Job Description
A Software Engineer I at Alarm.com is responsible for designing, implementing, and testing software features across various layers of the tech stack, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and progressively taking ownership of projects to contribute to security and IoT solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and test software features across backend services, web applications, databases, and hardware-integrated systems.
- Develop and maintain backend workflows and messaging-based integrations, including parsers, processors, and business logic.
- Write and maintain unit tests to ensure code correctness, reliability, and maintainability.
- Participate in code reviews, incorporate feedback, and refactor code to improve quality and performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to clarify requirements, resolve issues, and deliver features.
- Take ownership of assigned features or small projects, tracking progress and communicating status and risks.
Requirements
- 0 to 2 years of professional software development experience, including internships, co-ops, or academic projects.
- B.A. or B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Experience with object-oriented programming in C or similar languages.
- Working knowledge of databases and SQL.
- Ability to read, understand, and implement from technical specifications.
- Strong problem-solving skills and comfort working in unfamiliar areas of the codebase.
- Clear and professional written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to learn new systems, tools, and domains, including hardware-integrated software.
- Experience in designing, implementing, and testing well-scoped software features across backend services, web applications, databases, and hardware-integrated systems, with guidance as needed.
- Ability to develop and maintain backend workflows and messaging-based integrations, including parsers, processors, and supporting business logic.
- Experience in writing and maintaining unit tests and assisting with test data setup to ensure correctness, reliability, and maintainability.
- Participation in code reviews, incorporating feedback, and contributing suggestions to improve code quality.
- Refactoring existing code to improve readability, performance, and long-term maintainability.
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Product Management, Quality Engineering, and hardware teams to clarify requirements, resolve issues, and deliver features.
- Taking ownership of assigned features or small projects, tracking work through completion, and communicating status and risks.
- Ability to work with backend systems and web applications built with C and .NET, and with databases and in-memory data stores using SQL, SQL Server, and Redis.
- Experience working with device and service messaging systems, including Kafka, RESTful APIs, and gRPC.
- Familiarity with cloud-native infrastructure and deployment tools such as Argo, Docker, Kubernetes, and major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Benefits & Perks
Medical plans with company subsidies
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
401(k) plan with an employer match
Paid vacation that increases with tenure
Paid holidays
Wellness time
Paid maternity and bonding leave
Company-paid disability insurance
Company-paid life insurance
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