Job Description
Description
We’re SmartThings, one of the leading IoT ecosystems in the world, creating the most effortless way for anyone to create a smart home. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung, our corporate offices are based in Minneapolis and the Bay Area.
More than 350 million people worldwide use SmartThings to control and manage their connected life. SmartThings delivers simple, powerful experiences across Samsung’s leading portfolio of phones, TVs, and appliances. We also offer the most versatile smart home experience as an open platform with a rich partner ecosystem (think IKEA, SONOS, Honeywell, and so many more). As a founding member of Matter, we are a leader in the industry to help make smart homes more secure, reliable and seamless to use. Come be a part of the leading edge of IoT innovation!
About The Team
SmartThings offers an experienced Engineering Manager a unique opportunity to lead our Release Engineering team. We’re seeking a technical engineering manager who is excited about forming a DevOps practice and being a thought leader in that space. The ideal candidate is excited to reach out to internal teams, listen to their needs, and plan work accordingly within the team. The ideal candidate is also great at building relationships within the team, managing up and sharing information with the team.
Key Responsibilities
This position is a hybrid role, based onsite 3 days a week at our office in Mountain View, CA.
In this role, your primary responsibilities will include the following:
- Customer Focus:
- Active solicitation of requirements
- Curate team roadmap
- Foster healthy working relationships in distributed teams
- Balance business needs, internal requests, and team needs
- Business Execution Management:
- Track progress and maintain a clear perspective on deadlines and roadmaps
- Communication with stakeholders on roadmap highlights, status, and risks
- Vendor management of tools used for production as the technical owner
- Strong organization skills
- Domain Expertise and Leadership:
- Automation first, find creative solutions to complex problems
- Build and support domain expertise within the team, find opportunities to run PoCs, and help establish a technical roadmap, enabling the team to become the domain technical leader with operational excellence
- Team Leadership:
- Coach, mentor, and develop team members personally and professionally
- Grow your team by recruiting and retaining strong technical and inclusive contributors
- Build relationships and gain trust within your team
- Lead end-to-end execution of initiatives and projects with your team and technical staff
- Continuously improve team practices and procedures.
- Encourage and develop an inclusive culture and diverse team
- Continuous learning in automation, continuous integration, and reliable deployment
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Inclusive Hiring Practices
Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At SmartThings, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
What You Bring On Day One (Required Qualifications)
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or similar field
- 5+ years of experience as an Engineering manager, leading a team of 5 or more developers
- 3+ years of experience as a cloud software developer/cloud operations DevOps engineer
- 2+ years of experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
- Hands-on experience with managing cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Strong experience working with CI/CD tooling
- Experience working in a Corporate environment
- Strong organization skills (balancing team capacity with commitments)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proven success managing change in an organization
- Ability to build strong relationships with team members and cross-functionally
- Strong business acumen
Desired Skills
- Cloud software development experience, Java/Kotlin
- K8s orchestration
- Flexibility of kanban, scrum, waterfall
- Mix experience of startup and enterprise
SmartThings Benefits
- We offer an attractive compensation package with comprehensive health benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and mental health; an HSA with employer contribution; life & insurance; FSAs for health and dependent care expenses; a competitive 401k with a 5% employer match, and more.
- All of our employees enjoy unlimited PTO, 12 paid holidays, and a generous parental leave policy (8 weeks fully paid parental leave and 8 more fully paid weeks for childbirth recovery leave).
- Eligible employees benefit from our education reimbursement program, and all employees enjoy access to learning resources through O’Reilly.
- Our commitment to equity and belonging is embedded into our culture and our work, and everyone has frequent opportunities to join forums and groups and participate in ongoing projects.
- Free onsite parking with EV chargers at our Mountain View location/public transportation stipend.
- Free lunch daily at our onsite cafeteria.
- Access to the onsite gym and locker rooms.
Base compensation range for this position is $174,972 to $262,458. Actual base within this range will depend on many factors including experience, skills, technical expertise and market alignment. In addition, this role is eligible for a 20% annual target bonus based heavily on individual performance.
At SmartThings, we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible environment for all. If you require accommodations to participate in our hiring process or to perform the requirements of the job, we will work with you to meet your needs in compliance with applicable laws. Please reach out to and a member of our Talent Acquisition team will connect with you further!