Software Development Engineer III

We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, seeking driven and enthusiastic professionals to join our team. A career at Optimum means enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected.

About the role

We’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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Strong team player.
• Must be located in the New York or Dallas/Fort Worth area and ready for a hybrid work culture (3 days in the office).
• Familiarity with AI Tools and an AI-first mindset.

Benefits

At Optimum, every action and interaction is driven by our three Guiding Principles: Do What’s Right, Drive One Optimum, and Make It Happen. These principles 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 stops.

Pay

The starting pay rate/range for this position in New York is $133,661.00 - $219,586.00 per year. For other locations, please inquire with your recruiter.

Schedule

This role follows a hybrid work culture, requiring 3 days in the office per week.