Who we are:

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 in 2017, Wyze started out as a smart camera company, has since branched out into the entire smart home ecosystem, and recently raised $110M in its latest funding round.

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!

What the Opportunity is:

We are seeking a *Senior Software Engineer* who brings a passion for connected home technology to help us advance Wzye's capabilities in the Home whilst delivering intuitive and delightful experiences to millions of customers.

Our team is developing the next ambitious revolution in the home automation space; an opportunity to build and next Alexa/ Google Assistant by designing highly scalable cloud back-end services to support large traffic volume under thorough network security consideration, designing simple and concise REST API interfaces for serving private and public utilization purposes, developing, deploying, patching and operating cloud-based back-end solutions.

We have an outstanding space and exciting road map in which to innovate, be challenged, and have an impact. Would you like to join us?

Responsibilities

• Craft technical solutions for scalable, secure, and operable cloud services
• 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 operations by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures
• Staying ahead 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
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• A willingness to dive deep, experiment rapidly, and get things done.
• Continually challenge what exists and explore what should be changed to best meet evolving customer needs
• Possess excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and
• Ability to collaborate and effectively communicate highly technical data to various stakeholders

Qualifications

• Proficiency in Java, C#, C++, Python
• Solid experience in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud (preferred)Experience with back-end server development, containers, NoSQL databases, Machine Learning, MapReduce, distributed file systems
• Solid fundamentals in OO design, patterns, data structures, and algorithms
• Proven track record of architecting performant scalable, secure, and reliable distributed services
• Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project
• Ability to prioritize and strategize in a variety of project areas and take care of ambiguity in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Demonstrated ownership of large multi-functional and multi-team projects
• Proven technical leadership, education, and team mentorship
• Bachelor, Master or Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or another degree with 6+ years of work experience as a software developer

If you are passionate about democratizing IoT capabilities, thrive in a start-up environment, and have fun solving sophisticated technical problems, we would like to talk to you!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that 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.