Staff Software Engineer, Hub Platform
SmartThings14 hours ago
Base Salary
$139k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and drive long-term technical vision for one or more Hub Platform domains.
- Own architecture and execution for large, complex, cross-functional initiatives supporting future hub platforms.
- Guide reliable and secure designs for firmware updates, hub OS abstractions, partner integrations, and hub-to-cloud connectivity.
- Evaluate and establish AI-assisted development and operational practices.
- Partner with firmware, security, cloud infrastructure, product, and partner engineering teams on technical direction.
- Mentor engineers at all levels, including senior engineers, and improve engineering practices across the organization.
- Support observability, incident response, and on-call operations for firmware delivery, hub connectivity, and attestation services.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of production software engineering experience with demonstrated Staff-level technical leadership.
- Strong knowledge of embedded Linux, boot-chain validation, kernel and system security, secure boot, and firmware signing.
- Strong knowledge of mTLS/PKI, attestation, secure provisioning, and trusted execution environments such as TrustZone and OP-TEE.
- Strong experience designing and operating distributed AWS-based backend systems for firmware delivery, device connectivity, or IoT fleets at scale.
- Strong knowledge of AI development tools and practices.
- Experience with Docker or similar containerization tools for building, testing, and deploying services.
- Proven ability to lead architecture and design reviews, set cross-team technical direction, and simplify complex problems.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills with firmware, security, product, and partner engineering teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proficiency in Rust is desired.
- Experience with IoT fleet management, including provisioning, monitoring, and lifecycle management, is desired.
- Experience with Matter, Thread, and MQTT is desired.
- Experience with embedded-firmware CI/build infrastructure, GitHub Actions runners, and reproducible build pipelines is desired.
- Experience supporting OEM or partner integration models is desired.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and mental-health benefits, plus HSA employer contributions, life and disability insurance, FSAs, and a 401(k) with a 5% employer match.
- Unlimited PTO, 12 paid holidays, and generous parental leave including 8 weeks of fully paid parental leave and 8 additional fully paid weeks of childbirth recovery leave.
- Education reimbursement and access to O’Reilly learning resources.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring three days per week in the Minneapolis office.
- Parking stipend, paid attached parking, onsite EV chargers, catered Thursday lunches, and access to an onsite gym.
- Inclusive and accessible workplace with opportunities to participate in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging initiatives.
About SmartThings
SmartThings builds a smart-home platform and mobile app that lets consumers connect and control devices from Samsung and third-party partners, with optional hubs and developer integrations. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Mountain View, it operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics. The company supports major IoT standards (e.g., Matter) and powers automation across phones, TVs, appliances, and other connected devices.