Technical Product Manager

alarmcom; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

alarm.com in Tysons, VA is seeking a software engineer to join the Enabling Technologies team, designing, building, and shipping production code for expanding third-party access control device integrations.

You will prototype integration approaches, conduct technical market research on access control hardware and protocols, and translate findings into clear specifications with product leadership. Occasional customer-facing activities may be required.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of professional software engineering experience with production code
• Strong SQL knowledge and OOP
• Experience evaluating or integrating RESTful APIs, webhooks, or event-driven architectures
• Interest in hardware and access control protocols
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to translate direction into specs
• Willingness to support customer-facing activities occasionally

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship production code as an active contributor to the Enabling Technologies engineering team, partnering with fellow engineers to increase the team's overall shipping velocity
• Build and ship prototypes and proofs-of-concept to validate new integration approaches and de-risk product decisions before committing engineering resources
• Demonstrate proficiency in leveraging AI tools to accelerate both engineering delivery and product research
• Partner with Product Leadership to turn high-level product vision into actionable technical opportunities, focusing on expanding third-party access control device support
• Conduct technical market research into access control hardware, protocols, and emerging standards (e.g., Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, BLE, Aliro) and assess integration feasibility

Skills

Software engineering

SQL

API integration

Tools

RESTful APIs

Webhooks

Event-driven architectures

Job description

Have you ever lived or worked in a rental community? Did you observe the variety of hardware and software solutions needed to operate the building, and perhaps dream-up improvements when the technology didn't work correctly? If the prospect of working on complex systems that improve the efficiency and profitability of billion-dollar real estate portfolios excites you, and if you have a passion for improving the lives of millions of residents using your technology every day, PointCentral wants to talk!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, build, and ship production code as an active contributor to the Enabling Technologies engineering team, partnering with fellow engineers to increase the team's overall shipping velocity
• Build and ship prototypes and proofs-of-concept to quickly validate new integration approaches and de-risk product decisions before committing engineering resources
• Demonstrate proficiency in leveraging AI tools to accelerate both engineering delivery and product research

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Engineering
• Design, build, and ship production code as an active contributor to the Enabling Technologies engineering team, partnering with fellow engineers to increase the team's overall shipping velocity
• Build and ship prototypes and proofs-of-concept to quickly validate new integration approaches and de-risk product decisions before committing engineering resources
• Demonstrate proficiency in leveraging AI tools to accelerate both engineering delivery and product research
• Technical Product Research & Specification
• Partner with Product Leadership to turn high-level product vision into actionable technical opportunities, with a near-term focus on expanding the range of third-party access control devices we support
• Conduct technical market research into access control hardware, protocols, and emerging standards (e.g., Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, BLE, Aliro), evaluating new device types and vendors for integration feasibility
• Own early-stage technical discovery for new integrations - investigating protocol behavior, hardware constraints, and architectural tradeoffs - and translate findings into clear specs and requirements engineering can build against
• Contribute to specs, technical documentation, and internal enablement materials that help the broader team understand new integrations
• Cross-Functional Support
• Support beta testing of new integrations and features
• Provide light technical support to revenue and customer-facing teams as needed - occasional participation in customer interviews, technical qualification calls, or onsite visits - with the expectation that most direct customer and go-to-market engagement is owned by the Head of Product
• Develop working knowledge of the rental real estate market and PointCentral's access control strategy to inform sound technical tradeoffs

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• 4-6 years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping production code
• Working knowledge of SQL for database operations and Object-Oriented Programming to read and navigate codebase
• Experience evaluating, designing or integrating with RESTful APIs, webhooks and event-driven architectures preferred
• Genuine comfort working with hardware, devices, and physical appliances, and interest in learning access control protocols and standards
• Demonstrated curiosity about the \"why\" behind what you build - prior experience or strong interest in product thinking, technical research, or spec writing is a plus, though formal product management experience is not required
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to translate ambiguous, high-level product direction into clear technical specifications
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Willingness to occasionally support customer-facing activities (calls, onsite visits) as needed - this is not a prim