Sr. Software Engineer, Middleware

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myQ is a Chamberlain product that connects Garage Door Openers, Lights, and other devices to a constantly connected cloud in order to provide a user benefit that includes away from home access control, notification, access history, and scheduled device commands.

The role of Sr. Software Engineer for Chamberlain’s MyQ program is pivotal in driving the technical success of the MyQ ecosystem, which connects garage door openers, lights, and various other devices to a cloud infrastructure. This constant connection enables users to access, control, and monitor their devices remotely, providing significant benefits such as away-from-home access control, real-time notifications, device history tracking, and the ability to schedule device commands.

As the Sr. Software Engineer, you would be responsible for developing and maintaining the critical development platforms and middleware that form the backbone of the MyQ residential and commercial platforms. This is a foundational role, as the systems you build will support a variety of functions that ensure the seamless operation of MyQ-enabled devices. The middleware you create would not only serve as the communication layer between the cloud and the devices but also act as a foundation for future scaling and integration.

Job Responsibilities:

• Serve as primary point person and scrum team representative for interactions with product owner, front end, middleware, dev-ops, and firmware functional teams to implement new features
• Participate in technical assessment, scoping and management of changes to the code base on new business requirements, product enhancements and other change requests across multiple scrum teams
• Analyze requirements, collaborate with architects and senior engineers to produce thoughtful software designs of large scope and high complexity
• Work using Agile methodologies such as Scrum to develop middleware
• Lead and contribute to technical discussions in community of practice, design review, pull request, or other technical meeting forums
• Ensure adherence to coding standards and other best practices to create reusable code
• Maintain platform specific software knowledge of key software application features, frameworks, and components in myQ middleware
• Provide mentoring and coaching to junior and senior engineers to increase software capability of the middleware development team
• Collaborate with other Chamberlain domain experts, such as infrastructure, database, and front end, as the team develops features and platform enhancements
• Lead offshore teams to design and develop features, and burn down technical debt
• Stay current on modern technologies and innovations which can further enhance and improve the commercial success of the MyQ connectivity solution
• Leverage AWS cloud technologies (e.g., Lambda, EC2, S3, API Gateway, CloudFormation, DynamoDB, RDS) to build and scale middleware services
• Design and implement cloud-native solutions using AWS services to support IoT connectivity, data processing, and secure communications
• Drive best practices in AWS security, cost optimization, and cloud architecture within the development team
• Responsible for complying with the security requirements set forth by the Information Security team and the established ISO 27001 Security Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities Document found in the ISMS Document Library
• Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; managers should also ensure compliance across their teams.
• Protect Chamberlain Group’s reputation by keeping information confidential.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
• Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering related field or equivalent practical experience.
• An advanced degree in a directly applicable area of study may substitute for up to two (2) years of job-related experience
• 5 years of job-related experience as defined in the responsibilities.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and Scrum is required
• Strong experience with Java and .NET technology stacks, including Java SE, Java EE, JDBC, Hibernate, .NET Framework, .NET Core, and C#

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Thorough understanding of software development and design principles: In-depth knowledge o