Engineering Manager

AT&T•Plano, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

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. Join our dynamic team as an Engineering Manager, where your expertise in Java-based applications, microservices, and cloud technologies will shape the future of our high-volume, mission-critical systems. You’ll lead and inspire a high-impact team while staying close to the code. In this role, you’ll pair people leadership with hands-on technical ownership to modernize and improve our software engineering and delivery—Agile execution, architecture, data platforms, application reliability/support, and program execution.

Requirements

7+ years of progressive software engineering experience delivering complex systems, with demonstrated ownership of end-to-end execution and team delivery.
3+ years leading engineering teams with strong hands-on backend expertise building highly scalable, high-volume/high-transaction Java applications (e-commerce or similar) from design through production.
Proven experience with cloud and data technologies such as Azure, Kafka / Azure Event Hub, Cassandra/Solr, and PostgreSQL.
Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, translate them into technical designs, and decompose work into executable delivery items.
Hands-on experience with AI productivity tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Windsurf, or similar) in daily engineering workflows.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Spring Boot, microservices, and Kubernetes-based infrastructure
Digital transformation experience, including migration of legacy platforms to modern architectures
Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science/Engineering or closely related field

Responsibilities

Lead a 2–5 person team while remaining hands-on (~50%), designing and building scalable, cloud-native services and platform capabilities through coding, reviews, and solution design.
Provide technical direction across Agile delivery, software design, systems engineering, database, and production support domains.
Drive event-based architecture and delivery execution using Kafka and Azure Event Hubs, including requirements gathering, analysis, and decomposing work into feature-level deliverables.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (product, engineering, architecture, program management) to unblock delivery and align on outcomes.
Establish and enforce engineering best practices (quality, security, performance, observability, and maintainability).
Architect and build cloud-native solutions using Azure and data technologies such as Cassandra, Solr, and PostgreSQL.
Champion modern developer workflows and AI-assisted productivity (e.g., Copilot/Windsurf) to improve throughput and code quality.

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.