Lead Software Engineer - A.I. Developer - AT & T

Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Consumer Technology eXperience team is delivering innovative and reliable technology solutions to power differentiated, simplified customer experiences. Bring your bold ideas and fearless risk-taking to redefine connectivity and transform how the world shares stories and experiences that matter. When you step into a career with AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future-you’ll create it.

About the Team

The Digital Experience Bolt-Ons team is looking for a Sr. System Engineer who is passionate about improving customer experience and has technical and leadership skills to define the work plan for standing up and building out the work on the new IDP platform.  The team's mission is to develop and migrate the Digital Bolt-Ons and Wired Services applications from the various systems into common platforms. The team will work with marketing, business, and technology teams to implement this transition aligned to the Strategic Roadmaps in a phased delivery methodology.

About the Job

The Digital Experience Bolt-Ons team is looking for a Lead Software Engineer who is passionate about improving customer experience and has technical and leadership skills to lead the development to execute on the product roadmap. The position will lead delivery and development functions for this critical suite of functions to deliver the business needs and to support the modernization of these function to the latest technology platforms. This is a lead developer position you will be expected to code along with reviewing others code for errors.

Responsibilities and Day-to-Day View

Knowledgeable in the end-to-end delivery process for software applications/services, including design, development, testing, deployment, production application support (e.g., troubleshooting) and maintenance. Provide guidance to gather and review software requirements/user stories, develop estimates, create software design specifications, and assess/test hardware and software interactions. Execute a specific development methodology through application of multiple programming languages and databases. Provide guidance to create and execute automated test plans/strategies, and validate test environments, test data and test results, design and implement code. Responsible for code quality, development velocity and improvement of quality. Responsible for identifying tech debt and reducing it as part of the scrum deliverables. Works with product manager and developers to estimate story points for stories (using reference story & Fibonacci sequence) as part of the scrum. Assigns features, stories to releases taking inputs from product manager. Works as a lead developer setting an example in their coding techniques and code reviews.

Experience Required

Technical:

• API Documentation: 5+ years of experience with API documentation tools, preferably Swagger.
• API Monitoring: 5+ years of experience in API monitoring and dashboards using ELK and Dynatrace.
• Testing: 5+ years of experience in unit and functional testing using Junit, Mockito/JMock, Selenium, and Cucumber.
• Microservices: 5+ years of experience in event-driven microservice architecture using Kafka.
• Programming: 5+ years of experience with Java, RESTful APIs, Spring, Spring MVC, Spring Kafka, microservices, database technologies, and related testing tools/methodologies. Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Version Control: Advanced Git skills and experience with branching strategies.
• Databases: Knowledge of relational databases including SQL, Oracle, MS SQL, and PostgreSQL.
• Data Handling: Experience with data manipulation, migration, and scrubbing.
• File Management: Experience with flat file staging and uploading.
• Web Technologies: Understanding of JSON, XML, SoapUI, and Postman.
• Cloud and NoSQL: Experience with Azure cloud and NoSQL databases, preferably Cosmos DB.
• UI Development: Exposure to UI development using jQuery, ReactJS, JSON, and JavaScript.
• Agile Methodologies: Experience working with Agile/Scrum/Kanban development teams and tools such as Itrack and ADO.
• Collaboration: Ability to work with leads, engineers, architects, product managers, and business stakeholders to identify technical and functional needs based on priority.
• Coding Standards: Commitment to writing high-quality code with a focus on automated testing and validation.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills and experience in collaborative environments.
• API Development: 5+ years of experience building APIs with a focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Our Lead-Software Engineers earn between $143,800-$215,800. Not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.
 

 Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:

· Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

· 401(k) plan

· Tuition reimbursement program

· Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)

· Paid Parental Leave

· Paid Caregiver Leave

· Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected

· Adoption Reimbursement

· Disability Benefits (short term and long term)

· Life and Accidental Death Insurance

· Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal

· Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)

· Extensive employee wellness programs

· Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.

AT&T is leading the way to the future – for customers, businesses and the industry. We're developing new technologies to make it easier for our customers to stay connected to their world. Together, we’ve built a premier integrated communications and entertainment company and an amazing place to work and grow. Team up with industry innovators every time you walk into work, creating the world you always imagined. Ready to #transformdigital with us? Apply now!