Lead AI-Enabled Software Engineer — Remote

Lumen; Dover (DE); Remote; USD 116,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life benefits

Voluntary lifestyle benefits

Job summary

Lumen is seeking a Lead Software Developer in a remote US role to design, develop, test, and enhance software across multiple disciplines, delivering high‑quality outcomes in an AI‑driven environment.

You will use AI-assisted development tools, implement rigorous testing, and apply modern engineering practices to empower AI workloads hosted in cloud environments. This position supports growth in a dynamic, security‑conscious network ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree.
• 4+ years of experience with a master’s degree.
• Strong AI proficiency with approved AI-assisted development tools.
• Strong unit and system testing mindset with test planning and automated tests.
• Collaborate in Agile teams, code reviews, and shared delivery ownership.
• Proficient in Java, REST API, API management, MySQL, Python, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Kafka, and hosted environments (AWS, Azure, Google).
• Preferred knowledge: Optical DWDM, Ruby on Rails.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test, debug, and enhance software of moderate complexity across disciplines.
• Write testable and scalable code; design and maintain unit, system, integration, and regression tests.
• Apply AI tools and AI-assisted development practices to improve productivity and quality.
• Analyze programming requests to assist integration with current apps.
• Estimate timelines and ensure delivery within estimates.
• Collaborate with team members, product owners, QA, operations, and release teams to align with standards and releases.
• Enable code in hosted environments.

Skills

Java

REST API

API management

MySQL

Python

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Kafka

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Lumen is seeking a Lead Software Developer in a remote US role to design, develop, test, and enhance software across multiple disciplines, delivering high‑quality outcomes in an AI‑driven environment.

You will use AI-assisted development tools, implement rigorous testing, and apply modern engineering practices to empower AI workloads hosted in cloud environments. This position supports growth in a dynamic, security‑conscious network ecosystem.