SmartThings

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

Do you want to be part of a collaborative team that develops, owns, and operates SmartThings cloud services for hundreds of thousands of hubs and millions of devices? Hub Cloud Services handles billions of events through our system daily and millions of commands to users’ homes. We are responsible for processing commands and events so quickly that it’s indistinguishable to users whether automation runs in the cloud or locally on their local network.

In addition to building and enhancing our event/command pipelines, we own and control the APIs central to our hub and partner hubs. The hub is the backbone of many modern smart homes, making our team’s APIs and tools central for numerous teams at SmartThings. We are seeking an enthusiastic engineer interested in building innovative tools and features to support our platform’s requirements and our direct partners. We emphasize speed and reliability and seek engineers who strive to build highly available and scalable solutions. Come build, learn, teach, and grow with us. 

Department

Edge Devices & Hub

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

Minneapolis, MN

Workplace type

Hybrid

Reporting To

Juan Risso

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.
• Lead projects and create new architectural designs with your team members.
• Collaborate across global teams.
• Mentor other team members.
• Set professional standards for the company by role-modeling core values.

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 equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a software role.
• Strong development skills (preferably in Java or another JVM-based language).
• Experience in designing and developing microservices and REST APIs.
• Experience with cloud services deployments, monitoring, and production support.
• Ability to work within established infrastructure and quickly become familiar.
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision and manage time effectively.
• Eager to learn new technologies and adapt to new and changing requirements.

Desired Skills 

• Experience with deploying to cloud-based services like AWS.
• Experience with DynamoDB and Redis.
• Hands-on experience with at least one of the following cloud offerings: AWS, Azure, and GCP.

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 $108,743 and $157,677

About SmartThings

Creating a safer, smarter world with you.

SmartThings brings your home to life by being the leading open platform for the consumer Internet of Things. Bringing together developers, device makers, and service providers to make the world a smarter place. From a door that knows when to lock itself, to a living room that can get the party started or a sink that can help to call a plumber; the opportunities are endless to make everyday objects around us more useful. So if you’re innovative, not afraid to challenge status quo, collaborative and have a passion for technology, then you’ve found your next home with SmartThings!

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Our Hiring Process

Stage 3:

Zoom Interview

Stage 4:

Offer

Stage 1:

Recruiter Screen

Stage 2:

Hiring Manager Review

Stage 3:

Zoom Interview

Stage 4:

Offer

Stage 1:

Recruiter Screen

Stage 2:

Hiring Manager Review

Stage 3:

Zoom Interview

Stage 4:

Offer

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