Software Engineer II

Job Summary

The Device Lifecycle & Integrations (DELI) team at Alarm.com builds the platforms and services behind the connected devices powering millions of Alarm.com homes and businesses. We are seeking a Software Engineer II to contribute to the design and development of backend services, APIs, and full-stack features that power Alarm.com's device integrations.

What You'll Do

• Design & Architecture
• Implement backend components, APIs, and event-driven workflows that are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with platform architecture.
• Contribute to technical design for well-scoped features with guidance from senior engineers.
• Translate requirements into technically sound solutions consistent with existing patterns.
• Participate in design reviews, offering input and learning from team feedback.
• Implementation & Delivery
• Write high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code for backend services used in production at scale.
• Contribute to event-driven data pipelines (e.g. Kafka), with a focus on reliability and correctness.
• Deliver work through the full development lifecycle: design → implementation → validation → iteration.
• Debug production issues with support from senior engineers, implementing fixes that improve long-term stability.
• Operational Excellence
• Follow team practices for monitoring, alerting, and operational readiness to ensure systems remain healthy.
• Contribute to observability of services you build, including logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Support DELI's work to track and understand device integration outcomes and system health.
• Collaboration & Growth
• Work closely with senior engineers, Product Managers, and TPMs to understand requirements and deliver quality solutions.
• Participate in code reviews — both as a reviewer and as someone welcoming feedback to grow.
• Engage in cross-team technical discussions, raising questions and surfacing potential issues early.
• Actively develop your skills across backend, full-stack, and distributed systems domains.
• Contributing Broadly
• Identify opportunities to improve code quality, reliability, and maintainability within your area.
• Contribute to documentation, onboarding guides, and engineering best practices.
• Clearly articulate design decisions, explaining tradeoffs to peers and stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong object-oriented programming skills.
• Experience with database design and development.
• Experience creating and maintaining unit tests.
• Familiarity with building and/or consuming RESTful APIs.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and cross-functional teammates.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) to streamline development while maintaining engineering standards.
• Ability to review and validate AI-generated code, tests, and documentation for correctness and maintainability.
• Exposure to distributed systems or large-scale production environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with .NET/C# and SQL Server.
• Exposure to event-driven systems (Kafka or similar).
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), or cloud platforms.
• Experience or interest in IoT, device communication protocols, or connected hardware platforms.