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Bothell, Washington

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"I find it incredibly rewarding to be out and see customers enjoying a product I spent my time perfecting."

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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.

Position Summary

AT&T's Product Innovation team is looking for a Distinguished Engineer who is passionate about the eCommerce industry and has analytical and multi-task abilities to thrive in a fast-paced environment. As a member of the Empowered Product Team, this role ensures the technical feasibility and successful delivery of products by leading agile development, managing technical risks, providing expert technical guidance, and balancing agility with quality through effective QA protocols. You must possess strong technical background to ensure you are designing modular & scalable web components, you must have experience leading large cross-organizational software development projects and have a well-rounded technical background in current web and micro-service technologies.

Position Responsibilities

  • Architect, design and deliver large-scale, reliable, maintainable, high quality tested software products and systems aligned with company guidelines and best practices, maintaining comprehensive documentation for software design, implementation, and maintenance, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and internal policies.  

  • Resolve the company’s most difficult technical problems, developing groundbreaking solutions and pushing the boundaries of technology aligned with strategic business objectives.

  • Lead the craftsmanship, availability, resilience, and scalability of your solutions

  • Accountable for technical feasibility and delivery of products

  • Address difficult and ambiguous problems spanning the interactions among multiple systems, products, organizations, people and functions.

  • Builds tech solutions by iteratively translating customer needs and business constraints into working prototypes

  • Advises on best possible technical and innovative approaches

  • Balances agility and quality with right protocols

  • Lead and provide expert guidance and mentorship to Principal, Lead and Senior engineers, lead technical discussions, and make architectural decisions which positively impact the product and company’s direction.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

  • 10+ years of experience in full stack development using Java, Spring, React, NoSql, Cloud technologies

  • 5+ years of progressive experience in building high volume e-commerce applications.

  • 5+ years of experience with leading and managing teams.

  • Experience using Observability tools like ELK, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in thought leadership and creating high quality products

  • Experience in leadership with the ability to work well across business units, building relationships to deliver on joint objectives and key results

  • Experience in building multi-tenant, multi-channel or multi-tenant aware e-commerce platforms

  • Expert knowledge and experience working with asynchronous message processing, stream processing and event driven computing.

  • Experience working within Agile/Scrum/Kanban development team

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to present complex technical information in a clear manner to peers, developers, and senior leaders

Our Distinguished Engineers earn between $174,100.00 - 261,100.00 USD annually, 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!

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Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

Dallas, Texas

Salary Range:

$174,100.00 - $261,100.00

It 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-56018-1 Date posted 09/10/2025
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