Who is Wyze?

Come and be a part of what GeekWire calls a top 100 “most popular and trending” Pacific Northwest tech company at one of Built-in-Seattle’s “100 Best Places to work in Seattle 2021”

Wyze’s mission is to make great technology accessible to everyone because we believe that when great technology is accessible, curiosity thrives! Founded just over three years ago, Wyze started out as a smart camera company and has since branched out into the entire smart home ecosystem.

Our offices are based in Kirkland, WA, an outstanding city 10.3 miles east of downtown Seattle and nestled around beautiful Lake Washington! We also have offices in Beijing and Shenzhen, China!

At the announcement of the pandemic reaching US borders, Wyze employees quickly adapted to WFH setups and we, as well as any new hires, will continue to thrive from the safety of our homes until we can make a safe return to work in our new, COVID-conscious office space.

This role is based full-time in Kirkland, Washington and we are happy to help new folks relocate to this wonderful, tech-savvy city!

This role is based full-time in Kirkland, Washington and we are happy to help new folks relocate to this wonderful, tech-savvy city!

Why You Will Make an Impact:

You are passionate about AI + IoT and our products and mission, and are passionate in applying your skills (e.g., software development, system design, machine learning) to solve customer problems in a fast-growing startup, then this is the right opportunity for you. IoT is a perfect area for landing AI technologies, and Wyze provides the unique opportunity for landing AI technologies into products used by millions of users which is still growing at a fast pace. 

A Look Inside the Role:

As a Principal SDE (AI General Architect), you will lead the efforts to develop software/systems/services for data collection/annotation/management, and model training/management/serving/monitoring, etc. that is reliable, secure, and scale. Since we are an early-stage effort in a startup environment, you will play an active role of translating business requirements into elegant and beautiful solutions and build quick prototypes or proof-of-concept in partnership with other passionate people in the team. When you join the team, we guarantee that you will learn a ton, have fun, and make a positive impact on millions of users. You will work with a team of highly motivated and skilled scientists and engineers, with the mission to build smart living for everyone, using machine learning and deep learning. 

Responsibilities

• Design and build reliable, secure, and efficient AI platforms for model development and inference that scale.
• Collaborate with scientists on transferring prototypes into production services.
• Enhance operational excellence by being proactive in understanding and questioning the quality of services. Provide ways to monitor the quality of the services to improve operational efficiency.
• Develop software solutions by studying information needs by conferring with users, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas by following the software development life-cycle, identifying and resolving the ambiguities between business logic and implementation level
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Improve operational excellence by being proactive in understanding and questioning the quality of services. Provide ways to monitor the quality of the services to improve operational efficiency, such as by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures
• Staying current with state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks and participating in professional organizations
• Protects operations by keeping information confidential
• Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues

You Already Have These Qualifications and Love What You Do:

• BS MS or PhD in CS or related fields.5+ years of professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor team members.
• Strong coding skills in relevant programming languages.
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle and processes
• Proven experience with developing large scale distributed machine learning systems.
• Solid experience with backend server development with modern server or cloud environments, such as containers, NoSQL databases, MapReduce, distributed systems.
• Solid experience with designing, implementing, and integrating with REST APIs
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate and effectively communicate highly technical data to various stakeholders.
• Solid experience in AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.

And Even Better if the Following Applies to You:

• Deep knowledge of distributed machine learning algorithms and systems. 
• Ability to prioritize and strategize in a variety of project areas and deal with ambiguity in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Wyze has a full benefits package through Premera Blue Cross. This includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, EAP, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, FSA, and Daycare FSA. Employee premiums will be paid 100%, and 80% paid premium for dependents. 

10 Holidays - 6 set holidays and 4 Floating Holidays for you to use however you choose

15 days of PTO every year

Additional Wyze anniversary vacation days

9 sick days/mental health days per calendar year

Principal 401k Plan - there is no company match at this time

Wyze employee product perks: Wyze employees receive Wyze products as the products are released (new employees will receive a package with all of our current Wyze products)

Employees will also receive Wyze software services once they are launched

Rosetta Stone reimbursement if you'd like to learn Mandarin

$50 a month reimbursed as a technology stipend - taxes apply

If this sounds too good to be true and you are ready to be part of #teamwyze, then we want to hear from you! Please send us your resume and/or detailed LinkedIn profile and tell us a little about yourself with a cover letter that showcases some of the outstanding things you can do and how you feel they could apply to our vision and projects here at Wyze! 

We will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation at [email protected]. 

Lastly, and exceptionally important to us: we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity as well as inclusion here at Wyze. We are fully committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. That’s how we do things!