eligible for a 20% annual target bonus potential, depending on company and individual performance.