Principal Software Architect, Platform Engineering

Chamberlain Group•Oak Brook, IL

About The Position

Chamberlain Group (CG) is a global leader in intelligent access and Blackstone portfolio company. Powered by our myQ technology, we make access simple and secure for millions of homeowners, businesses, and communities worldwide. Our flagship brands, LiftMaster® and Chamberlain® , are found in 51+ million homes, and 14 million+ people rely on the myQ® app daily. This position is within Chamberlain’s Engineering group and is a key leadership role responsible for shaping and building the next generation of our core Video Platform to support expected growth. Our Video Platform is a large scale, high availability system that provides video streaming, storage and computer vision for IP cameras and other IoT devices with embedded cameras. This position is responsible for applying advanced software engineering knowledge and best practices to take our Video Platform to the next level, by leading the team to design and build a planet-scale platform.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
An advanced degree in directly applicable area of study may substitute for up to two (2) years of job related experience
10+ years of relevant job-related experience as defined in the Essential Duties and Responsibilities
8 years of experience with cloud architecture and platform design
Experience designing, developing, and maintaining a large-scale cloud platform
Experience defining functional process improvements and implementing change
Extensive experience in creating technical documentation and implementing standards of documentation for others to follow
Experience researching technologies and setting long term technical vision for the platform
Experience instituting best practices, principles, and standards for software development
Experience establishing software development lifecycles
Experience building highly scalable and reliable software solutions platforms
Experience with Java technology stack, including Java SE, Java EE, JDBC, Hibernate
Experience with WebRTC, H.264, HLS, ICE, video relay
Experience with Eclipse, GIT
Experience with SQL, No-SQL databases, queues, and messaging systems
Experience with application performance monitoring tools
Experience with AWS services such as EKS, ECR, Aurora, S3, KVS, SQS, Recognition, CodePipeline
Experience interfacing with teams across the full stack, including firmware, middleware, and front-end
Thorough understanding of software development and design principles
Thorough understanding of large scale consumer facing video access technologies, subscription service and implementation
Thorough understanding of cloud-based development
Thorough understanding of SQL query optimization and Java code optimization
Thorough understanding of multi-threading best practices, especially with regard to Java
Ability to provide clear direction to multiple development teams across teams and geographies
Strong leadership and communication qualities
Ability to estimate work, support project plan creation, and report out progress to functional management at a platform level
Understanding of the technologies and architectures used across the full stack, including firmware, middleware, and front-end

Responsibilities

Lead the team to design and build our next generation video platform
Identify and evaluate technologies and architecture designs that support a planet-scale platform
Collaborate with other architects and engineers to produce thoughtful software designs of large scope and high complexity
Collaborate with other Chamberlain domain experts, such as AI/ML, user experience, infrastructure, database, firmware, and front end developers to understand and analyze requirements for features and platform enhancements
Specify and implement APIs, architectural guidelines and standards for cloud software development
Set coding standards and other best practices to create reusable code
Provide oversight of the design review processes and implement process improvements to maintain high quality software applications
Assess functional team skills and process maturity, outline training plans, and develop a technology roadmap to drive continuous improvement within the application teams
Participate in technical assessment, scoping and management of changes to the codebase on new business requirements, product enhancements and other change requests across multiple scrum teams
Lead technical discussions in community of practice, design review, or other technical meeting forums
Provide mentoring and coaching to junior and senior engineers to increase software capability of the development teams
Report functional team strategy and roadmap to manager and director level stakeholders to align with company strategy
Stay current on modern technologies and innovations which can further enhance and improve the commercial success of the myQ connectivity and video solutions
Responsible for complying with the security requirements set forth by the Information Security team and the established ISO 27001 Security Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities Document found in the ISMS Document Library
Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; managers should also ensure compliance across their teams.
Protect Chamberlain Group’s reputation by keeping information confidential.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed.