Software Engineering Manager

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.

As the IT Manager III for the Eventing team, you will be responsible for leading and managing a highly skilled group of technical team members focused on building event-driven systems. You will solve the challenge of scaling complex retail wireless technologies while maintaining a high-performance engineering culture.


What Success Looks Like (Objectives)

• Empowering engineers through proactive career pathing and performance coaching
• Cultivating a high-performing engineering culture through active mentorship, goal setting, and technical guidance for a team of developers
• Integrating AI-driven automation tools within the development lifecycle to enhance code quality, identify technical gaps, and maintain high delivery velocity
• Be a champion of engineering standards and best practices
• Lead the team as they develop new product services while ensuring high-quality, timely delivery
• Manage capacity planning, prioritization, status reporting, and road mapping to deliver results on time and budget
• Direct the design and development of distributed, event-driven cloud-based solutions
• Guide solution design and development of RESTful APIs in collaboration with Architects and team leads
• Drive continuous improvement through solution reviews, automation initiatives, code and design standards, and robust logging/monitoring practices
• Partner with Product Managers/Owners to define specifications, align requirements with business goals, and contribute to agile team activities
• Ensure product stability by overseeing the troubleshooting of event-driven systems and microservice/API issues, performing root cause analysis, and implementing long-term solutions
• Collaborate with BSS/OSS SMEs, Tech Ops, and Care Ops to ensure seamless system integration and support

Skills, Experience and Requirements

Core Skills and Competencies (What you'll bring)

• Strategic decision-making skills paired with the ability to lead and develop accountable, high-scale engineering teams
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for clear, professional interaction with stakeholders across all levels
• Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate across teams, ensuring alignment on shared goals
• Expertise in microservices architecture, OpenAPI, and enterprise-scale backend orchestration patterns
• Technical proficiency in AWS cloud technologies, including serverless functions, containerization, and event-driven architecture
• Proven ability in Agile environments, including capacity planning, prioritization, and effective organization under pressure
• AI Literacy and the ability to apply AI tools to optimize engineering workflows and resolve complex technical challenges
• Critical experience architecting systems that integrate data modeling and event-driven patterns into stable, high-availability environments

Additional Qualifications

• Experience operating within the Wireless or Telecom industry
• Background managing large-scale teams in complex, high-scale environments

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field
• Minimum Experience: 3+ years of experience in a technical management role; 3-5+ years of hands-on experience in software development
• Required Technical Skills:
  
  • Extensive experience in software development and best practices
  • Java/J2EE, Spring/SpringBoot, or Python
  • Experience designing and managing distributed event-driven systems, RESTful APIs, and microservices deployed in AWS or other cloud platforms
  • SDLC management and Agile delivery

Visa sponsorship not available for this role


Salary Ranges

Compensation: $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: EchoStar Benefits.

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.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.

EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact View email address on click.appcast.io if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.

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