Software Development Engineer III
About The Position
We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're seeking driven and enthusiastic professionals to join our team, empower lives, fuel businesses, and drive innovation. Connectivity is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. Our successes, now and in the future, are powered by our amazing product, a commitment to our people and culture, and the connections we make in our communities. We’re looking for a highly skilled and experienced Software Development Engineer III with a strong background in AI and machine learning to join our growing AI engineering team. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of intelligent systems and AI-powered products. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, data scientists, ML engineers, product managers, and infrastructure teams to bring cutting-edge innovations to production at scale. You’ll play a key role in technical decision-making, architecture, and mentoring junior/mid-level engineers while pushing the boundaries of what AI can do across our platform.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field required
- Minimum 7 years of software development experience
- Excellent communication skills and ability to lead technical initiatives across teams
- Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, GIT, NodeJS, and Code Blocks
- Experience optimizing AI systems for performance, reliability, and scale
- End-to-end development of AI-driven systems and services
- Experience with Google Cloud capabilities
- Familiarity with AI Tools and AI First mindset
- Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Google CES, along with prompt engineering, is an added advantage
- Dialogflow / conversational AI experience is a nice to have
- The person should be a strong team player
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end development of AI-driven systems and services.
- Collaborate with research and product teams to translate ML models into scalable production applications.
- Architect robust, scalable, and low-latency backend systems and AI pipelines.
- Guide the design and implementation of APIs, microservices, and data pipelines supporting AI workloads.
- Drive adoption of AI best practices to ethical AI and model interpretability.
- Optimize machine learning models for performance, cost, and accuracy in production environments.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and architectural guidance.
- Own software reliability, testing, and observability of AI components.
- Stay updated with advancements in AI/ML and drive continuous improvement of the tech stack.
Benefits
- Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
