Backend Software Engineer – Philips Hue

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Who we are

Through bold discovery and cutting-edge innovation, we lead an industry that is vital for the future of our planet: lighting. Through our leadership in connected lighting and the Internet of Things, we're breaking new ground in data analytics, AI, and smart solutions for homes, offices, cities, and beyond.

At Signify, you can shape tomorrow by building on our incredible 125+ year legacy while working toward even bolder sustainability goals. Our culture of continuous learning, creativity, and commitment to diversity and inclusion empowers you to grow your skills and career.  

Join us, and together, we’ll transform our industry, making a lasting difference for brighter lives and a better world. You light the way.   

More about the role

We're looking for a Cloud Backend Software Engineer for our Ecosystem development Europe team working on our Home Security proposition.

You'll be working on one of the world's leading consumer smart home ecosystems. You’ll be part of a multi-disciplinary software engineering team consisting of quality, mobile, embedded, and cloud engineers. Our mission is to build the best smart home security system which differentiates itself through integration with lighting, and a privacy without compromise approach using end-to-end encryption and edge AI. This role will focus on developing Cloud services for our security cameras.

What you'll do

• Design, implement, test and ship scalable backend services running on AWS to integrate a new category of devices and use-cases into the Philips Hue ecosystem
• Work in a multidisciplinary team (App, Cloud, Embedded) that together builds new features and functionalities end to end. You represent the Cloud backend in system design choices and definition of specifications.
• Closely collaborate with other functions, like QA, product management, as well as engineers from partner companies and suppliers, to jointly optimize our product experience.
• Perform data analysis, identify improvement opportunities, provide input to steer the product roadmap, and work on the ongoing performance and reliability of our cloud software operations.

Your qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline
• 3+ years working on software development and definition of large scale microservices on AWS (certification desired) in a continuous delivery environment; having worked on IoT / Smart Home products is a plus
• Experience using Go / Python, serverless and Kubernetes based architectures, infrastructure as code (preferably Terraform), and DevOps tools & practices
• Extensive knowledge of network communication protocols (HTTP, MQTT, media streaming technologies), and security/privacy concepts
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with other Cloud developers and work with international partners and colleagues, as well as a can-do mentality to realize world-class consumer product experiences

What we’ll do for you

You can grow a lasting career here. We’ll encourage you, support you, and challenge you. We’ll help you learn and progress in a way that’s right for you, with coaching and mentoring along the way. We’ll listen to you too, because we see and value every one of our 30,000+ people. 

We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace fosters creativity, innovation, and a full spectrum of bright ideas. With a global workforce representing 99 nationalities, we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued, helping us all achieve more together.