Sr. Embedded Software Development Engineer, Ring Team

DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a Sr.Embedded Software Development Engineer to build and optimize firmware for Ring's growing portfolio of smart home devices. The ideal candidate is passionate about writing clean, efficient code for embedded platforms and has experience working across the full embedded software stack - from low-level drivers and BSP bring-up to application-layer services. You should be comfortable debugging complex hardware-software interactions and thrive in a fast-paced, customer-focused environment. Strong written and

verbal communication skills are essential, along with the ability to collaborate across distributed teams in multiple geographies.

Key job responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain embedded software for Ring devices running on RTOS and Linux-based platforms

Own end-to-end debugging and root-cause analysis of system-level issues impacting device performance, power consumption, and customer experience

Drive technical decisions on embedded software architecture, balancing performance, memory footprint, and maintainability

Lead design and code reviews, championing engineering best practices and raising the quality bar across the team

Mentor junior engineers through hands-on technical guidance, code reviews, and knowledge sharing

Collaborate with hardware, cloud, mobile, and product teams to define requirements and deliver cohesive, integrated solutions

Proactively identify and address systemic issues that affect device reliability and user satisfaction

Implement diagnostic tooling, metrics, and monitoring to improve system observability and accelerate issue resolution

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

7+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience

5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience

Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

7+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 193,300.00 - 261,500.00 USD annually