Principal Software Engineer

Who we are

At Johnson Controls, we’re shaping the future to create a world that’s safe, comfortable, and sustainable. Our global team creates innovative, integrated solutions making the people, facilities, and assets safe with our industry-leading security solutions. We are passionate about improving the way the world lives, works, and plays. This is an exciting opportunity to play a crucial role in designing, developing, and deploying advanced software solutions for monitoring and managing network video recorders. Your role will have a large impact, as the technology you develop will be used to protect people, facilities, and assets, at scale – around the world.

You will be working with a talented team of architects, scientists, product managers, UI/UXD specialists, Software, Hardware, and QA engineers. Our teams are spread across several locations including Boston MA, Indianapolis IN, Belfast UK, Tel-Aviv Israel, Bangalore & Delhi India, Montreal Canada, Boca Raton FL, and Los Angeles CA.

You will be using the latest cutting-edge technologies to power next-generation Video Surveillance and Access Control solutions. Our market-leading brands include American Dynamics, Cloudvue, Illustra, Exacq, Software House, Kantech, Innometriks, and CEM. 

What you will do

You will be a Principal Software Engineer or an experienced Senior Software Engineer who is ready for the next step.  As a member of the software development team, you will work closely with other software development, firmware development and testing teams to design, implement and optimize applications and services for video system configuration, recording, and management. You will have a proven background in software development and will apply this to develop high performance product solutions that can run on edge devices, cloud and on-premise servers. You will follow secure development processes including contributing to threat analysis, participating in design reviews and code reviews.

How you will do it

• Participate in the full development life cycle from requirements to implementation and verification

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including architects, product managers, and engineers, to design, implement, and test enterprise applications for security products.

• Architect and develop software solutions that enable seamless device interactions, including video streaming and configuration

• Contribute to the hands-on solution implementations.

• Join in strategic discussions, keeping all stakeholders productively engaged

• Help to break complex features into user stories and tasks and provide estimates.

• Develop new features based on user stories.

• Work with your team to ensure the solution is robust, secure, resource optimized and cost effective.

• Focus on continuous enhancement, maintenance, and code quality through regular code reviews.

• Use your excellent diagnostic and troubleshooting skills to solve problems

• Continuously research and assess new technologies, methodologies, and processes to enhance the overall system architecture and development practices

What we look for  

Required:  

• Authorization to work in the UK and ability to work in Belfast three days per week

• BSc/MSc/PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering with substantial experience in developing complex enterprise products/solutions

• 5+ years’ experience of C++ software development on Linux platforms (preferably Ubuntu)

• Solid understanding of cyber security with emphasis on designing software for security

• Understanding of asynchronous vs. synchronous message processing and event-based architectures

• Understanding of Linux services

• Experience should include some of the following: UDP/IP, TCP/IP, Multi-process and Multi-threading, Asynchronous programming, Databases, Open-Source Software Integration

• Strong written and verbal communications

• Ability to coach and mentor junior engineers

Desirable experience/ knowledge:  

• Experience with scripting languages e.g. Python, Bash

• Experience as a Scrum Master

• Docker Containers

• Linux package management

• Hybrid on-premise and Cloud computing implementation and integrations

• Cloud solutions on Azure, AWS or Google

• Video streaming technologies e.g. GStreamer

• Low-level operating system functions, i.e network, user, storage configurations

• Windows platform development

Join us at Johnson Controls, where we are leveraging technology to build a more productive, secure, and sustainable future. Your work will directly impact the protection of people, facilities, and assets on a global scale. If you are an engineer with bold ideas and a passion for making a difference, this is the role for you!

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