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Alarm.com · 7 hours ago

Principal Software Engineer

Tysons Corner, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

15+ years exp

Alarm.com is the leading cloud-based platform for smart security and the Internet of Things. The Principal Software Engineer will oversee the research, development, and design of engineering projects, supporting business objectives through collaboration with business partners and leading cross-functional partnerships.

InternetInternet of ThingsSecurityWireless

Culture & Values

No H1B

Responsibilities

Mentor groups of junior, senior, lead, and staff engineers

Help build and cultivate innovation by driving cross-collaboration and execution of projects across multiple teams and knowledge domains

Develop full stack software for a wide variety of platforms and technologies

Provide technical thought leadership in designs and major software components, systems, and features and effect their buy-in

Engage in the research, evaluation, and application of new technologies and methodologies to solve challenging problems and optimize engineering solutions

Work closely with product owners and business stakeholders to execute strategies and define roadmaps

Work hard and be flexible: we have quick development cycles, evolving requirements, and lots of cross-team collaboration

Be an expert on system architecture, functionality, and data flows as well as operations processes and tools

Supervise and oversee the technical aspects of multiple projects

Exercise good judgment. Know when to work quickly, when to build a robust solution, and also when building a new solution is not required. Your work will be used by multiple business units, so you will need to consider many use cases when developing

Bring your ideas! We want our engineers to collaborate on product development, not blindly build to a spec

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Software development experienceObject-oriented programmingDatabase design experienceC#.NET experienceUI tech stack understandingAnalytical skillsIndependent thinkerMentoring skillsProblem-solving attitudeCross-team collaboration

Required

Bachelor's in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a related field or equivalent work experience

15+ years of professional software development experience

Experience leading and/or mentoring other engineers with a proven track record of developing people and solutions that are reusable by other engineers

Proven expertise in object-oriented programming skills

Ability to select new frameworks and architecture designs, educate other teams about them and effect their buy-in

Significant database design, performance, and development experience

Superior analytical skills with a problem-solving attitude

Ability to perform across teams

Independent thinker and problem solver

Understanding of UI tech stacks, needs and limitations

Expertise in object-oriented design and software lifecycles