WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The Open Home Foundation is looking for a Node.js Engineer based in Europe to join our Ecosystem department. This department is responsible for the development of all the projects except Home Assistant under the OHF umbrella, including ESPHome, Voice, Music Assistant, our collaborations with other projects like Z-Wave JS, and any others that join us in the future.
Within the Ecosystem department we are starting up a new project to create a global, independent database for smart home devices which will be a web based platform, based on Node.js and other modern web technologies. Therefore we are looking for (Node.js) TypeScript developers to help create this project from scratch based on the design and ideas of the product and design team of the foundation.

ABOUT US

The Open Home Foundation is a non-profit organization based in Switzerland, with the objective of fighting for the fundamental principles of privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes. It does this by supporting the development of open-source projects, and open connectivity and communication standards.

A big part of this is Home Assistant, the biggest open-source project in number of contributors, but the Open Home Foundation also owns or collaborates with other projects important to promoting privacy, choice, and sustainability in the smart home, like:

• Open hardware tools (e.g., ESPHome, ESP Web Tools)
• Open standards (e.g., Python Matter Server, Z-Wave JS, ZigPy, BTHome, Improv Wi-Fi)
• Open voice (e.g., Rhasspy, Wyoming Protocol, Piper)

WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

• Design and implement scalable, high-performance, and reliable Node.js applications
• Shape infrastructure needed to store and manage a large database of smart home devices and be able to scale it efficiently.
• Work hand-in-hand with the product manager to shape the application as it grows and evolves over time.
• Review teammates code
• Ensure the performance, security, quality, and responsiveness of this new cloud service, together with the Infrastructure Working Group within the Open Home Foundation.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and ensure the project adopts best practices.