Software Engineer I Video Platform

About SimpliSafe

Were a high-tech home security company thats passionate about protecting the life youve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And weve created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career youre building. Ours is a no ego culture of collaboration and innovation where those seeking their next challenge can find big opportunities and make a huge impact on the lives of all those who we protect. We dont just want you to work here. We want you to grow and thrive here.

Were embracing a hybrid work model that enables our teams to split their time between office and home. Hybrid for us means we expect our teams to come together in our state-of-the-art office on two core days typically Tuesday Wednesday or Thursday working together in person and choosing where they work for the remainder of the week. We all benefit from flexibility and get to use the best of both worlds to get our work done.

Why are we hiring

Well were growing and thriving. So we need smart talented and humble people who share our values to join us as we disrupt the home security space and relentlessly pursue our mission of keeping Every Home Secure.

What Youll Do

As a Software Engineer 1 on SimpliSafes Video team youll help build and operate the cloud-based systems that power live streaming and video recording for SimpliSafe cameras.

Our team owns the backend microservices that ingest process store and deliver video in real timeserving customers monitoring agents and machine learning systems. We operate at scale and in a safety-critical domain where reliability performance and simplicity matter deeply.

Youll work closely with more senior engineers product managers and partner teams to learn how we design build and improve these services while contributing real code from day one.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Work closely with senior engineers and your manager to learn our codebase systems and engineering practices while contributing to real features from day one.
• Use AI-assisted development tools including Claude Code to accelerate coding testing and debugging and continually build your skill at working effectively alongside AI in your day-to-day engineering work.
• Help design build and maintain backend services that support live video streaming and recording under the guidance of more senior engineers.
• Write clean well-tested code learning to apply best practices for maintainability and long-term ownership.
• Debug issues and make incremental improvements to existing systems as you build context on how our services work.
• Learn and apply best practices for designing and operating distributed systems by working alongside senior engineers.
• Participate in design discussions and code reviews both giving and receiving feedback as a way to sharpen your engineering skills.
• Document systems and workflows so knowledge is shared and services stay easy to evolve.
• After an onboarding and ramp-up period join the on-call rotation as a first responder with support and mentorship from more senior engineers.

What Youll Bring

• A Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related field completed or expected soon (or equivalent practical experience).
• A solid foundation in data structures algorithms and object-oriented design principles.
• Exposure to at least one modern programming language (e.g. TypeScript C# Go Java) through coursework internships or personal projects.
• Familiarity with version control (e.g. Git).
• Basic understanding of distributed systems concepts (e.g. APIs asynchronous processing) gained through coursework or projects.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Curiosity humility and a genuine desire to continuously learn and grow.
• Comfort working collaboratively in a team environment and communicating clearly about your work.

Nice-to-Haves

• Internship co-op research or personal/open-source project experience building software.
• Exposure to video streaming or real-time data systems.
• Familiarity with microservice architectures message queues or event-driven systems.
• Exposure to cloud platforms particularly AWS.
• Coursework or projects involving machine learning or analytics pipelines.

What Values Youll Share

• Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers putting them at the core of our work and developing strong long-term relationships with them.
• Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar.
• No Ego - Maintaining a no job too small attitude and an open inclusive and humble style.
• One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success.
• Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed.
• Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment.

What We Offer

• A mission- and values-driven culture and a safe inclusive environment where you can build grow and thrive
• A comprehensive total rewards package that supports your wellness and provides security for SimpliSafers and their families (For more information on our total rewards please click here)
• Free SimpliSafe system and professional monitoring for your home.
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) that bring people together give opportunities to network mentor and develop and advocate for change.

The target annual base pay range for this role is $75100 to $100100.

This target annual base pay range represents our good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this role. We use a market-based compensation approach to set our target annual base pay ranges and make adjustments annually. We carefully tailor individual compensation packages including base pay taking into consideration employees job-related skills experience qualifications work location and other relevant business factors.

Beyond base pay we offer a Total Rewards package that may include participation in our annual bonus program equity and other forms of compensation in addition to a full range of medical retirement and lifestyle benefits. More details can be found here.

Were committed to fair and equitable pay practices as well as pay transparency. We regularly review our programs to ensure they remain competitive and aligned with our values.

We wholeheartedly embrace and actively seek applications from all individuals no matter how they identify. We are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace and we believe our work is enriched when we incorporate a multitude of perspectives backgrounds and experiences. We want everyone who works here to thrive and contribute to not only our mission of keeping every home secure but also to making our workplace safe and supportive for others. If a reasonable accommodation may be needed to fully participate in the job application or interview process to perform the essential functions of a position or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment please contact .