Software Consulting Engineer – Core Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Interpret ambiguous requirements into precise designs, assess trade-offs, define interfaces, and evaluate broader system implications.

• Develop and enhance resilient server-side software focusing on accuracy, performance, scalability, security, and operational transparency.

• Analyze requests, data, and failures across various components to pinpoint root causes and implement enduring enhancements.

• Leverage AI tools to swiftly create prototypes, assess different strategies, and confirm technical feasibility.

• Compose essential implementation code, review modifications, and validate assumptions through testing and metrics.

• Decompose tasks for AI agents, provide necessary context and constraints, review generated modifications, and ensure expected behavior, including failure scenarios.

• Familiarize yourself with unfamiliar systems across various languages and codebases utilizing code, documentation, experiments, AI tools, and collaborative efforts.

• Enhance maintainability and delivery speed while overseeing compatibility, rollout, and operational risks.

• Contribute to APIs, client integrations, and user interfaces as required.

• Articulate technical decisions, collaborate across teams, mentor colleagues, and assist others in their deliverables.

• Take ownership of tasks from problem identification through implementation, production deployment, and ongoing operations.

• Examine post-release failures, integrate feedback, and enhance reliability and maintainability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Significant hands-on software engineering experience with accountability for production systems and impactful technical decisions.

• Strong capabilities in system design encompassing interfaces, dependencies, data flows, scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.

• Proficient backend engineering expertise in at least one relevant language, such as Go, Rust, Node.js/TypeScript, or Java.

• Practical knowledge of distributed systems, concurrency, asynchronous communication, data consistency, persistence, and failure recovery.

• Experience with databases, caching, cloud platforms, containers, and messaging technologies like Kafka, NATS, or similar systems.

• Proficiency in automated testing, deployment, observability, and troubleshooting in production environments.

• Practical application of AI coding agents for significant engineering tasks, with the capability to explain choices, identify errors, and independently verify outcomes.

• A strong curiosity and proven initiative to learn new technologies and explore beyond a single component or specialty.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills across engineering teams.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Engineering or Computer Science.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

🏝️ Benefits

• Benefits provided in addition to salary and bonuses.

• Equal treatment and employment protections as per Avaya’s Equal Opportunity commitment.