Staff Engineer Software - Cloud & Microservices

Company Summary
EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business spans satellite television service, streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, 5G wireless consumer and commercial services, internet and other enterprise products.
Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.
Department Summary
Our DISH Technology team challenges the status quo and reimagines capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our team members play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
Our team is seeking a visionary and highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to lead the architectural design and technical strategy for our large and growing customer base within the Commercial team. We are focused on building and evolving a robust, scalable, and adaptable platform that supports all services and anticipates future capabilities. This role is ideal for a seasoned engineer who is passionate about architecting and delivering resilient distributed software systems, mentoring other engineers, and driving the technological evolution of our platform in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the architectural design and evolution of our cloud-native platform, ensuring solutions are highly scalable, available, and capable of processing millions of transactions per day
• Define and drive the long-term technical vision and strategy for the platform, making critical decisions that align with business goals and adapt to emerging technologies
• Design and document complex, end-to-end system architectures , ensuring they are robust, maintainable, and well-understood by development teams
• Mentor and grow a team of talented engineers , fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Work collaboratively within an agile environment, championing CI/CD best practices and setting the standard for high-quality software delivery
• Translate complex business requirements and abstract concepts into tangible architectural blueprints and production-ready code
• Build and manage both internally consumed and externalized microservices-based applications, with a focus on API design, security, and performance
• Spearhead experimentation and proof-of-concepts with new technologies and approaches, learning from failures to find innovative solutions to complex problems
• Act as a technical leader and subject matter expert across the organization, influencing engineering standards and practices

Skills, Experience and Requirements
Education and Experience:

• A Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or a related field
• 8+ years of professional development experience

Skills and Qualifications:

• Expert-level proficiency and hands-on architectural experience in one or more of the following programming languages: Go, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript
• Mastery of software engineering principles, domain-driven design, and architectural patterns, with a proven ability to analyze and communicate complex trade-offs
• Extensive experience architecting, building, and operating large-scale distributed systems on major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), including expertise in service mesh, serverless, and container orchestration
• Demonstrated understanding of how backend platform decisions impact various client architectures, including modern web (e.g., React, Angular) and mobile (Android, iOS) applications
• Deep knowledge of and hands-on experience with a variety of NoSQL and SQL databases, including data modeling for performance, scale, and consistency
• A strong desire to learn new things, challenge assumptions, and continuously improve
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience leading and thriving in an Agile environment, with the ability to adapt to evolving projects while maintaining focus on the long-term technical vision

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Deep experience architecting for the cloud-native ecosystem (Kubernetes, Service Mesh like Istio/Linkerd, GitOps) and driving infrastructure-as-code practices
• Experience designing and implementing Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) architectures to support diverse client needs
• Expertise in designing systems with asynchronous messaging patterns using technologies like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar
• Familiarity with API Gateway patterns and schema federation
• Proficiency with modern observability and SRE principles and tools (e.g., Dynatrace, New Relic, DataDog, Prometheus, ELK stack)

Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person on-site interview.
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.
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.