Staff Software Engineer, Cloud

SmartThings•Minneapolis, MN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Staff Engineer on the Cloud-to-Cloud (C2C) team, you will be the architectural backbone of how SmartThings interacts with the global IoT ecosystem. You will lead the evolution of the SmartThings Schema, ensuring that our integrations—from voice assistants to third-party smart home devices—are seamless, secure, and hyper-scalable. This isn't just about making things work; it’s about defining how they work at a massive scale. This position is a hybrid role, based onsite 3 days a week at our office in Minneapolis, MN.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
10+ years of software engineering experience, with a significant portion dedicated to distributed systems and high-traffic cloud environments.
Deep proficiency in AWS services like Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, and API Gateway.
Intimate familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
Understanding of building public-facing schemas and APIs that are intuitive for third-party developers yet robust for enterprise partners.
Proven track record of leading cross-team initiatives.
Ability to influence without authority and translate complex technical trade-offs for non-technical stakeholders.
Experience providing regular mentorship to grow the technical expertise of engineers.
Security is baked into initial designs, not treated as an afterthought.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with IoT protocols (Matter, Zigbee, Z-Wave) or ecosystem integrations (Google Home, Alexa, Apple HomeKit).
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deploying and operating highly available, scalable containerized applications in a production environment, and deep knowledge of managing cluster resources, scaling strategies, and leveraging cloud-native tooling for operational excellence.
Experience contributing to open-source projects or industry standards.
A passion for automating everything—from infrastructure (Terraform/CDK) to testing.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and long-term evolution of the C2C platform, ensuring the SmartThings Schema remains flexible for future devices while maintaining stability for current users.
Act as the subject matter expert for AWS infrastructure, building cloud-native systems that prioritize elastic scalability and zero-trust security.
Provide leadership through design reviews and mentorship, setting standards for AI-assisted engineering best practices and ensuring AI-generated code meets rigorous benchmarks.
Take ownership of the developer experience by integrating agentic coding tools into the team’s workflow to improve speed of delivery.
Take end-to-end ownership of the technical stack, identifying bottlenecks and implementing strategies to improve developer productivity, CI/CD speed, and engineering effectiveness.
Use AI to automate tasks such as generating unit tests, documentation, and triaging incident logs.

Benefits

Attractive compensation package
Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, mental health)
HSA with employer contribution
Life & disability insurance
FSAs for health and dependent care expenses
Competitive 401k with a 5% employer match
Unlimited PTO
12 paid holidays
Generous parental leave policy (8 weeks fully paid parental leave and 8 more fully paid weeks for childbirth recovery leave)
Education reimbursement program
Access to learning resources through O’Reilly
Parking stipend
EV chargers onsite
In-office catered lunches on Thursdays
Access to the onsite gym