Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vivint Smart Home is redefining the future of home automation and security at massive scale. They are hiring experienced engineers to help define and build the next generation of Vivint’s platform infrastructure, focusing on designing and operating systems that power real-time smart home experiences.
Responsibilities
- Build and scale distributed systems that handle large volumes of real-time events
- Drive architecture and technical direction, not just implementation
- Improve performance, reliability, and operability of core platform services
- Collaborate across mobile, backend, embedded, and data teams to deliver end-to-end experiences
- Help establish engineering practices and technical culture for a growing Seattle team
- Design and implement high-scale cloud services and APIs used by mobile apps, cameras, and smart home devices
- Own systems end-to-end: design, deployment, observability, and production operations
- Contribute to and lead architecture discussions for new platform capabilities
- Build systems that are secure, resilient, and low-latency in a distributed environment
- Develop event-driven systems and integrations across IoT, backend services, and mobile platforms
- Mentor engineers and raise the overall engineering bar
Skills
- 5+ years of experience building and operating production systems (we are open to Senior → Staff level)
- B.S. in Computer Science or related field preferred
- Strong experience in Go, Python, or similar backend languages
- Experience designing distributed systems with scalability, availability, and performance in mind
- Experience building REST and/or gRPC APIs
- Strong problem-solving skills and a track record of ownership and execution
- Experience working with modern cloud-native tooling (containers, orchestration, CI/CD)
- Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka, messaging systems)
- Experience with IoT systems or device communication protocols (e.g., MQTT)
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud infrastructure
- Experience with NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB)
- Experience with video streaming and technologies (e.g. MP4, HLS, ffmpeg)
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools for engineering workflows
Benefits
- Performance bonus (AIP)
- Comprehensive health benefits, 401(k), and wellness programs
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Flexible time off
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