Principal Big Data Software Engineering

Job Description:

Join AT&T and reimagine the communications and technologies that connect the world. Our Technology 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.

The Principal Big Data Software Engineer is responsible for the development of high performance, distributed computing tasks using Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, NoSQL, text mining and other distributed environment technologies.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Uses Big Data programming languages and technology, writes code, completes programming and documentation, and performs testing and debugging of applications.

• Analyzes, designs, programs, debugs and modifies software enhancements and/or new products used in distributed, large scale analytics and visualization solutions.

• Interacts with data scientists and industry experts to understand how data needs to be converted, loaded and presented.

• Works in a highly agile environment.

Qualifications:

• Preferred Bachelor's of Science in Computer Science, Math or Scientific Computer preferred

• Requires 8-10 years of related experience

• Software engineering & SDLC skills (Full Stack Development and Microservices)

• Python Developer REST backend API Experience (Flask & FastAPI, Django)

• SQL , Database, Analytics

• Snowflake

• Databricks, ETL & Data engineering

• MongoDB (Nice to have)

• Gen AI Knowledge (Nanodegree on Gen AI Applications or similar, Embeddings and Vector Database Knowledge, Azure AI Search & RAG)

• General Azure Knowledge (ADLSGen2, AKS /Docker, Redis)

• Requires Daily Office Presence at the listed location. No relocation assistance is provided.

Desired Skillsets: 

•  Experience working with backend database servers like Postgres, Oracle DB, MySQL, Snowflake, MongoDB, CosmosDB, Redis

• Expertise in Data wrangling tasks such as Data Engineering & ETL processing

•  Experience with Unit, integration, QA, and end-to-end testing of application code.

• Comfortable working in Linux environment and able to handle complex bash/scripting jobs as required. Familiarity with common System Administration tasks is preferable.

•  Familiarity with general software engineering skills & design patterns related to topics like multi-threading, efficient I/O, connection pooling, caching, building apps for high volume & low latency requirements.

Supervisory:

No.

#LI-Onsite  – Full-time office role-

Our Principal Big Data Software Engineering, earns between $158,200.00-$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 Assi