Lead Software Engineer - Hardware/3rd Party Integrations
Alertus Technologies6 months ago
Baltimore, MD, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$120k - $170k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain backend systems that manage and communicate with hundreds of thousands of concurrent IoT devices.
- Build high-throughput delivery systems for emergency notifications across SIP, multicast, MQTT-based device networks, and desktop agents.
- Lead integrations between the cloud SaaS platform and remote physical hardware for real-time emergency responses.
- Mentor the team and establish best practices for Node.js development, API design, and asynchronous communication.
- Implement monitoring and alerting frameworks to identify and resolve code and delivery-pipeline bottlenecks.
- Evolve audio and video communication protocols for low-latency, high-fidelity streaming.
- Guide the team through complex technical challenges while maintaining focus on impact and delivery.
- Travel occasionally as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of related experience.
- Deep expertise building, scaling, and maintaining production-grade Node.js applications in a microservices environment.
- Experience designing complex SaaS solutions using distributed systems and high-availability architecture.
- Significant experience with relational and non-relational databases, including schema design, query optimization, and data integrity for high-concurrency applications.
- Practical knowledge of SIP, multicast, and web-based communication protocols.
- Experience managing high-throughput data delivery and meeting strict reliability SLAs.
- Strong command of asynchronous messaging patterns such as RabbitMQ and Kafka and robust API integration strategies.
- Demonstrated ability to guide a team through complex technical hurdles.
- Preferred qualifications include database performance tuning at scale, distributed database management, professional hardware or IoT experience, low-latency video streaming knowledge, and experience in emergency notification, security, or mission-critical software.
Benefits
- Unlimited paid time off and paid holidays.
- 401(k) retirement plan.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Short-term disability, accident, hospital, and cancer insurance.
- Live Near Your Work homebuying incentive.
- Employee referral bonuses and flex scheduling.
- Candidates must be located within driving distance of the Baltimore headquarters; occasional travel is required.
Tech Stack
About Alertus Technologies
Alertus Technologies builds an integrated mass notification and emergency communications platform combining software with indoor/outdoor hardware—IP speakers, wall beacons, desktop alerts, digital signage, and giant-voice sirens—to disseminate critical messages across campuses, healthcare, government, and enterprises. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Baltimore, MD, the privately held company generates revenue from software licensing, hardware sales, and professional services such as installation, training, and 24/7 support.