Job SummaryWe'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.
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.
Qualifications- 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 CES, along with prompt engineering, is an added advantage
- Experience with Google Cloud capabilities
- Dialogflow / conversational AI experience is a nice to have
- The person should be a strong team player
- Familiarity with AI Tools and AI First mindset
At Optimum, every action and interaction we take part in, is driven by our three Guiding Principles: Do What's Right, Drive One Optimum, and Make It Happen. These aren't just words, they help us build trust, create real community, and embrace new ways of thinking. Our employees are empowered to do the right thing for our customers and co-workers and to recognize and reward these behaviors when we see them. It's all part of the bigger picture of "Be The Difference" where each employee knows they have the power to enact real change, share new ideas, and understand that learning never stop.
If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team. Together, we'll shape the future of connectivity.
All job descriptions and required skills, qualifications and responsibilities for a particular position are subject to modification by the Company from time to time, in the Company's discretion based on business necessity.
Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in New York is $133,661.00 - $219,586.00 / year. For other locations, please inquire with your recruiter. The rates/ranges provided herein are the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and do not reflect future job opportunity.
We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. Please note that at this time, we do not provide visa sponsorship for employment.
