Intermediate Software Engineer
About The Position
ecobee, now a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems, is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Device Management Services team. This team is responsible for building and maintaining distributed backend systems that handle large-scale IoT device connectivity, onboarding, authentication, authorization, and communication between devices and cloud applications. The role involves contributing to the design and development of highly scalable, fault-tolerant backend services that power real-time device communication and orchestration. The engineer will work with modern distributed systems and existing large-scale Java-based monolithic systems, impacting Generac's connected device ecosystem which powers millions of IoT devices. The position offers the opportunity to work with modern cloud-native architectures and influence foundational systems for next-generation IoT capabilities. This role follows a hybrid schedule, requiring in-office work on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the Toronto office, with flexibility for remote work the rest of the week.
Requirements
- 3-5 years of experience in backend software engineering
- Strong programming experience in Java, Golang and Python
- Comfortable reading, debugging, and contributing to Java-based systems and microservice architecture
- Exposure or willingness to work in Go-based microservices environments
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and backend service architecture
- Experience working with cloud platforms (preferably GCP or AWS)
- Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and microservice architecture
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
- Exposure to Kubernetes and containerized deployments
- Working knowledge of Linux-based environments and Git version control
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex system issues
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AWS IoT Core and IoT device connectivity platforms, with a strong emphasis on MQTT-based communication
- Familiarity with Python for scripting, automation, or tooling
- Experience working in DevOps-oriented or infrastructure-heavy environments
- Understanding of device connectivity, telemetry, and real-time messaging systems, with the ability to define, measure, and communicate performance and reliability through SLOs and SLAs.
- Prior experience working on connected devices or large-scale distributed systems
- Exposure to multi-cloud environments (GCP + AWS)
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain distributed backend services supporting IoT device connectivity at scale
- Build and enhance systems for device onboarding, authentication, authorization, and lifecycle management
- Develop APIs and services enabling bi-directional communication between cloud applications and connected devices
- Work on both modern Go-based services and existing Java-based monolithic systems
- Collaborate with internal platform teams (e.g., energy, device intelligence, and security services) to support device-driven capabilities
- Contribute to system reliability, scalability, and performance improvements
- Participate in debugging, root cause analysis, and resolution of complex distributed system issues
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and support deployment processes in a cloud-native environment
- Ensure operational excellence through monitoring, logging, and incident response practices
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision plans
- life, long-term disability, flexible spending and health savings accounts
- accrued paid time off
- paid Holidays (10 for Ontario, 11 for British Columbia)
- RRSP retirement benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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