Staff IoT Protocols Architect & Lead Engineer

Linuxconfig; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Alarm.com is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to steer the architecture and delivery of IoT protocols (Z-Wave, Matter, PowerG, ZigBee) across devices, gateways, mobile apps, and cloud services. You will mentor engineers and drive initiatives from design to deployment, aligning technical direction with business goals in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with Product, Firmware, Panels, and Operations to ensure secure, reliable, and interoperable experiences while maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Extensive knowledge of the software development process and corresponding technologies.
• Excellent understanding of design patterns and architectural styles.
• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong object-oriented programming skills; C# a plus.
• Experience with database design and development.
• Experience with at least ONE modern IoT protocol: Matter, Z-Wave, Zigbee.
• Strong soft skills, including attention to detail, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with guiding the architectural direction of our Protocols domain
• Lead design of major components and systems for the Protocols team
• Mentor engineers and establish reusable patterns and best practices
• Assist with setting the Protocols roadmap and communicate tradeoffs and decisions to executives, partners, and cross functional teams
• Deliver robust implementations for Z Wave, Matter, PowerG, and ZigBee, including capability negotiation and backward compatibility
• Build gateway and cloud services that normalize device semantics with attention to latency, throughput, and cost
• Partner with Ops on deployments, on call rotations, incident response, and post incident reviews
• Guide data models and storage for protocol payloads and device state, and contribute concise architecture docs and runbooks
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

OOP programming

C# language

Software architecture

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

MQTT

HTTP

WebSockets

gRPC

TLS/DTLS security

Job description

Alarm.com is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to steer the architecture and delivery of IoT protocols (Z-Wave, Matter, PowerG, ZigBee) across devices, gateways, mobile apps, and cloud services. You will mentor engineers and drive initiatives from design to deployment, aligning technical direction with business goals in a fast-paced environment.

You will collaborate with Product, Firmware, Panels, and Operations to ensure secure, reliable, and interoperable experiences while maintaining