Software Development Engineer, Ring Persistent Connection Service (PCS)

United States Digital Space LLC; Toronto; On-site; CAD 115,000 - 192,000; Full time

Job summary

Ring is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Persistent Connection Service team. You’ll design and maintain socket services powering device connectivity for Ring devices worldwide, collaborating across software, firmware, and product teams and leveraging AWS to solve distributed systems challenges.

The role focuses on uptime, latency, and resilience, shaping the device platform architecture for future Ring capabilities and security improvements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of design/architecture experience for systems.
• Experience programming with at least one language.
• Proficiency in modern languages (Java/C/C++) with OO design.
• Experience contributing to system architecture and design.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement ultra-high-throughput backend services for millions of Ring devices.
• Build extensible services and data models for device connectivity and internal ecosystems.
• Drive engineering excellence and best practices.
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems using AWS, ensuring scalability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into robust solutions.
• Lead operational excellence: monitoring, alerting, and automated testing.

Skills

3+ years experience

2+ years design/architecture

OO design

Modern languages (Java/C/C++)

Architecture contributions

Education

Bachelor's in CS or equivalent

Tools

React

Angular

Job description

DESCRIPTION

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Ring is seeking a Software Development Engineer to join the Persistent Connection Service team, where you’ll build and maintain the foundational socket services that power device connectivity for millions of Ring devices worldwide.

You’ll collaborate across Ring’s software, firmware, and product organizations while working with AWS technologies to solve complex distributed systems challenges. Persistent Connection Service is a mission critical service which maintains persistent connections between Ring devices and Ring Cloud to enable two-way communication. The service processes billions of messages per day between Cloud and Devices. The team’s challenges are availability, latency and critical process resilience. The team partners with all the Firmware teams and Cloud Services being the connectivity layer between the two.

Join us in building the next generation of smart home infrastructure that keeps families safe and connected.

Key job responsibilities

• Design and implement ultra-high-throughput backend services supporting millions of Ring devices and strict uptime requirements
• Build extensible services and data models that serve as the foundation for Ring’s device connectivity and internal service ecosystem
• Drive technical excellence and establish engineering best practices
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems using AWS services, ensuring scalability from thousands to millions of concurrent device operations
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions that enhance customer experience and security
• Lead operational excellence initiatives including monitoring, alerting, and automated testing to maintain our critical service dependencies

Contribute to technical decision-making that influences Ring’s device platform architecture and future product capabilities

About the team

Persistent Connection Service is a mission critical service which maintains persistent connections between Ring devices and Ring Cloud to enable two-way communication. The service processes billions of messages per day between Cloud and Devices. The team’s challenges are availability, latency and critical process resilience. The team partners with all the Firmware teams and Cloud Services being the connectivity layer between the two.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

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• 3+ years of non-internship professional software development experience
• 2+ years of non-internship design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• Experience programming with at least one software programming language
• Experience programming with at least one modern language such as Java, C++, or C# including object-oriented design
• Experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

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• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• 3+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
• Experience in one or more relevant front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, etc.
• Experience with Generative AI assisted development practices.

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CAN, ON, Toronto - 114,800.00 - 191,800.00 CAD annually