Senior Staff Software Architect Lead Large-Scale Platform

alarmcom

Tysons (VA)

On-site

USD 170,000 - 230,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Office 4 days a week

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Alarm.com is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our Platform team. You will mentor engineers and own projects from design to deployment across multiple technologies in smart home and data platforms.

You will help shape the architecture of large-scale systems, collaborate with product and business stakeholders, and participate in on-call rotations, capacity planning, and evolving roadmaps. This role emphasizes leadership and technical excellence within a collaborative culture.

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
10+ years of professional software development experience.
Proven leadership or mentoring experience with reusable solutions.

Responsibilities

Mentor groups of junior, senior, and lead engineers.
Develop software for a wide variety of platforms and technologies.
Lead design of major software components, systems, and features - act as an architect for the platform team.
Engage in research, evaluation, and application of new technologies and methodologies to solve challenging problems.
Work closely with product owners and business stakeholders to execute strategies and roadmaps.
Work hard and be flexible: quick development cycles and cross-team collaboration.
Become an expert on system architecture, functionality, and data flows; support operations processes and tools.
Provide on-call and deployment support; assist in capacity planning for cloud and physical capacity.
Advise database and data processing strategy; participate in on-call rotations.