Software Development Engineer III

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Location:

Bethpage, NY, US, 11714 Plano, TX, US, 75024

Brand:
Optimum

Requisition #: 12589

Are you looking to Optimize your life? Start your exciting path to a rewarding career today!

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.

If you are resourceful, collaborative, and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is for you!

We are Optimum!

Optimum is a leading provider of Mobile, Broadband (DOCSIS, Fiber) and Video services in the United States. The Product Development organization is responsible for the technology enablement and development of these technologies for our customers along with the tools used by our teams to support them.

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the SDE III will participate as part of a highly skilled software development team building Optimum's internal omni-channel API platform — the tools, services, and integration layers that enable broadband, video, mobile, and customer-support applications across the organization. We are looking for a passionate and engaged individual who is willing to take on the challenge of transforming software development at a Fortune 500 company and building the platform capabilities that allow our development teams to Go Fast!

• Define and drive API and service architecture using Go, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and Google AIP conventions for new and evolving platform capabilities
• Contribute to the platform roadmap, accelerating development teams across broadband, video, mobile, and customer-support applications
• Lead design and delivery of complex features spanning multiple domains, services, and integration points across the omni-channel platform
• Establish and evolve service contracts, Protocol Buffer schemas, and platform standards for API development and code generation workflows
• Architect solutions that balance modern cloud-native capabilities across GCP, AWS, and private cloud environments with legacy system dependencies, including SOAP, GraphQL, and enterprise integration patterns
• Own technical decisions related to Cloud Spanner data modeling, Redis caching strategy, service boundaries, performance, and operational readiness
• Lead modernization initiatives and process improvement efforts that enhance platform architecture, reduce integration complexity, and accelerate migration toward gRPC-based service delivery
• Design and guide implementation of authentication, authorization, and secure service interaction patterns, including Azure AD, JWT, and custom IAM models where applicable
• Introduce capabilities to support effective release validation and experimentation across test populations
• Implement and leverage monitoring and observability tooling — such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, and New Relic — to track key quality and operational metrics
• Analyze metrics to identify areas for improvement and leverage developer tools and test automation to transform software release processes
• Use prototypes and proof-of-concepts as primary tools for deep exploration of architecture and software designs
• Influence CI/CD, testing, deployment, and production support practices using Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions, Terraform,…