Principal System Engineering
Bothell, Washington
Job Description:
This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.
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.
Role Overview: This is a hands-on role that results in the delivery of an application or service. You will be responsible for translating core architecture for business requirements into the final technical solution, which consists of platform, network, software, cloud, etc. This involves functional, performance, and reliability analysis using engineering models and techniques, primarily through software development across the vertical stack.
Primary Responsibilities:
Review and Validate Technical Specifications
Critically evaluate architecture and design documents to ensure alignment with business objectives, scalability, and maintainability.
Question assumptions, dependencies, and edge cases in technical specs.
Come up with specific NFR s related to Performance, security and compliance standards.
Challenge and Improve Implementation Approaches
Inspect code and system implementations to validate adherence to specifications, performance expectations, and security standards.
Offer alternative solutions or optimizations based on best practices and emerging technologies.
Ensure Technical Accuracy and Feasibility
Verify that proposed solutions are technically sound, feasible at scale, and resilient under stress.
Assess risks in implementation strategies and raise red flags early in the development lifecycle.
Conduct Design and Code Reviews
Lead peer design and code reviews with IDP/Amdocs/Digital teams, guiding teams to follow architectural standards, improve quality, and avoid common pitfalls.
Drive a culture of constructive questioning and continuous improvement.
Drive Consistency Across all Teams
Ensure uniformity in implementation patterns and technical documentation across teams and projects.
Promote use of reusable patterns, libraries, and frameworks.
Collaborate with System Architects and Stakeholders
Act as a bridge between architecture and engineering teams, ensuring that specs are both technically thorough and practically implementable.
Qualifications:
Experience: 8+ years of system engineering experience and architecture. Experience working on large-scale complex systems is essential.
Skills and Expertise:
Microservices Development and Integration:
Security Frameworks: Apigee, Kong, ABS, 3scale
Integration SDKs: SpringBoot, Node.js, C++
BriteBill Technologies:
Backend Development: Java, SpringBoot (REST, MVC, Security), Spring Integration
Cloud Deployment: Azure (preferred), OpenShift, AKS
Document Processing: Apache Velocity, Apache FOP
Containerization and Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
Event Streaming and Messaging: Kafka, RabbitMQ
Databases: MySQL Server, Couchbase, SQL Server
Frontend Development: JavaScript, HTML, CSS, React, TypeScript
REST API Tools: Postman
Build and CI/CD Tools: Bitbucket, Jenkins, Maven, NPM
Scripting and Automation: Unix scripting
Project Management Tools: Jira
Certification: SAFe Architect certificate.
Education: Preferred Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Science, Electrical Engineering, or Math; Developer nanodegree; or equivalent experience.
Our Principal System Engineering, earns between $141,300.00-$237,400.00 USD Annual, 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.
#LI-Onsite – Full-time office role
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?
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Weekly Hours:
40Time Type:
RegularLocation:
USA:TX:Plano / W Plano Pkwy - Adm:3400 W Plano PkwySalary Range:
$141,300.00 - $237,400.00It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.
Job ID R-67372-2 Date posted 05/13/2025
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