Lead Software Engineer - Order Orchestration

Company Summary

EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products.Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.

Department Summary

Our Technology teams challenge the status quo and reimagine capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our team members play a vital role in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview, which may include a live whiteboarding or technical assessment session.

We’re looking for a Staff Engineer - Technical Lead with a deep specialization in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a proven background in complex system orchestration. In this role you will help build the next generation of our order orchestration platform for Boost Mobile. This role is a critical blend of hands-on coding, technical strategy, and mentorship. You will be responsible for setting the technical direction and leading the implementation of scalable, high-performance AI-driven applications and the underlying infrastructure that manages their lifecycles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define, design, and champion the technical architecture for AI-powered products, ensuring scalability, reliability and security
• Drive the technical vision and roadmap for the team, balancing immediate product needs with long-term technology investments
• Establish and enforce best practices for code quality, design patterns, testing, and deployment (CI/CD) across the team
• Identify and proactively address technical debt, architectural risks, and performance bottlenecks
• Design and build robust, automated pipelines for model training, versioning, deployment and monitoring
• Optimize AI application performance, focusing on latency, throughput and resource utilization
• Bridge the gap between research and production engineering, ensuring AI innovations can be deployed reliably and at scale

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• More than 8 years of experience in development and implementation of enterprise-wide solutions based on Java Technologies (Java, J2EE, Webservices, Spring, Spring Boot)
• At least 5 years of hands on experience with design, development and implementation of Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Spring Integration or based Microservices

Skills and Qualifications:

• Expertise in one or more major programming languages (Python, Go, Java) with strong software engineering fundamentals

• Deep experience in distributed systems, microservices architecture, and cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, or Azure)

• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, with practical experience in design and optimization

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Demonstrated history of mentoring and developing junior and mid-level engineers with a collaborative, empowering leadership style

• Experience with real-time streaming technologies (Kafka) and complex orchestration systems (preferred: AWS Step Functions), especially in e-commerce or logistics environments

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Salary RangesCompensation: $110,100.00/Year - $157,300.00/Year Benefits

We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: .

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location.

Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.