Lead Software Engineer

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Denver, CO, USA
In-Office
110K-157K Annually
Senior level
Aerospace • Cloud • Digital Media • Information Technology • Mobile • News + Entertainment • Generative AI
Welcome to EchoStar
The Role
Lead design and delivery of AI-powered order orchestration platforms. Define architecture, drive roadmap, implement scalable microservices and real-time streaming pipelines, productionize AI models, enforce CI/CD and engineering best practices, resolve performance bottlenecks, and mentor engineering teams.
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What Success Looks Like (Objectives):

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

 

This role builds the next generation of order orchestration platforms for Boost Mobile, integrating artificial intelligence to manage complex system lifecycles. You will solve the challenge of bridging the gap between AI research and production-grade engineering to ensure reliable, high-scale performance in a fast-paced environment. Success is defined by the technical vision and implementation of scalable AI-driven applications and the underlying infrastructure that supports them.

 

What Success Looks Like (Objectives):

  • Establish platform architecture and technical standards for AI-integrated systems across the enterprise order orchestration ecosystem.
  • Direct technical roadmaps and architectural governance to balance strategic feature delivery with organizational platform reliability and lifecycle health.
  • Define organization-wide standards for automated CI/CD pipelines, release governance, and high-performance continuous delivery frameworks.
  • Spearhead enterprise frameworks for AI model operationalization, version governance, and telemetry monitoring within mission-critical production environments.
  • Eliminate systemic performance bottlenecks and enforce data architecture standards across distributed platform domains.
  • Provide strategic technical mentorship across multi-team engineering groups and establish software design policies for engineering excellence.

Core Skills, Competencies, and Key Experiences (What you’ll bring)
Core Skills and Competencies (What you’ll bring)
  • Executive communication capabilities to articulate technical strategy, architectural decisions, and enterprise trade-offs to technical and organizational stakeholders.
  • Mastery of modern backend systems engineering utilizing languages including Java, Python, or Go alongside enterprise software design patterns.
  • Comprehensive expertise in establishing distributed system architectures and governing microservice ecosystems across cloud platforms.
  • Deep expertise in relational and NoSQL data architectures, enterprise data modeling, and performance optimization for high-throughput platforms.
  • Strategic architectural knowledge of real-time event streaming and complex workflow orchestration in large-scale transactional environments.
  • Advanced AI innovation capabilities to transition research-grade artificial intelligence models into resilient, enterprise-scale production architectures.
Minimum Requirements
  • Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field

  • Minimum Experience: 5+ years of experience in the development and implementation of enterprise-wide Java-based solutions; 5+ years of experience with Microservices architecture

  • Required Technical Skills: Must have experience with:

    • Java Technologies (Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud)

    • Real-time streaming and orchestration (Kafka, AWS Step Functions)

    • Distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, or Azure)


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Salary Range
Compensation: $110,100.00/Year - $157,300.00/Year
About Our Department

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.


About Our Company

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.


Benefits

We offer meaningful health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan. Review a benefits summary 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.
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.
This job posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days and 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 [email protected] 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. If you have questions regarding your application or the recruitment process please email [email protected].
Click the links to access the following statements: EEO Policy Statement, Pay Transparency, EEOC Know Your Rights (English/Spanish)

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • 8+ years developing and implementing enterprise-wide Java-based solutions
  • 5+ years experience with Microservices architecture
  • Experience with Java technologies: Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud
  • Experience with real-time streaming and orchestration (Kafka, AWS Step Functions)
  • Experience with distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS, OCI, or Azure)
  • Expert proficiency in major programming languages such as Python, Go, or Java
  • Advanced knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, system design, and query optimization
  • Advanced AI literacy and experience translating research-level AI into production-scale solutions

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EchoStar Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with company match and discretionary profit sharing that are prominently featured. Feedback suggests the 401(k) is regarded as standard-to-reasonable, adding tangible long‑term value.
  • Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Program with a 15% discount is widely available and emphasized. Feedback suggests this ownership opportunity is a notable perk within the total rewards mix.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A broad slate of perks—tuition reimbursement up to $5,000/year, product discounts, HSA/FSA options with company HSA contributions, and counseling sessions—expands the package beyond core insurance. Feedback suggests the breadth is appealing even if individual benefits vary in impact.

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The Company
HQ: Englewood, CO
14,500 Employees
Year Founded: 1980

What We Do

Tune into the innovation, collaboration and culture that our team members bring to the office every day. We want you to be a part of our journey to build the next generation of technology that transforms the way the world communicates. Our team members are the key to our history of groundbreaking innovation and our continued progress. If you bring an inquisitive curiosity, a sense of pride in your work, an openness to adventure and a drive to win, we’ll provide the structure to take the next step in your career. This is more than just another job, this is your launchpad to achieve your potential and a community dedicated to your growth.

Why Work With Us

At EchoStar, we work to create opportunity and cultivate an environment where people thrive. Between our brands, our partners, our teams and our customers, the opportunities are endless. Get started on your next career adventure with EchoStar!

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All team members are in person at one of our locations across the globe. We proudly call Colorado home with several corporate offices in the Denver-Metro area and 4,000+ team members in the Denver-Metro area.

Typical time on-site: None
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