Engineering Manager, API Platform & Cloud

Optimum Communications Inc.; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 111,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimum Communications Inc. is seeking a seasoned Manager of Software Engineering to lead a team building Optimum's internal omni-channel API platform.

You will drive the technology roadmap, collaborate with product and business partners, and deliver high-quality platform capabilities across Go, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and cloud-native service delivery. The role requires strong leadership, hands-on coding in Go/Java/Python, and a passion for modernizing API platforms to empower broadband,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years of professional software development, including 3+ years in leadership roles.
• Strong background in service-based architectures, API platforms, and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with Go, Java, or Python, and production use of gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and cloud-native platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers across API, service, and integration workstreams.
• Drive the platform technology roadmap aligned with product priorities across broadband, video, mobile, and customer-support domains.
• Partner with product, design, and business stakeholders to drive feasibility, planning, and quality outcomes.
• Establish technical solutions and guide architecture, design, implementation, and incident recovery across cloud environments.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Communication

Go

Java

Python

gRPC

Protocol Buffers

Cloud (GCP/AWS/Private)

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Job description

Optimum Communications Inc. is seeking a seasoned Manager of Software Engineering to lead a team building Optimum's internal omni-channel API platform.

You will drive the technology roadmap, collaborate with product and business partners, and deliver high-quality platform capabilities across Go, gRPC, Protocol Buffers, and cloud-native service delivery. The role requires strong leadership, hands-on coding in Go/Java/Python, and a passion for modernizing API platforms to empower broadband,