Job Description
Welcome to the intersection of energy and home services. At NRG, we’re driven by the idea of a smarter, cleaner, more connected future—and the possibilities that will bring to the world and to the 7.3 million customers we serve.
Vivint Smart Home, an NRG owned company, is a leading smart home company in the United States, dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services. We find purpose in proactively protecting and keeping our customers connected to home, no matter where they are. Join the Smart Home team to create smarter, safer and more sustainable homes. More information is available at www.nrg.com or www.vivint.com. Connect with NRG and Vivint on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and X.
Summary:
In this role, you’ll be building the back-end APIs and services that power our app experiences for Vivint’s millions of customers. Your work will directly impact how customers use Vivint to secure and control their homes.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Designing and implementing APIs for mobile apps.
- Work across teams to design solutions for provisioning and communicating with IOT devices.
- Develop cloud services that process the events and settings that power our Smart Home experiences.
What we’re looking for:
- Experience with Go and Python or similar languages
- Experience building secure, scalable, high-availability, low latency, and distributed cloud services.
- Experience developing gRPC and REST APIs
- Experience using MQTT to communicate with IoT devices
- Experience with Kubernetes and Docker
- Experience with Mongo DB or other NoSQL document databases
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Capable of identifying problems, taking the initiative to propose solutions, and successfully executing plans
- 8+ years of software development experience
- B.S. in Computer Science or related field preferred
- Familiarity with CI/CD build systems
Here are some highlighted perks you should ask us about:
- Free daily lunch and drinks on-site
- Paid holidays and flexible paid time away
- Employee/Friends/Family Discounts
- Onsite health clinic, gym, gaming tables
- Medical/dental/vision/life coverage & 24/7 Medical Hotline
- 401(k) + Employer Match
- Employee Resource Groups
WORKING CONDITIONS:
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
SAFETY:
We enforce a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe working environment. Each new employee is responsible for completing all training requirements. Additionally, the employee must accept they have responsibility for maintaining the safety of themselves, their co-workers, and the public. Employee must adhere to all written and verbal instructions, promptly report and correct all hazards or unsafe conditions, question non-standard operations or unmitigated hazards, and provide feedback to management on all safety issues.
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