Senior Software Engineering - AI & Enterprise Systems

Join AT&T and help shape the future of communications and technology that connect the world. We value innovators who seek to explore the unknown and challenge the status quo. Bring your bold ideas and fearless spirit to redefine connectivity and transform how people share stories and experiences. At AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future—you’ll build it.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong hands-on development experience, modern engineering skills, and practical AI exposure to design, build, and enhance enterprise software solutions. This role will be responsible for delivering scalable, high-quality applications, modernizing engineering practices, and helping the organization apply AI-driven capabilities to improve automation, quality, and delivery speed. The ideal candidate brings deep software engineering expertise across backend development, distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps.

• Design, build, and deliver APIs, microservices, and cloud-native applications

• Own end-to-end development across the full lifecycle

• Drive modernization (API-first, cloud, containers)

• Design and implement agentic AI systems for autonomous workflows and decision-making

• Build and integrate AI agents (LLM-based or hybrid) into enterprise use cases (automation, orchestration, defect resolution)

• Leverage frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or similar

• Develop RAG pipelines, vector-backed solutions, and knowledge-grounded systems

• Build capabilities for context management, memory, and orchestration layers

• Enable human-in-the-loop workflows for governance and continuous learning

• Ensure observability, guardrails, and performance optimization (latency, cost, reliability)

• Build scalable, secure, and observable system integrations

• Drive code quality, CI/CD, and operational excellence

• Collaborate across Agile teams and provide technical leader

• 5+ years building enterprise applications with strong backend expertise (Java, Spring Boot, APIs, microservices)

• Experience with cloud platforms, CI/CD, containers (Docker/Kubernetes), and messaging systems (Kafka, MQ)

• Strong foundation in distributed systems, system design, and testing practices

• Exposure to AI/ML or GenAI (LLMs, RAG, automation, or AI-assisted development)

• Experience working in Agile environments

Our Senior Software 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.  

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.