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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Software Engineer - Test Platform - **Company:** SimpliSafe, Inc - **Location:** Boston, MA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $168,600.0 - $224,800.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Distributed Systems, Firmware, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Backend, Kubernetes, Data Analytics, Cloud Integration - **Published:** August 19, 2026 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/simplisafe/jobs/7788059 ## About the Role * 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and scaling distributed, cloud-native systems, with end-to-end ownership across the software lifecycle * Deep expertise in scalability, reliability, observability, and production-grade system architecture * Strong hands-on engineering capability and experience operating infrastructure in AWS (Kubernetes/EKS preferred) * Experience building and operating internal platforms or shared engineering systems used across multiple teams * Proven experience leading and developing engineers in a player/coach or technical leadership capacity, * Experience with device simulation, embedded systems, firmware-cloud integration, or IoT environments * Experience designing validation, orchestration, performance, load, or resilience testing systems * Demonstrated ability to balance long-term architectural vision with pragmatic execution * Experience influencing cross-functional engineering strategy in a high-growth or complex distributed systems environment ## Description * Establish and execute the long-term architectural vision for scalable validation platforms, including automation, performance, and resilience testing capabilities * Partner cross-functionally with Infrastructure, Backend, Firmware, Monitoring, and Product teams to align validation systems with product architecture, roadmaps, and business goals * Ensure virtual devices and simulation systems accurately reflect real-world hardware behavior, eliminating drift between physical and virtual environments * Build and operate validation platforms that are reliable, observable, cost-efficient, and trusted, with clear metrics to monitor platform health and validation effectiveness * Drive continuous performance, scalability, and resilience analysis, proactively identifying system bottlenecks and leveraging data-driven and AI-assisted approaches to improve validation and code quality. * Grow and lead a high-performing TPS team, establishing engineering standards, embedding shift-left validation practices, and fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement, * Customer Obsessed - Building deep empathy for our customers, putting them at the core of our work, and developing strong, long-term relationships with them. * Aim High - Always challenging ourselves and others to raise the bar. * No Ego - Maintaining a "no job too small" attitude, and an open, inclusive and humble style. * One Team - Taking a highly collaborative approach to achieving success. * Lift As We Climb - Investing in developing others and helping others around us succeed. * Lean & Nimble - Working with agility and efficiency to experiment in an often ambiguous environment., Website Is a member of your immediate family a current SimpliSafe employee, contractor or board member (immediate family includes spouse, domestic partner, parent, child, any individual you are a legal guardian of, any individual that is your legal guardian, sibling, in-law, aunt, uncle, first cousin, niece, nephew, grandchild, or grandparent)?* Select... 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