Senior Software Engineer - SRE

Do you love working with the latest technologies? Excited about helping maintain, improve, and scale an environment that supports millions of customers and IoT devices? Passionate about code at scale?

If the above holds true for you, then we would love to talk to you! EBS (part of Alarm.com) is looking for a versatile Senior Software Engineer to work on our Platform team. We are looking for somebody with database experience, both in terms of helping support databases in dev, test, and prod, as well as advising other engineers on database best practices. We work at scale – we have millions of customers and millions of devices sending us data all the time.

Very few companies innovate and develop across such a broad range of technologies as Alarm.com. This position is ideal for the candidate who seeks a small, friendly company culture where one can work closely with smart and highly productive people. Getting to work with cutting edge software and hardware to develop outstanding consumer products is the icing on the cake.

Alarm.com values working together and collaborating in person. We are building a new team in Krakow. Our employees work fully from the office with possibility to work remotely occasionally.

WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ALARM.COM?

• Gather and analyze metrics from our various SQL environments and proactively identify inefficiencies and introduce improvements.
• Assist teams in adopting database best practices and support the introduction of new features.
• Assist in planning out our overall database roadmap, working with a mix of on-premises and cloud databases.
• Help evaluate and propose new data storage technologies in our architecture, as well as introduce tooling and best practices around these.
• Being involved with infrastructure maintenance.
• Engage in the research, evaluation, and application of new technologies and methodologies to solve challenging problems.
• Work hard and be flexible: we have quick development cycles, evolving requirements, and lots of cross-team collaboration.
• Exercise good judgment. Know when to work quickly, and when to build a robust solution. 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.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field 
• 5+ years of equivalent work experience in software development
• Strong object-oriented programming skills such as: C#, Java, C++, Python
• Expertise with SQL databases, both in terms of schema + application development, as well as optimizations, monitoring, and management (Microsoft SQL Server a plus)
• Familiarity with database performance analysis (analyzing query plans, finding and introducing indexes, DB table design best practices
• Strong communication skills and experience working across different departments and with stakeholders
• Willingness to be on call to respond to incidents
• Willingness to regularly support our production deployments + production maintenances, which can be outside of normal business hours

NICE TO HAVES:

• IIS webserver experience
• Cloud database experiences (e.g. Azure SQL Managed Instances)
• Experience with NoSQL databases
• Experience with technologies like Kafka, Redis, and Elasticsearch
• Experience with various monitoring tools (Wavefront, DataDog, Prometehus)

 WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Collaborate with outstanding people: We have a strong focus on teamwork, and we work to create a collaborative and welcoming environment that enables our teams to excel.
• Make an immediate impact: You can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You will be empowered to perform as soon as you join the team!
• Be Empowered: We don’t want to micro-manage you. We want you to own stuff and bring your experience to make those products the best in class.
• Long-term employment based on a permanent employment contract (CoE).
• Attractive benefits package: including medical care, life insurance, sports package, annual budget for professional development ($2,000).

COMPANY INFO

Alarm.com is the leading cloud-based platform for smart security and the Internet of Things. More than 7.6 million home and business owners depend on our solutions every day to make their properties safer, smarter, and more efficient. And every day, we’re innovating new technologies in rapidly evolving spaces including AI, video analytics, facial recognition, machine learning, energy analytics, and more.  We’re seeking those who are passionate about creating change through technology and who want to make a lasting impact on the world around them. 

EBS  is a dynamically growing Polish technology company with over 35 years of experience, specializing in the development of smart security solutions. We are part of the American corporation Alarm.com, a leading global provider of intelligent security solutions for homes and businesses.

For more information, please visit www.alarm.com or ebssmart.com

Alarm.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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