Principal Software Engineer

Who we are

At Johnson Controls, we’re shaping the future to create a world that’s safe, comfortable, and sustainable. Our global team creates innovative, integrated solutions making the people, facilities, and assets safe with our industry-leading security solutions. We are passionate about improving the way the world lives, works, and plays. This is an exciting opportunity to develop the next generation of AI-driven security solutions. Your role will have a large impact, as the technology you develop will be used to protect people, facilities, and assets, at scale – around the world. Which is pretty world-changing!

You will be working with a talented team of architects, scientists, product managers, UI/UXD specialists, Software, Hardware, and QA engineers. Our teams are spread across several locations including Boston MA, Indianapolis IN, Belfast UK, Tel-Aviv Israel, Bangalore & Delhi India, Montreal Canada, Boca Raton FL, and Los Angeles CA.

You will be using the latest cutting-edge technologies to power next-generation Video Surveillance and Access Control solutions. Our market-leading brands include American Dynamics, Cloudvue, Illustra, Exacq, Software House, Kantech, Innometriks, and CEM.  

What you will do:

You will be a key contributor and technical lead in the design & development of requirements for assign project, access control and security systems web applications. As a member of the software development scrum team, you will work exceptionally effectively in collaboration with a team of engineers to design and develop robust web solutions that meet defined system requirements. You will be using the latest cutting-edge technologies to power next-generation Access Control and Video solutions.

• You will contribute to all phases of the secure software development life cycle, from development, testing and release.

• You will work closely with the Scrum team to deliver products on time with quality, coach and mentor junior engineers.

• We work in a fast-moving agile set-up, so expect to pitch in with other responsibilities sometimes.

• As a technical lead, you will require exceptional collaboration, teamwork, negotiation, influence, and relationship-building skills at all levels with internal teams.

• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills, with a demonstrated ability to inspire and motivate teams and drive customer satisfaction.

How you will do it:

You should be hands-on, working closely with your team to deliver the best web solutions with your technical expertise. You will be responsible for the critical functions below in helping the team design world leading products.

• Providing functional industry-specific subject matter expertise to support requirements gathering, solution design, and oversight

• Help engineers and product managers identify solutions to meet business requirements. 

• Resolve complex technical issues through research and investigation

• Help to break complex features into user stories and tasks and provide estimates.

• Contribute to hands-on solution implementation based on user stories, to ensure the solution is robust, secure, resource optimized and cost effective.

What we look for:

Required experience / Knowledge:

• Ability to work in the office three days per week

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Security, or related field, advanced degree preferred

• 8–10 years of experience in development of responsive web applications for enterprise level customers including unit testing and automated integration testing.

• Highly proficient with Angular 14 or higher, AngularJS, TypeScript, NodeJS, SCSS and HTML5

• Experience using Git, RESTful APIs, Jest and WebdriverIO.

• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills with strong problem-solving abilities and reliable approach to work.

Desirable experience / Knowledge:

• Solid understanding of computer networks including private subnets, DNS, TCP/UDP, firewalls, load balancers, reverse proxies, API gateways, NAT, IPv6 etc.

• Certified cloud practitioner with experience in building multi-tenant cloud platforms or service offerings in Azure

• Experience with WebRTC or similar video streaming technology

• Practical experience cyber security tools such as Veracode or SD Element or Finite State

• Ability to build trust with stakeholders and explain complex solutions to all audiences.

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