The Customer Experience (CX) team is a blend of web and mobile full-stack engineers focusing on features core to the user experience on our websites and mobile applications. Some examples include providing onboarding guidance to properly configure their security systems, educating customers on the best way to protect the things they love, and notifying customers of important activity on their systems.
We’re seeking a Full-Stack Tech Lead (focus on web development) who is passionate about creating change through technology and wants to make a lasting impact on the world around them.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Architect and Contributor: Architect and implement full-stack software solutions to complex technical problems using ingenuity and creativity with an emphasis on end-user experiences for our web apps. Build solutions with robustness and risk mitigation in mind. Deliver incremental progress on a predictable cadence.
- Mentor: Serve as a mentor to our growing engineering department via in-person collaboration, trainings, and code reviews, in areas for which you are a subject matter expert.
- Planner: Ensure our roadmap aligns with the company’s product development strategy by collaborating with Product Management.
- Technical Influencer: Research, evaluate, and apply new technologies and best-practice engineering methodologies and processes across our team.
- Collaborator: Participate in collaborative meetings to coordinate both short-term and long-term activities between business areas.
- Communicator: Produce clean technical design documentation and diagrams to facilitate knowledge transfer. Provide clear, audience-relevant technical communication to help drive progress for the team.
- Monitor: Develop test plans in conjunction with Quality Assurance and monitor performance in our production environment.
- Change Agent: Identify opportunities for improved efficiency within our code or business processes, propose solutions, and implement your vision with significant autonomy.
- Other duties as assigned.
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
- Collaborate with Outstanding People: We hire only the best. Our standards are high, and our employees enjoy working alongside other high achievers. You will be able to both learn something new and impart your knowledge across the team.
- Make an Immediate Impact: You will be responsible for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You will be empowered to perform as soon as you join the team!
- Work with Real Devices: You will write code that interacts with the physical world. You’ll be able to see your work in action with the numerous IoT devices we work with every day.
- Gain Well-rounded Experience: Alarm.com offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.
- Be Empowered: We don’t want to micro-manage you. We barely want to tell you what to do. We want you to own stuff and bring your experience to make those products best in class.
- Work with the Latest Technologies: You’ll gain exposure to a broad spectrum of IoT and SaaS technology. Our tech stack includes Ember.js, C#, .NET, SQL Server, Kafka, as well as native iOS and Android applications.
- Focus on Fun: Alarm.com places high value on our team culture. This involves opportunities to interact with fellow employees both inside and outside of work.
WHAT SHOULD YOU BRING?
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent work experience
- 8+ years of relevant professional software development experience
- Experience leading and mentoring other engineers
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience with JavaScript web frameworks (e.g. Ember, React, Vue, etc.)
- Experience with CSS and HTML
- Experience with object-oriented languages (e.g. C#)
- Experience with JavaScript build tools (e.g. Gulp) and testing frameworks (e.g. Mirage)
- Experience with package managers (e.g. npm)
- Exposure to TypeScript
- Exposure to Web API design
- Exposure to JSON serialization
- Familiarity with networking concepts, principles, and technologies (e.g. WebSockets)
Even if you don’t check every box, we still encourage you to apply. We understand talented people have a mixture of background experience and can learn new technologies and languages.
WHY WORK FOR ALARM.COM?
- Collaborate with outstanding people: We hire only the best. Our standards are high and our employees enjoy working alongside other high achievers.
- Make an immediate impact: New employees can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You are empowered to perform as soon as you join the Alarm.com team!
- Gain well rounded experience: Alarm.com offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.
- Focus on fun: Alarm.com places high value on our team culture. We even have a committee dedicated to hosting a stand-out holiday party, happy hours, and other fun corporate events.
- Alarm.com values working together and collaborating in person. Our employees work from the office 4 days a week.
COMPANY INFO
Alarm.com is the leading cloud-based platform for smart security and the Internet of Things. More than 7.6 million home and business owners depend on our solutions every day to make their properties safer, smarter, and more efficient. And every day, we’re innovating new technologies in rapidly evolving spaces including AI, video analytics, facial recognition, machine learning, energy analytics, and more. We’re seeking those who are passionate about creating change through technology and who want to make a lasting impact on the world around them.
For more information, please visit www.alarm.com.
COMPANY BENEFITS
Alarm.com offers competitive pay and benefits inclusive of subsidized medical plan options, an HSA with generous company contribution, a 401(k) with employer match, and paid holidays, wellness time, and vacation increasing with tenure. Paid maternity and bonding leave, company-paid disability and life insurance, FSAs, well-being resources and activities, and a casual dress work environment are also part of our outstanding total rewards package!
Alarm.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Notice To Third Party Agencies:
Alarm.com understands the value of professional recruiting services. However, we are not accepting resumes from recruiters or employment agencies for this position. In the event we receive a resume or candidate referral for this position from a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed agreement, we reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to you. If you are interested in working with Alarm.com, please email your company information and standard agreement to RecruitingPartnerships@Alarm.com.
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