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    Engineering Manager, Smart Security - Leeds, United Kingdom - Ecobee

    Ecobee
    Ecobee Leeds, United Kingdom

    4 weeks ago

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    Hi, we are ecobee.

    ecobee introduced the world's first smart Wi-Fi thermostat to help millions of consumers save money, conserve energy, and bring home automation into their lives. That was just the beginning. We continue our pursuit to create technology that brings peace of mind into the home and allows people to focus on the moments that matter most. We take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment, all while being part of the exciting, connected home revolution.

    In 2021, ecobee became a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems. Generac introduced the first affordable backup generator and later created the category of automatic home standby generator. The company is committed to sustainable, cleaner energy products poised to revolutionize the 21st century electrical grid. Together, we take pride in making a meaningful difference to the environment.

    Why we love to do what we do:

    We're helping build the world of tomorrow with solutions that improve everyday life while making a positive impact on the planet. Our products and services work in harmony to provide comfort, efficiency, and peace of mind for millions of homes and businesses. While we're proud of what we've done so far, there's still a lot we can do—and you can be part of it.

    Join our extraordinary team.

    We're a rapidly growing global tech company headquartered in Canada, in the heart of downtown Toronto, with a satellite office in Leeds, UK (and remote ecopeeps in the US). We get to work with some of North America and UK's leading professionals. Our colleagues are proud to bring their authentic selves to work, confident that what we do is grounded in a greater purpose. We're always looking for curious, talented, and passionate people to join our team.

    Who'll you be joining:

    The ecobee Smart Security service, launched in 2020 to rave reviews, is the intelligent solution that protects home and families. Our system uses machine learning and advance sensor technology to protect against possible break-ins or fire. This is just the beginning Join us to make the best-smart security service in the world.

    Reporting into the Director of Engineering, this is a key role to help us grow our engineering capability in the UK as well as building and maintaining the systems and experiences that power our Camera and Sensor devices. You will manage one team directly, made of up 5-7 backend developers, owning and developing cloud APIs and on-device application-level code.

    The engineering teams believe strongly in operational excellence – so being on-call and owning their code in production, mainly Python apps in GCP and Go-Lang code that runs within an embedded platform on the camera devices themselves.

    Your team will work closely with others in the Home Monitoring Business Unit and as EM you will collaborate daily with Product Managers and the Delivery team to improve and deliver the product vision and roadmap for our camera and sensors portfolio.

    You'll benefit from regular learning days, a dedicated learning and development budget, strategic offsites, as well as other opportunities for growth and development

    What Technologies We Use:

  • 70% Python, 30% Go-Lang
  • Apollo GraphQL
  • GitHub Actions (CI/CD), CircleCI
  • Google Cloud, GKE, CloudSQL, PubSub, Cloud Run, DataStore, BigQuery, Dataflow, etc.
  • Terraform
  • How you'll make an Impact:

  • Motivate and communicate across multiple levels in engineering
  • Develop, measure, and manage key metrics for the groups' performance
  • Build success peer partnerships with other department leaders in Engineering and cross-functionally (Product Management, Marketing, Hardware, etc.)
  • Foster a positive, supportive, and inclusive work environment
  • Manage the growth and development of a team of engineers - focusing on coaching, mentoring, motivation, and technical guidance
  • Hire empathetic, driven, and curious ecopeeps to build a talented team in the UK
  • Continuously improve agile development practices - balancing on developer productivity, product quality, and shipping predictably
  • Own the delivery of your team's work. Manage your stakeholders by providing accurate estimates and timelines while managing any risks
  • Build strong partnerships with other Product, UX and Engineering leaders and contribute to the overall vision and strategy - both product and technical.
  • What you bring to the Table:

    We've built the above list as a guideline for some of the skills and interests of our development team - but we strive to build our team with members from a diverse background and skill set, so if any combination of these apply to you, we'd love to chat

  • Experienced manager of software engineers; mentoring and supporting your team as individuals
  • Strong experience running highly available, mission critical cloud backends with a focus on operational excellence
  • From a comparable technical background, you will know what good looks like, and confidently drive improvements where needed
  • You will be technically involved at the software architecture level and be able to steer or collaborate at a lower level of detail, pairing and peer-reviewing code, for example
  • Excellent communication skills in written documentation and meetings, able to effectively collaborate with non-technical peers
  • Strong project management skills with an attention to detail - to help manage your team's delivery with predictability and aligned expectations
  • Just so you know: The hired candidate will be required to complete a background check
  • What happens after you apply:

    Application review. It will happen. By an actual person in Talent Acquisition. As we sometimes get upwards of 100+ applications for some roles, it can take a few days, but every applicant can expect a note regarding their application status.

    Interview Process: A 3-round interview process where you'll meet the team, beginning with 30-minute call with a member of our talent acquisition team.

    With ecobee, you'll have the opportunity to:

  • Be part of something big: Get to work in a fresh, dynamic, and ever-growing industry.
  • Make a difference for the environment: Make a sustainable impact while on your daily job, and after it through programs like ecobee acts.
  • Expand your career: Learn with our in-house learning enablement team, and enjoy our generous professional learning budget.
  • Put people first: Benefit from competitive salaries, health benefits, and a progressive Parental Top-Up Program (75% top-up or five bonus days off).
  • Play a part on an exceptional culture: Enjoy a fun and casual workplace with an open concept office, located at Queens Quay W & York St. ecobee Leeds is based at our riverside office on the Calls.
  • Celebrate diversity: Be part of a truly welcoming workplace. We offer a mentorship program and bias training.
  • Are you interested? Let's make it work.

    Our people are empowered to take ownership of their schedules with workflows that allow for flexible hours. Based on your job, you have an option of a office-based, fully remote, or hybrid work environment. New team members working remotely, will have all necessary equipment provided and shipped to them, and we conduct our interviews and onboarding sessions primarily through video.

    We're committed to inclusion and accommodation.

    ecobee believes that openness and diversity make us better. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply regardless of race, gender, age, religion, identity, or any other aspect which makes them unique. Accommodations can be made upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Our recruitment team is happy to answer any questions candidates may have about virtual interviewing, onboarding, and future work locations.

    We're up to incredible things. Come and be part of them.

    Discover our and learn more about

    Ready to join ecobee? .

    Please note, ecobee does not accept unsolicited resumes.


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