Principal Software Engineer: AI-Driven Network Automation

AT&T; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 174,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Adoption Reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

AT&T in Plano, Texas is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help build intelligent operational platforms powering one of the world’s largest telecommunications networks. You’ll design, develop, validate, and automate enterprise platforms supporting provisioning, service delivery, observability, orchestration, and autonomous operations.

Collaborate with network engineering, architecture, operations, and development teams to deliver scalable automation and AI-driven solutions that improve

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Python, automation, and orchestration.
• Knowledge of APIs, microservices, containers, and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and support AI-driven automation solutions for network operations.
• Develop and validate operational platforms and lab environments.
• Enable onboarding of network infrastructure and services into automation platforms.

Skills

Python

Automation

Linux

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE or related field

Tools

APIs

Microservices

Git

Containers

CI/CD

OA/SRE tooling

Job description

AT&T in Plano, Texas is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help build intelligent operational platforms powering one of the world’s largest telecommunications networks. You’ll design, develop, validate, and automate enterprise platforms supporting provisioning, service delivery, observability, orchestration, and autonomous operations.

Collaborate with network engineering, architecture, operations, and development teams to deliver scalable automation and AI-driven solutions that improve