Base Salary
$88k - $123k/yr
Responsibilities
- Write and maintain backend code for device state and command APIs, event pipelines, lifecycle management, and partner-facing integrations.
- Complete assigned features independently with high-level direction and participate in design and code reviews.
- Own work across design, implementation, testing, release, documentation, and production readiness.
- Lead small projects or well-scoped workstreams and contribute to moderately complex multi-engineer projects.
- Debug production issues, support incident response and postmortems, and build observable and supportable software.
- Use AI-assisted development tools for implementation, debugging, refactoring, testing, and documentation while rigorously validating output.
- Collaborate with engineering, QE, PM, PgM, and operations, and assist with onboarding more junior engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2–3 years of backend software engineering experience.
- Solid programming fundamentals and the ability to independently deliver maintainable backend code and debug effectively.
- Working knowledge of RESTful APIs, basic distributed systems patterns, and event-driven or asynchronous processing.
- Demonstrated ownership of assigned work from design through delivery with proactive communication.
- Familiarity with software development processes including design, implementation, code review, testing, and release.
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development workflows with rigorous review and validation.
- Preferred: experience with .NET, C#, and SQL Server.
- Preferred: exposure to event-driven architectures, message queues, or streaming systems.
- Preferred: experience with partner-facing APIs, integration-heavy backend systems, shared platform components, device-oriented systems, IoT platforms, or production observability.
Benefits
- Medical plans with company subsidies and a company-contributed Health Savings Account.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Paid vacation increasing with tenure, paid holidays, wellness time, and paid maternity and bonding leave.
- Company-paid disability and life insurance.
- Collaborative and casual work environment with opportunities for broad experience and immediate responsibility.
- Employees work from the office four days per week.
Tech Stack
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About Alarm.com
Alarm.com is the leading platform for the intelligently connected property. Millions of people depend on Alarm.com's technology to monitor and control their property from anywhere. Centered on security and remote monitoring, our platform addresses a wide range of market needs and enables application-based control for a growing variety of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Our security, video monitoring, intelligent automation and energy management solutions are available through our network of thousands of professional service providers in North America and around the globe. Alarm.com's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ALRM. Alarm.com earned the Top Workplace™ award for its employee culture and the meaningful work we do every day to develop and bring to market new technology that will make millions of people safer and help them use energy more efficiently. 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.