As a Principal Software Engineer on the emPower team, you will help design and evolve systems that coordinate physical devices, cloud services, mobile and web applications, automation engines, partner integrations, and data pipelines. You will work across product, firmware, platform, operations, and application engineering teams to turn ambiguous business and technical needs into reliable, scalable, and maintainable software systems.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Provide hands-on technical leadership for systems spanning IoT device control, smart home automation, energy, HVAC, water, and connected-device experiences.

Lead architecture and design for major software components, services, APIs, data flows, and integration patterns.

Help evolve existing monolithic systems into more modular, scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems.

Partner with product, firmware, platform, operations, and application teams to turn ambiguous needs into clear technical direction.

Mentor engineers at multiple levels and help raise the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, technical guidance, and reusable patterns.

Drive cross-team collaboration and execution across multiple technical domains.

Evaluate new technologies, frameworks, and methodologies where they can materially improve product capabilities or engineering outcomes.

Reason across the full product stack, including backend services, databases, APIs, web and mobile experiences, device integrations, automation logic, and operational tooling.

Be an expert on system architecture, functionality, data flows, operational processes, and the tools needed to operate production systems effectively.

Provide technical thought leadership for major software components, systems, and features, earning alignment and driving adoption across teams.

Principal Software Engineer

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Benefits

Company

Alarm.com

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