Staff Software Engineer

Alarm.com • Boston, MA

22h • Onsite

About The Position

The Device Lifecycle & Integrations (DELI) team builds the platforms and services behind the connected devices powering millions of Alarm.com homes and businesses. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will drive technical delivery for projects, ensure high engineering standards, collaborate with stakeholders, and help team members grow—all while staying hands-on with our most critical codebases.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent work experience).
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 2 years in a technical or project leadership capacity.
• Proven experience architecting, building, and delivering distributed or cloud-centered systems using .NET/C# or a comparable technology stack.
• Solid grasp of core networking technologies and principles, with the ability to design and troubleshoot systems that rely on reliable device connectivity.
• Exposure to hardware integration or device-centric development environments—able to collaborate effectively with hardware teams and understand the unique challenges of tightly coupled software-hardware solutions.
• Demonstrated history of technical project delivery and proactive ownership.
• Track record in mentoring and developing engineers at multiple experience levels.
• Skilled in maintaining high standards for code quality, technical debt management, and effective code reviews.
• Clear and effective communicator, capable of articulating technical direction and representing the team in both technical and business settings.
• Highly organized, results-oriented, and adept at managing competing priorities and shifting project demands.
• Dedicated to fostering a respectful, inclusive, and growth-minded team environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience applying Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles to model business domains and maintain clear service boundaries.
• Proficiency in Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end).
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes) for large-scale deployment/management.
• Designing event-driven architectures using message brokers (Apache Kafka or similar).
• Advanced API development, including REST, gRPC protocol buffers, and high-performance service-to-service communication.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server—query optimization, performance tuning, and advanced features.
• Exposure to microservices resilience patterns, e.g., service mesh, circuit breakers.
• Implementing observability solutions—monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting, for distributed systems.
• Familiarity with DevOps automation practices, such as infrastructure as code, deployment pipelines, and CI/CD.
• Understanding device communication protocols and experience overseeing large IoT device fleets.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day technical execution on key DELI projects, from discovery and system design through delivery and adoption.
• Translate business and stakeholder requirements into robust, scalable software solutions.
• Guide technical project planning, architecture, and implementation—ensuring consistency, code quality, and timely results.
• Mentor and support the continued growth and development of engineers on your team, providing feedback and technical guidance.
• Represent your team’s work in cross-team or department forums with clarity and technical detail.
• Drive adoption of best practices in code review, documentation, team workflows, and monitoring.
• Proactively identify challenges, risks, and underperformance—owning communication and course correction as needed.
• Contribute to defining and maintaining a constructive, high-performance team culture.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Alarm.com offers competitive pay and benefits inclusive of subsidized medical plan options, an HSA with generous company contribution, a 401(k) with employer match, and paid holidays, wellness time, and vacation increasing with tenure.
• Paid maternity and bonding leave, company-paid disability and life insurance, FSAs, well-being resources and activities, and a casual dress work environment are also part of our outstanding total rewards package!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees