SmartThings

Implement and maintain microservices for device management, state tracking, and event processing focusing on system performance and scalability. | Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or related field with at least 2 years programming experience and proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or similar languages with microservices and cloud experience. | Software Engineer, Devices Department: Core Cloud Employment Type: Full Time Location: Minneapolis, MN Description We’re SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. We're a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung with corporate offices in Minneapolis and the Bay Area. More than 430 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. We also offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem (think IKEA, SONOS, Honeywell, and so many more). 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. Come be a part of the leading edge of IoT innovation! About The Team SmartThings is seeking a skilled Software Engineer to join the Device Core (DC) Team. The DC team develops the core APIs used by all devices on our platform to control, react to, onboard, and list devices. If high volume systems critical to customer success excite you, then this opportunity is for you! This team is at the center of our IoT strategy, which continuously evolves to meet customer expectations, new standards, compliance and certification requirements, and business growth. In this role you’d have the opportunity to work on high-impact projects in a fast-paced, high visibility environment with a team of high performing engineers. This role is hybrid, 3 days/week in our Minneapolis Office (on iconic St Anthony Main across from Downtown...with attached parking at no cost to you!) The pay range for this role is $97,000 to $132,000, with an annual bonus target of 20%. Key Responsibilities As a member of the Device Core Team, you will contribute to: Implementing microservices surrounding devices, the device's last known state, and their events. Being attentive to devices, event volume and user requests (~250M /hr) as well as help implement corrective measures for scalability, reliability and performance. Abstracting the basic building blocks of a device into reusable pieces on the platform. Facilitating the many ways a device can be incorporated into a user account. Maintaining the communication between the device and the SmartThings platform. Skills, Knowledge & Expertise Minimum Qualifications: BS or MS Degree in Computer Science or related discipline. 2+ years of experience demonstrating proficiency in Java, Kotlin, object-oriented design, and/or C-based/inspired programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, C++, Rust, etc. Exposure to modern non-blocking/asynchronous server frameworks like Micronaut, Sprint Boot, Node.js, Spring WebFlux, etc. Comfortable developing and understanding of an existing codebase in order to implement new features. Experience with microservice architecture and service-to-service interconnectability. Experience with Linux systems. Experience in developing RESTful APIs. Experience operating production services in a cloud-based environment like AWS or GCP. Thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Preferred Qualifications Experience with asynchronous server-side programming. Experience with NoSQL databases such DynamoDB. Experience with Kafka. Experience with IoT device applications. SmartThings Benefits 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. We offer a parking stipend to cover the monthly garage cost. EV chargers are also onsite. In-office catered lunches once a week. Access to the onsite gym. Base compensation range for this position is $97,000 to $132,000 base within this range will depend on many factors including experience, skills, technical expertise and market alignment. In 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 talent@smartthings.com and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will connect with you further!

Lead technical design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure while mentoring engineers. | Bachelor's degree and 5+ years software engineering experience with AWS and distributed systems. | Senior Software Engineer, Apps & Behaviors Department: Interfaces Employment Type: Full Time Location: Minneapolis, MN Description We’re SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. We're a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung with corporate offices in Minneapolis and the Bay Area. More than 430 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. We also offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem (think IKEA, SONOS, Honeywell, and so many more). 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. Come be a part of the leading edge of IoT innovation! As a Senior Software Engineer on the Apps & Behaviors Services team, you'll take ownership of complex features and technical challenges within the platform powering SmartApps and Rules & Automations across the SmartThings ecosystem. You'll act as a technical lead — decomposing ambiguous problems, driving solutions from design through delivery, and identifying gaps where the platform can be made more scalable and reliable. Alongside your own contributions, you'll mentor other engineers and help raise the technical bar across the team. This role is hybrid, 3 days/week in our Minneapolis Office (on iconic St Anthony Main across from Downtown...with attached parking at no cost to you!) The pay range for this role is $117,000 to $158,000, with an annual bonus target of 20%. Key Responsibilities In this role, your primary responsibilities will include the following: Act as the technical lead for complex features and initiatives within the Apps & Behaviors Platform (the systems powering SmartApp and Rules & Automations execution) independently decomposing ambiguous requirements into clear, executable plans. Apply strong working knowledge of AWS infrastructure to design and build scalable, reliable components, following AWS Well-Architected best practices. Adopt AI-assisted engineering practices in your own workflow and help teammates apply them to speed up debugging, testing, triage, and delivery. Own your features end-to-end — from application code through the infrastructure and release changes they require — improving the reliability, maintainability, and observability of the systems you touch. Identify gaps in existing solutions and propose more effective technical approaches to improve efficiency and scalability. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers, meaningfully contributing to their growth. Skills, Knowledge & Expertise Inclusive Hiring Practices Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At SmartThings, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications) Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 5+ years of software engineering experience, with meaningful exposure to distributed systems and high-traffic cloud environments. Solid proficiency with core AWS services (EC2, Aurora RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway) and a working knowledge of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. A track record of independently owning and delivering complex, ambiguous projects with minimal oversight, and clearly communicating technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You treat uptime and operational resilience as core design considerations, building in graceful degradation and fault tolerance rather than reacting after instability hits production. A security-conscious approach to design. You consider security implications early rather than as a late-sprint checklist item. Desired Skills Experience with JVM-based service frameworks such as Dropwizard and Ratpack, and comfort working across Java, Kotlin, and Groovy within the same platform. Exposure to systems-level languages like Rust, particularly where logic is shared across cloud and embedded/hub runtimes Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures using AWS Kinesis, SQS, and SNS for asynchronous processing and eventual consistency across services. Familiarity with AWS data stores — DynamoDB, Aurora/MySQL, and caching layers like Memcached or Redis — and the trade-offs between them. Experience building resilient service-to-service communication using circuit breakers, retries, and bulkheads (e.g., resilience4j). Experience with progressive delivery practices — feature flagging (e.g., LaunchDarkly) and canary/staged rollouts. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Atlantis) and configuration management for EC2-based fleets (Ansible). SmartThings Benefits 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. 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 $117,000 to $158,000. Actual base within this range will depend on many factors including experience, skills, technical expertise and market alignment. In 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 talent@smartthings.com and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will connect with you further!

Lead backend design and implementation for IoT camera integrations and build APIs and microservices for live streaming and device management. | Bachelor's degree and 5+ years backend software engineering experience with JVM languages, Python, and AWS cloud architecture. | Senior Software Engineer, Backend IoT & Video Platform Department: Hub and Edge Employment Type: Full Time Location: Minneapolis, MN Reporting To: Namrata Garach Description We’re SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. We're a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung with corporate offices in Minneapolis and the Bay Area. More than 430 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. We also offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem (think IKEA, SONOS, Honeywell, and so many more). 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. Come be a part of the leading edge of IoT innovation! About The Team: The SmartThings Video & IoT Platform team powers the next generation of smart home experiences by integrating directly connected Audio/Video devices at massive scale. As Samsung SmartThings adopts the latest industry standards our team builds low-latency, dynamic cloud platforms supporting 1st-party and 3rd-party cameras. We primarily build event-driven distributed systems using JVM technologies (Kotlin, Scala), Python, and modern cloud-native AWS architectures. About The Role: We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with deep expertise in cloud architectures, real-time media streaming, and distributed systems. In 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 Downtown...with paid attached parking!). The pay range for this role is $117,000 to $158,000, 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 team’s 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) Bachelor's 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 everything—from 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 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. 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 $117,000 to $158,000. Actual base within this range will depend on many factors including experience, skills, technical expertise and market alignment. In 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 talent@smartthings.com and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will connect with you further!