Jobs / United States / Simplisafe INC
Staff Software Engineer
Simplisafe INC · 🇺🇸 Boston, MA
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 7 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 5 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Simplisafe INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles3 certified filings for “Senior Software Engineer” (Software Developers) in MA: $123k–$172k, median $159k. Most were filed at wage level III (67%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Simplisafe INC
The US Department of Labor certified 7 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 5 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
About SimpliSafe We’re a high-tech home security company that’s passionate about protecting the life you’ve built and our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. And we’ve created a culture here that cares just as deeply about the career you’re building. Ours is a no ego culture of collaboration and innovation where those seeking their next challenge can find big opportunities and make a huge impact on the lives of all those who we protect. We don’t just want you to work here. We want you to grow and thrive here. We’re embracing a hybrid work model that enables our teams to split their time between office and home. Hybrid for us means we expect our teams to come together in our state-of-the-art office on two core days, typically Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday – working together in person and choosing where they work for the remainder of the week. We all benefit from flexibility and get to use the best of both worlds to get our work done. Why are we hiring? Well, we're growing and thriving. So, we need smart, talented, and humble people who share our values to join us as we disrupt the home security space and relentlessly pursue our mission of keeping Every Home Secure. What You'll Do As an engineer on SimpliSafe's Video team you will build and maintain the cloud-based systems that empower customers to interact with their home security cameras from anywhere in the world. We're looking for a motivated, experienced Staff Software Engineer to design, develop, maintain and own software solutions. We're a backend team solving large-scale video streaming and recording problems to ensure customers have real-time control and visibility into their cameras. You'll be working with our stack of Go, C#, TypeScript, AWS, Kubernetes, SQS, SNS, ffmpeg, WebRTC. The safety of our customers is important, and as such our key pillars are reliability, simplicity, and performance. Primary Responsibilities Include: • Partner with internal stakeholders to understand requirements and design simple, reliable, flexible solutions. • Drive the implementation of those solutions, both by writing code yourself and supporting other engineers with code reviews and mentoring. • Long-term support & maintenance work, such as performance optimization, bug fixes, feature additions, design and usability improvements, and automation. • Document the systems you are building to ensure they can be maintained by the next generation of developers. • Serve as an on-call first responder for software owned by your team. What You'll Bring • 8+ years of industry experience, including having owned the architecture of a production backend system end-to-end, from design through long-term operational ownership. • 2+ years designing, building, or operating a real-time or low-latency video streaming service, e.g. HLS/DASH delivery or WebRTC media distribution. • Experience with tools such as WebRTC, GStreamer, ffmpeg, or libav. • Familiarity with video streaming standards such as HLS/DASH, fMP4, CMAF, adaptive bitrate packaging, video codecs (H.264, HEVC, AV1), audio codecs (AAC), and transport protocols (SRT, RTMP, WHIP, MoQ). • Extensive experience building and running cloud-based microservices and distributed systems. • Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive technical decision-making within a team. • Proficiency in at least one major programming language (Go, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, etc.). • Passion, curiosity and a desire to continuously learn and grow. • Extensive experience with AWS, GCP or Azure. • Excellent problem-solving skills and proven track record to break down complexity. • Experience with IoT or smart home video streaming applications is a plus. • Familiarity with the Agile Scrum process. What Values You’ll Share • Customer Obsess