Software Engineer II

Alarm.com provides the leading cloud platform for smart security and IoT, powering millions of home and business experiences. Our systems integrate devices, cloud services, APIs, and event-driven workflows into a unified ecosystem used by internal teams and external partners around the world.

The Device Lifecycle & Integrations (DELI) team builds the platforms and services behind the connected devices powering millions of Alarm.com homes and businesses.

Role Summary

We are hiring a Software Engineer II to contribute to the design and development of backend services, APIs, and full-stack features that power Alarm.com's device integrations.

In this role, you will work across the full development lifecycle — from requirements and design through implementation, testing, and deployment — with guidance from senior engineers and team leads. You will take ownership of well-scoped features and contribute to systems that power connected devices for millions of users.

As an engineer on the DELI team, you will collaborate closely with Product Managers, TPMs, and engineers across the organization. You will develop your technical depth, grow your understanding of distributed systems and device integration patterns, and contribute meaningfully to a platform that serves millions of devices.

What You'll Do

Design & Architecture

• Implement backend components, APIs, and event-driven workflows that are reliable, maintainable, and aligned with platform architecture.
• Contribute to technical design for well-scoped features with guidance from senior engineers.
• Translate requirements into technically sound solutions consistent with existing patterns.
• Participate in design reviews, offering input and learning from team feedback.

Implementation & Delivery

• Write high-quality, maintainable, and well-tested code for backend services used in production at scale.
• Contribute to event-driven data pipelines (e.g. Kafka), with a focus on reliability and correctness.
• Deliver work through the full development lifecycle: design → implementation → validation → iteration.
• Debug production issues with support from senior engineers, implementing fixes that improve long-term stability.

Operational Excellence

• Follow team practices for monitoring, alerting, and operational readiness to ensure systems remain healthy.
• Contribute to observability of services you build, including logging, metrics, and alerting.
• Support DELI's work to track and understand device integration outcomes and system health.

Collaboration & Growth

• Work closely with senior engineers, Product Managers, and TPMs to understand requirements and deliver quality solutions.
• Participate in code reviews — both as a reviewer and as someone welcoming feedback to grow.
• Engage in cross-team technical discussions, raising questions and surfacing potential issues early.
• Actively develop your skills across backend, full-stack, and distributed systems domains.

Contributing Broadly

• Identify opportunities to improve code quality, reliability, and maintainability within your area.
• Contribute to documentation, onboarding guides, and engineering best practices.
• Clearly articulate design decisions, explaining tradeoffs to peers and stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong object-oriented programming skills.
• Experience with database design and development.
• Experience creating and maintaining unit tests.
• Familiarity with building and/or consuming RESTful APIs.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and cross-functional teammates.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with .NET/C# and SQL Server is strongly preferred, as this is the foundation of our backend stack.
• Exposure to event-driven systems (Kafka or similar).
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks (unit, integration, end-to-end).
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), or cloud platforms.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) to streamline development while maintaining engineering standards.
• Ability to review and validate AI-generated code, tests, and documentation for correctness and maintainability.
• Exposure to distributed systems or large-scale production environments.
• Experience or interest in IoT, device communication protocols, or connected hardware platforms.

The Impact You'll Have

• You'll contribute to backend systems that directly shape how devices integrate with Alarm.com's platform.
• You'll grow your engineering skills within a team focused on device-facing reliability, consistency, and scale.
• You'll help deliver features and improvements that real users experience through their connected devices every day.
• You'll take on meaningful ownership of well-scoped features and systems, with room to grow your scope and autonomy over time.

Please note that sponsorship of new applicants for employment authorization, or any other immigration-related support, is not available for this position at this time.

WHY WORK FOR ALARM.COM?

• Collaborate with outstanding people: We hire only the best. Our standards are high and our employees enjoy working alongside other high achievers.
• Make an immediate impact: New employees can expect to be given real responsibility for bringing new technologies to the marketplace. You are empowered to perform as soon as you join the Alarm.com team!
• Gain well rounded experience: Alarm.com offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work directly with executives and develop expertise across multiple areas of the business.
• Community and Camaraderie: One of our core values is to 'Keep It Fun,' which to us means fostering a strong sense of community. Our culture is built on collaboration and connection, where we celebrate our successes and believe that a positive, engaging environment is key to doing our best work.
• Alarm.com values working together and collaborating in person. Our employees work from the office 4 days a week.

COMPANY INFO

Alarm.com is the leading platform for intelligently connected properties. Millions of homeowners and businesses rely on Alarm.com's technology to secure, monitor, and manage their environments from anywhere. Our comprehensive suite of solutions—including security, video surveillance, access control, active shooter detection, intelligent automation, energy management, and wellness—is delivered exclusively through a trusted network of thousands of professional service providers and commercial integrators across North America and worldwide. Alarm.com's common stock is traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ALRM. Alarm.com delivers serious security for serious people.

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

COMPANY BENEFITS

Our total rewards package is designed to support you holistically—in your health, your finances, and your life outside of work. The package includes medical plans with company subsidies, a Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution, and a 401(k) with an employer match. We encourage a healthy work-life balance with paid vacation that increases with tenure, paid holidays, wellness time, and paid maternity and bonding leave. To complete the package, we also provide company-paid disability and life insurance, all within a collaborative and casual work environment.

Alarm.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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Notice To Third Party Agencies:
Alarm.com understands the value of professional recruiting services. However, we are not accepting resumes from recruiters or employment agencies for this position. In the event we receive a resume or candidate referral for this position from a third-party recruiter or agency without a previously signed agreement, we reserve the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to you. If you are interested in working with Alarm.com, please email your company information and standard agreement to RecruitingPartnerships@Alarm.com.