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Senior Software Engineer, Backend IoT & Video Platform
Job Location:
Job Location:
Minneapolis, MN - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 117000 - 158000
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
7 August 2026 (30+ days ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
18 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Vacancies:
Job Summary
About The Role: We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with deep expertise in cloud architectures real-time media streaming and distributed this role you will lead the design and implementation of cloud services connecting first-party and Matter-enabled cameras to the SmartThings platform. You will architect high-availability services using AWS (EC2 EKS/Kubernetes Lambda S3 ElastiCache DynamoDB EventBridge) and collaborate closely with firmware matter mobile security and product engineering teams.
This role is hybrid 3 days/week in our Minneapolis Office (on iconic St Anthony Main across from paid attached parking!).
The pay range for this role is $117000 to $158000 with an annual bonus target of 20%.
Key Responsibilities
In this role your primary responsibilities will include the following:
- Architect & Build: Lead the backend design and implementation for Direct-to-Cloud and Edge/Matter camera integration within SmartThings.
- Scale & Performance: Build high-throughput low-latency APIs and event-driven microservices to handle live AV streaming clip recording and video device management.
- Technical Leadership: Drive architectural discussions system design reviews and establish engineering best practices. Mentor other engineers on the team.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with firmware mobile matter security and product management teams to deliver seamless end-to-end device onboarding and streaming experiences.
- Operational Excellence: Participate in system observability setup (tracing metrics alerting) and join the teams on-call rotation to ensure high availability and reliability for consumer-facing production systems.
Skills Knowledge & Expertise
What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Comuputer Engineering or related
- 5 years of production experience in backend software engineering with demonstrated experience as a Senior technical contributor.
- High proficiency in JVM languages (Kotlin or Scala) as well as Python.
- Strong hands-on experience building distributed systems on AWS (EC2 K8s Lambda DynamoDB ElastiCache).
- Experience with real-time video/audio streaming protocols (WebRTC) or event-driven streaming frameworks (Kafka Kinesis EventBridge).
- Proven track record of designing scaling and maintaining production REST/gRPC APIs and microservices.
- Strong system design capability excellent communication skills and a history of cross-functional technical collaboration.
- A passion for automating everythingfrom infrastructure (Terraform/CDK) to testing and deployment pipelines.
Desired Skills
- Experience with IoT protocols (Matter Thread MQTT mTLS/PKI security frameworks).
- Deep experience in observability tools (Datadog Sumo Logic OpenTelemetry).
- Experience handling high-concurrency low-latency media streams at scale.
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. 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
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