Entry Level Junior Software Developer Jobs in Boston, MA

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.
At Sonos, we want to create the ultimate listening experience for our customers, and connect them to the content they want, where they want it. 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 Junior Embedded Software Development Engineer, you'll contribute to the software that runs on Sonos players to help deliver reliable playback and great experiences across our ecosystem. You'll work closely with a supportive team of engineers who will help you learn Sonos systems, embedded development practices, and how we ship high-quality software. You'll be exposed to foundational areas of the Sonos system such as music playback, device-to-device interaction, and partner services. You'll grow your skills through hands-on development, debugging, and collaboration across disciplines like hardware, product management, and user experience. If you love music, enjoy learning, and want to solve challenging problems, we'd love to talk.
This role is for a position on the Partner Integration team. You'll be working closely with our Music Service Partners (MSPs) to support over 120 integrations on Sonos. Familiarity with API design, SDK integration, and full stack software development will serve you well in this role. You will be adding new exciting features, improving existing integrations, and helping shape the future of partner integrations on Sonos.
This is a hybrid position, allowing for a combination of remote work and in-office collaboration. Qualified applicants must live within commuting distance of our Boston office location and should expect to be in office a minimum of 3 days per week.
Visa Sponsorship: Sonos is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at this time. We ask that applicants be authorized to work for any US employer, both now and in the future.
What You'll Do

• Contribute to embedded firmware development in C/C++ on Sonos players.
• Implement well-scoped features and bug fixes with guidance from senior engineers.
• Debug issues in embedded environments using logs, traces, and reproduction steps; learn root-cause analysis skills.
• Collaborate with teammates across software, hardware, and QA to deliver reliable releases.
• Participate in code reviews (both giving and receiving), and learn Sonos development and quality practices.
• Help improve maintainability and reliability through testing, tooling, and incremental refactoring as you grow.
• Maintain, patch, and add new SDKs/integrations from our partners on Sonos.
• Add new features for our Music Service Providers on Sonos.

What You'll Need
Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience with C/C++ (coursework, internships, co-op, or professional experience).
• Exposure to C/C++ based embedded systems / firmware development (projects, internships, lab work, or early-career roles).
• Familiarity with embedded concepts such as memory constraints, concurrency, and real-time behaviors.
• Curiosity and strong learning aptitude: ability to ramp on unfamiliar systems and ask great questions.
• Experience with version control (e.g., Git, Perforce, etc.).
• Willingness to engage with our AI tools to help with your day to day workflow.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience debugging on-device software (logs, tracing, performance investigation).
• Comfort reading and working with APIs and protocol-level interactions (networking basics a plus).
• Interest in audio, music, and consumer devices.
• Experience working in a team environment using code reviews and CI tooling.

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:
$93,000 and $115,900
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 accommodations@sonos.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.