Integrations Engineer

We are looking for

The Open Home Foundation is looking for a Home Assistant Integration Engineer preferably 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, the Open Home Protocols (Zigbee/Z-Wave/Matter), our collaborations with other projects like WLED or Zigbee2MQTT, and any others that join us in the future.

Many, if not all, projects within the Ecosystem department have an implementation / integration within Home Assistant which needs to be developed/maintained. As a Home Assistant developer that works for the ecosystems department, you'll implement all these elements in the Home Assistant code for the various projects. You'll understand the code styling, iteration cycle and other patterns from the Home Assistant project while picking up various tasks from the different teams/projects within Ecosystem, such as ESPHome, Voice/Assist, the “Open Home Protocols” and Music Assistant.

This is primary (async) Python3 code but it may also involve a frontend element which you pick up yourself or together with the frontend team. You'll work closely with the members (and their community) of the various projects within Ecosystem to identify and describe work that needs to be picked up in the right priority, accounting for the HA release cycle.

What you are going to do

• Focus on implementing backend logic into the Home Assistant project on behalf of the projects that live in the Ecosystem department.

• Help prioritize and describe tasks on the project board together with team members and product management.

• Implement new features and fix (and prevent) bugs within the Home Assistant integration component of the various Ecosystem projects, such as (but not limited to) ESPHome, Music Assistant, ZHA/Zigbee, Z-Wave and Matter.

• Collaborate with the team members of the various projects within Ecosystem.

• Review code from other team members and community contributors.

What you need to have

• 3+ years of experience working in back-end development.

• 2+ years of experience working with (async) Python 3.

• Experience with Git and Github.

• Professional Fluency in English: Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

It would be great if you also have

• A passion for smart homes and automation.

• Experience as a Home Assistant user.

• Experience with and interest in any or multiple of the Ecosystem projects, such as (any of the) Open Home Protocol(s), ESPHome and Music Assistant.

• Experience with developing, maintaining and reviewing Home Assistant integrations.

• Some frontend (typescript) experience to accomplish simple tasks.

• Based in Europe, due to the fact that many team members, including the Lead, are EU based.

What we offer you

The Open Home Foundation is a fully remote organization that uses Remote to employ people from all over the world. You will be a normal salaried employee in your country.

This is a full-time position for 40 hours per week. Because we are a fully remote company, there is no fixed schedule. For the purpose of team communication, we do try to ensure at least 3 hours of overlap in the workday. You will report to the Ecosysteam Lead, who is based in the Netherlands.

Core to the establishment of the Open Home Foundation was the well-being of the people building the future of the smart home. We will provide all the benefits required by the country you reside in. However, we also want to make sure all our employees, regardless of country of origin, get at least a minimal set of benefits, including:

• Five weeks (twenty-five days) of paid time off.

• Fourteen days of paid sick leave if your country/laws treat them as unpaid.

• Six weeks of paid and six weeks of unpaid parental leave to be used in the first year after birth. We will provide the missing days if your country/laws do not provide such compensation.

• A budget for your work hardware once you start. After three years, you may keep this equipment for personal use.

• An annual smart home budget to ensure you keep up-to-date with the latest that smart homes offer.

• A 50% contribution to your internet connection fee at your home workspace.

• One day every two weeks to work on your personal projects.

• If you are currently working on Home Assistant-related side projects, you can spend work time maintaining them.

When first offering a position to a new member, the Open Home Foundation aims to provide a total compensation package that matches the 75th percentile for the new hire's role, seniority, and local market rates. For a Integrations Engineer in our primary operating countries, the approximate yearly compensation will be the following:

• Netherlands: 65.000 EUR.

• UK: 58.000 GBP.

• Spain: 53.000 EUR.

• Portugal: 52.000 EUR.

• Other countries: compensation can be discussed during the first interview.

These figures may be adjusted based on experience, qualifications, and work hours.

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)

• Music Assistant

The recruitment process

1. Apply for the role.

2. Our HR team will review your application with the hiring manager.

3. Interview with HR.

4. Technical assessment.

5. Interview with the team.

6. Interview with the manager.

7. Offer.

8. Join our team!