Software Engineer II- Device Cloud at SimpliSafe
Boston, MA
$93,800–$125,100from the description
Aug 2, 2026
Boston, MA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend Software Engineer II role on SimpliSafe's Device Cloud Services team, focused on designing and building cloud-based distributed systems that give customers real-time control over their home security devices. The work centers on reliability, performance, and scale, with responsibilities spanning feature development, testing, on-call support, and long-term maintenance of backend services.
Mid level · Boston, MA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,200 people in the Boston, MA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,100–7,800
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 Aug 4, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The programming language requirement is intentionally broad — the JD asks for experience with at least one major language from a list (C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C++, Go, Python, etc.); C# is listed first and the team is described as multi-language, so it is used as the primary skill name with the others as alternatives.
The cloud platform requirement (AWS, Azure, or GCP) is listed under the required 'What You'll Bring' section, making it a hard gate despite the 'or' framing; the named alternatives are captured accordingly.
Agile Scrum is listed under 'What You'll Bring' but framed as 'familiarity with' — a softer qualifier — so it is treated as preferred.
SOLID principles are mentioned as a required understanding but name a methodology/design concept rather than a concrete named technology, so they are omitted per extraction rules.
The role is hybrid (two days in-office per week at the Boston headquarters), not fully remote.
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