AI-Driven Software Systems Engineer – Remote

Avaya Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 179,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Avaya Inc. is seeking a hands-on Software Consulting Engineer for Core Systems. The role focuses on server-side software, design across components, and production readiness within a virtual US-based environment.

You will turn product goals into practical designs, implement critical functionality, and carry improvements through testing, deployment, and production operation. Agentic AI development is central to our approach, promoting practical AI-assisted prototyping and rigorous verification.

Qualifications

• Substantial hands-on software engineering experience with production systems.
• Strong system design skills across multiple components.
• Backend engineering in Go, Rust, Node.js/TypeScript, or Java.
• Distributed systems, databases, cloud platforms, containers, and messaging tech.
• Experience with automated testing, deployment, observability, and troubleshooting.
• Experience using AI coding agents for substantial engineering work.
• Curiosity and initiative to learn unfamiliar technologies.
• Clear communication and collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Design across component boundaries and define interfaces.
• Build robust server-side software with focus on correctness, performance, scalability, security, and observability.
• Investigate end-to-end requests, data flows, and failures across components.
• Rapid AI-assisted prototyping to validate approaches before production.
• Move between design and code, prototype approaches, and verify with tests.
• Use AI agents effectively by providing context, constraints, and reviewing generated changes.
• Learn unfamiliar systems using code, docs, experiments, and collaboration.
• Evolve software for maintainability, delivery speed, and risk management.
• Contribute across the stack including APIs, client integrations, and UI when needed.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and mentorship.

Skills

Go

Rust

Node.js/TypeScript

Java

APIs

Education

Bachelor degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Kafka

NATS

RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Avaya Inc. is seeking a hands-on Software Consulting Engineer for Core Systems. The role focuses on server-side software, design across components, and production readiness within a virtual US-based environment.

You will turn product goals into practical designs, implement critical functionality, and carry improvements through testing, deployment, and production operation. Agentic AI development is central to our approach, promoting practical AI-assisted prototyping and rigorous verification.