Senior Backend Platform Developer

The Next Level of Fire & Life Safety Leadership

With more than two centuries of combined history, brands like Kidde, Kidde Commercial, Edwards, GST, Badger, and Aritech have been leading the way in protecting people and property around the world. Now, we’re taking that leadership to the next level. Kidde Global Solutions brings together the most trusted and iconic brands in safety, building upon our shared experience and expertise to address the needs and challenges of more customers in more places. With an unmatched portfolio of solutions and services, and a commitment to constant innovation we’re elevating the standards for an entire industry – and establishing the next level of fire and life safety leadership.

At Kidde Global Solutions, you’re joining a global technology leader in fire and life safety solutions and our employees are the heart of it all. With industry-defining brands in life safety and security, you’ll be part of a legacy of leadership working with cutting-edge technologies that protect lives and property worldwide. As a leading fire safety brand, our mission is to provide solutions that protect people and property from the effects of fire and related hazards. We’re committed to expanding our impact and providing dynamic opportunities for growth within our team. You’ll be part of a company that prioritizes quality, integrity, collaboration, and customer care, with the resources, training, and incentives to ensure your success every step of the way.

Key Responsibilities

Backend Development

• Design and develop scalable backend services, REST APIs, business logic, data-access components and integration modules. 

• Develop and maintain enterprise applications using C#, ASP.NET Core, ASP.NET Zero, ABP.io and SQL Server. 

• Contribute to ASP.NET Zero-to-ABP.io modernization and migration activities. 

• Apply object-oriented design, modular architecture, design patterns, and clean coding practices. 

Messaging and Real-Time Integration 

• Design RabbitMQ-based asynchronous messaging, event-driven workflows, and distributed processing mechanisms. 

• Develop SignalR-based services for alarms, notifications, events, status updates, and operational monitoring. 

• Optimize message delivery, event processing, resiliency, fault handling, and system responsiveness. 

Platform and Infrastructure Services 

• Deploy, configure, and support ASP.NET applications and backend services hosted on IIS. 

• Manage security settings, certificates, performance tuning, logging, monitoring, diagnostics, and recovery. 

• Support CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, release management, and production deployments. 

• Troubleshoot application, server, network, database, and deployment issues. 

Device and Protocol Integration 

• Develop and maintain C++ services, native libraries, communication modules, and protocol-handling components. 

• Use Boost for networking, threading, asynchronous processing, messaging, and system-level operations. 

• Integrate controllers, panels, security devices, cameras, and field hardware. 

• Resolve protocol, communication, synchronization, performance, and stability issues. 

Video and Streaming Services 

• Integrate video-management and surveillance systems using RTSP-based streams. 

• Develop and support WebRTC services for secure, low-latency browser video delivery. 

• Support video monitoring, event correlation, alarm verification, and associated-camera workflows. 

• Troubleshoot stream connectivity, conversion, latency, and browser-delivery issues. 

Application Support and Collaboration 

• Monitor system health, availability, performance, reliability, and scalability; maintain logging, auditing, tracing, and alerts. 

• Apply secure coding practices and protect credentials, certificates, tokens, keys, and configuration secrets. 

• Perform root-cause analysis and drive corrective actions, technical-debt reduction, and continuous improvement. 

• Collaborate with Product Management, Architecture, QA, DevOps, UI/UX, and global engineering teams. 

• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, technical planning, testing, releases, and documentation. 

Required Skills 

Core Backend Development 

• 8-12 years of software development experience. 

• Strong experience in C#, ASP.NET Core, and REST API development. 

• Experience with ASP.NET Zero and/or ABP.io. 

• Good knowledge of SQL Server and Entity Framework Core. 

• Strong understanding of software design principles and clean coding practices. 

Messaging & Platform Technologies 

• Experience with RabbitMQ or similar messaging platforms. 

• Experience with SignalR, WebSockets, or real-time communication technologies. 

• Strong experience in C++ development. 

• Experience using Boost libraries. 

• Understanding of TCP/IP, networking, multithreading, and asynchronous programming. 

Infrastructure & Engineering Practices 

• Experience deploying and supporting applications on IIS. 

• Experience with Git, Bitbucket, SVN, and Jira. 

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments. 

• Familiarity with CI/CD, automated testing, and code quality practices. 

Preferred Skills 

• Experience migrating applications from ASP.NET Zero to ABP.io. 

• Experience with RTSP and WebRTC technologies. 

• Experience integrating controllers, alarm panels, cameras and field devices. 

• Exposure to Angular and TypeScript. 

• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect and secure API design. 

• Experience with Windows Services and distributed systems. 

• Experience in access control, intrusion, video surveillance, or physical security platforms. 

Education 

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, software engineering, electronics engineering, or a related discipline. 

World Leaders in Fire and Life Safety

Kidde Global Solutions is a world leader in fire & life safety solutions tailored for complex commercial facilities to homes. Through iconic, industry-defining brands including Kidde, Kidde Commercial, Edwards, GST, Badger, and Aritech, we provide residential and commercial customers with advanced solutions and services to protect people and property in a wide range of applications, all around the globe.