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.

The Lead System Engineer is responsible for translating the core architecture for business requirements into the final technical solution (consisting of platform, network, software, cloud, etc.) through functional, performance, and reliability analysis using engineering models and techniques, primarily through software development throughout the vertical stack. Defines designs; Provides technical enablement for application components and subsystems for an Application(s). Drives important design decisions for development team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and define interfaces for specific components, including:

  • Defining subsystems and their interfaces.

  • Allocating responsibilities to subsystems.

  • Understanding solution deployment and communicating requirements for interactions with the solution context.

• Align development teams to a shared technical direction, collaborating to elaborate the solution and its interfaces.

  • Validate technology assumptions and evaluate implementation alternatives.

  • Establish and refine critical non-functional requirements (NFRs) at the solution level.

• Enable and create the Continuous Delivery Pipeline:

  • Participate in planning, definition, and high-level design of the system solution while exploring alternatives.

  • Develop the Architectural Runway to support new business features and capabilities.

  • Collaborate with portfolio stakeholders, Solution Architects, and Enterprise Architects to develop, analyze, and implement enablers.

  • Participate in project planning, system and solution demos, and retrospective workshops.

  • Assist with the architectural integration of external components, systems, and platforms.

Additional Skills and Expertise:

• Proficiency in monitoring tools such asELK (Elastic Stack),Dynatrace,Quantum Metric (QM), andCatchpoint, with hands-on experience in implementing and managing these tools to ensure performance, reliability, and observability of applications and systems.

• Strong understanding of solution deployment, operational monitoring, and performance optimization.

Education:

• Preferred: Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Applied Science, Electrical Engineering, or Math; Developer nanodegree; or equivalent experience.

Experience:

• Typically requires 5-8 years of experience in software development, system architecture, or a related technical field.

Our Lead System Engineering, earns between $143,800-$215,800 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-

#ConsumerTechnologyeXperience

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!

Weekly Hours:

40

Time Type:

Regular

Location:

USA:TX:Dallas / Two AT&T Plaza (211 S Akard St) - Dat:211 S Akard St

Salary Range:

$143,800.00 - $215,800.00

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-65099 Date posted 05/01/2025