Software Engineer I - Device Control
SimpliSafe · Boston, MA
$75,100–$100,100from the description
Jul 6, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An entry-level backend software engineering role on a team responsible for cloud services that connect customers to home security systems in real time. Day-to-day work involves building and testing software components, fixing bugs, writing documentation, and participating in code reviews, all under the guidance of senior engineers. The role suits a recent or soon-to-graduate computer science candidate with foundational programming knowledge and an eagerness to learn distributed systems at scale.
Junior level · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6,900 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,150–10,400
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $169,742 (middle half $134,780–$187,781). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is titled 'Software Engineer 1', which maps to a Junior/entry-level band; the requirements (recent graduate, coursework/internship exposure, no years-of-experience gate) fully support that classification.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree… or equivalent practical experience', so no formal degree is hard-gated.
The programming language requirement lists C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C++, Go, or Python as interchangeable options — any one suffices; C# is listed first and is likely the team's primary language given the .NET-oriented backend context.
Cloud platform exposure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and familiarity with Agile/Scrum appear only under the 'Nice-to-Haves' section.
Claude Code is mentioned as an AI-assisted development tool the team actively uses; it appears in the primary responsibilities narrative rather than a requirements gate, so it is marked preferred.
SimpliSafe is headquartered in Boston, MA; the role follows a hybrid model (two core in-office days per week), so it is not fully remote.
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