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Who is Wyze?
Wyze is a high growth, Series B, consumer technology company. Our vision is to make great technology accessible to everyone through our smart home platform. Our aim is to serve everyday people, like me, you, and our friends and families, with too good to be true products and services. We want employees who will be inspired by this and welcome all who will help us build the next amazing chapter at Wyze.
Wyze is home to some of the most innovative products and services in the market. Time Magazine selected us for their 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022, Fast Company named us as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2021 and PCMag gave our Cam v3 an Editor’s Choice Award. We disrupted the market with our Wyze Cam v1 and then quickly took over as a market leader in the space. We recently disrupted it again with our revolutionary Cam Plus Pro service. GeekWire calls us a start-up to watch and one of the Pacific Northwest’s next unicorns… and we are just getting started.
Our people centric innovative vision is not only present in our products and services, but it is also embedded in the fabric of our company. We were just listed in the Top 100 Best Places to Work by Built in Seattle, listed as one of their Best Midsize Companies to Work For and awarded as one of their Companies with the Best Benefits. Seattle Business Magazine certified us as a Best Places to Work too!
We value the unique life experiences every employee brings to work every day. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment whereby our employees are encouraged to be their authentic whole selves and are rewarded for their impact across the company. Everyone is welcome and empowered to do the best work of their lives.
Our stance on workplace flexibility:
For most roles, we support a 100% remote work environment for applicants who reside in the following states: California, Kentucky, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.
Come join us and make the impossible, possible!
What is this Opportunity?
Senior Software Engineer in Wyze will develop ioT cloud back-end systems by designing highly scalable software architecture 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, supporting and developing engineering team as tech lead. The Senior Software Engineer will also be responsible to determine the best practices of software development for Wyze and establish the culture of engineering team.
The role requires the candidates have ability to prioritize well, communicate clearly, have a consistent track record of delivery and excellent software engineering skills, and be capable to well balance engineering quality, customer focus and operation issues. The candidate must be able to work across multiple facets of the project and juggle multiple responsibilities at the same time. Strong analytic capability and the ability to create innovative solutions. We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is looking to grow their career in a fast paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Designs technical solutions for scalable, secure and operable cloud services, lead the design discussion and develops the plan for deliverables
- Leads REST API interface design in simple and concise style, establishes the software interface design standard for Wyze in the long run
- Develops software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development life-cycle; identify and resolve the ambiguities between business logic and implementation level
- Designs the deployment process for the services balancing efficiency and stability, establishes deployment best practices for Wyze in the long run
- Determines operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
- Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
- Improves operations by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures
- Updates job knowledge by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
- Protects operations by keeping information confidential
- Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues
- Accomplishes engineering and organization mission by completing related results as needed
- Supports and develops software engineers by providing advice, coaching and educational opportunities
Qualifications
- Master or PhD degree in Computer Engineer, Computer Science or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science plus 5+ years work experience
- Proficiency on Java, C++, Python or Ruby & Rails, deep understanding of modern programming language design principles
- Solid understanding of computer network, security, architect design, object-oriented design (preferably interface-based design concepts)
- Experience with back-end server development with modern server or cloud environments, such as container, NoSQL databases, MapReduce, distributed file systems
- Experience on designing, implementing, and integrating with REST APIs
- Possess excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and be comfortable working with multiple stakeholders to understand and explain highly technical information in a clear, concise manner
- Ability to strategize in a variety of project areas and deal with ambiguity in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
- Proven experience taking a product to market and 3+ years
- Solid experience in AWS, Azure or Google Cloud plus
- Experience in a startup is a plus
Our Benefits
Wyze has a full benefits package through Premera, employee premiums will be paid 100%, Wyze covers, on average, 68.7% of the premium for spouse, child(ren), and family.
12 Holidays - 8 set holidays and 4 Floating Holidays for you to use however you choose
24 days of PTO every year
Additional Wyze anniversary vacation days
Principal 401k Plan - there is no company match at this time
Wyze employee product perks: When Wyze employees join, you will have the opportunity to select up to three products to try (pending availability based on inventory).
Employees will also have the opportunity to sign up for Wyze software services once they are launched.
We also have a generous employee discount on Wyze products.
Rosetta Stone reimbursement if you'd like to learn Mandarin
$50 a month reimbursed as a technology stipend - taxes apply
Come Join Us!
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 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 recruiting@wyze.com.
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!
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