Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer, Protocols Team                                 

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the architecture and delivery of IoT and smart automation protocols with a focus on Z‑Wave, Matter, PowerG, and ZigBee.  You will own initiatives from design through deployment, mentor engineers, and clearly communicate an architectural vision that aligns devices, gateways, mobile apps, and cloud services.  You will collaborate across Product, Firmware, Panels, and Operations to deliver secure, reliable, and interoperable experiences.

WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ALARM.COM? 

Define and communicate the protocol architecture for onboarding, secure transport, command and control, telemetry, and OTA updates across Z Wave, Matter, PowerG, and other IoT protocols.  Drive discovery, design, and implementation, set near term and long-term plans, review solutions, and provide clear documentation and examples.  Lead interoperability and certification, build gateway and cloud translation services, and deliver tools that enable partners.  Raise reliability through observability, on call support, and capacity planning with operations.  Join a small, friendly culture with a broad technology surface and immediate impact.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist with guiding the architectural direction of our Protocols domain
• Lead design of major components and systems for the Protocols team
• Mentor engineers and establish reusable patterns and best practices
• Assist with setting the Protocols roadmap and communicate tradeoffs and decisions to executives, partners, and cross functional teams
• Deliver robust implementations for Z Wave, Matter, PowerG, and ZigBee, including capability negotiation and backward compatibility
• Build gateway and cloud services that normalize device semantics with attention to latency, throughput, and cost
• Partner with Ops on deployments, on call rotations, incident response, and post incident reviews
• Guide data models and storage for protocol payloads and device state, and contribute concise architecture docs and runbooks
• Other duties as assigned 

WHAT DO YOU NEED?

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent work experience
• Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.
• Excellent understanding of design patterns and architectural styles.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong object-oriented programming skills; C# a plus.
• Experience with database design and development.