Principal IoT & Cloud Systems Architect

Alarm Com; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Office four days a week

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Alarm.com is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the emPower team to lead architecture and engineering for IoT, smart home automation, energy management, HVAC, water, and device control experiences.

You will provide hands-on technical leadership, guiding major design decisions and mentoring engineers to build reliable, scalable systems across cloud services, devices, and mobile/web applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 15+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven experience designing, building, and delivering complex software systems.
• Strong object‑oriented programming skills; C#/.NET required.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership across teams for IoT, cloud, mobile, and web integrations.
• Lead architecture and design for major software components and APIs.
• Mentor engineers and raise technical bar through reviews and guidance.
• Drive cross-team collaboration across product, firmware, platform, and operations.
• Evaluate new technologies to improve product capabilities and engineering outcomes.

Skills

C# / .NET

Architecture guidance

Mentoring engineers

Systems design

Cloud & IoT

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

C#

.NET

Job description

Alarm.com is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for the emPower team to lead architecture and engineering for IoT, smart home automation, energy management, HVAC, water, and device control experiences.

You will provide hands-on technical leadership, guiding major design decisions and mentoring engineers to build reliable, scalable systems across cloud services, devices, and mobile/web applications.