Software Development Engineer - Embedded Quality

At Sonos we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers and know that it starts by listening to each other. As part of the Sonos team, you’ll collaborate with people of all styles, skill sets, and backgrounds to realize our vision while fostering a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do the best work of their lives.

As a Software Development Engineer, you will represent Embedded Quality in the Software organization. You will have a direct impact on the business, advancing the platform for both internal and external customers. You’ll be exposed to a large variety of the foundational pieces of the Sonos system - music playback, device-to-device interaction, partner services, and much more. In addition, you’ll be tasked with creating a development pipeline with quality at its core. You will be expected to understand the features being built and automate testing of those features. In addition, you will work with a team of industry-leading innovators across many different disciplines such as hardware, product management and user experience. If you love music, solving challenging problems and delivering high-quality products, we want to talk with you!

What You’ll Do

• Develop and improve the team's automated CI/CD release pipeline, with quality as its foundation.

• Develop automated tests for new software features, especially around partners and control API

• Monitor, debug, and fix breakages within our automated pipeline.

• Add and democratize new forms of data and metrics to allow the team to make decisions on where to focus and improve our tests.

• Be an active participant and engaged part of your Scrum team – you are the voice of both quality and the customer during the development process.

• Review requirements, behavior specifications, and design documents to begin test development early and uncover issues prior to implementation.

• Investigate log, track, and triage bugs to determine root cause and establish prioritization.

• Advocate Software Quality within Sonos

What You’ll Need

Research shows that candidates from underrepresented backgrounds often don’t apply for roles if they don’t meet all the criteria.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent experience

• 1-5 years of experience in automation, preferably with embedded systems

• Demonstrated proficiency writing code for automation with one or more of the following: Python, Javascript, C/C++

• Experience with version control such as Git, Perforce, etc

• Knowledge on data instrumentation and telemetry for Software Quality

• This role requires commuting distance to our main engineering office in Boston. Qualified candidates must be able to be in our office at least once a week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with REST and/or Websocket based APIs

• Experience with CI/CD build and release pipelines: Github Actions, Jenkins, Azure Pipelines, etc

• Experience with the following technologies:

  • Embedded, Restful API and Cloud automation testing tools in a B2B model

  • OpenAPI Specifications, Data Telemetry and Code Instrumentation

  • Test Automation Frameworks in Python

  • JIRA

  • Kubernetes and Docker containerization

  • Linux as a development platform

  • Tableau, Kibana, DataDog and other system reliability and quality tracking tools

Your profile will be reviewed and you'll hear from us once we have an update. At Sonos we take the time to hire right and appreciate your patience.

The base pay range for this role based off geographic location is:

$110,000 and $138,100

The specific pay offered will depend on the candidate’s geographic location, as well as qualifications and experience. We apply geographic pay differentials based on the cost of labor in the market. Employees in high-cost locations may be compensated at the upper end of the range, while those in medium or low cost markets may be compensated at the lower end of the range. Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

Please note that compensation details listed in US job postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

We also offer a comprehensive

benefits program

with choice and flexibility in mind to help support the health, wealth, and overall well-being of our employees. Regular full time employees in the US are eligible for benefits on day one, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• A 401(k) plan with company matching and immediate vesting

• An Open Time Off policy (OTO) so you have maximum opportunity to disconnect and recharge, with no tenure-based vacation accruals required

• 80 hours of sick time upon hire, refreshed annually

• Up to 12 paid holidays per calendar year

• Sonos offers a generous paid leave program for new parents or to care for a family member with a serious health condition, as well as short- and long-term disability for your own medical condition

• Company-paid Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance

• Voluntary benefits, including Voluntary Life, AD&D, Accident, and Pet Insurance

• Mental health benefits to support your holistic well-being

• A generous employee discount program & Sonos Radio HD - on us!

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Notice to U.S. Job Applicants: Sonos is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

Sonos is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.