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What you’ll be doing...
In this role as a Princ Engr in the Tech Strategy & Planning team for TSGI-Cloud and Enterprise Architecture team, you'll be architecting for multiple programs designed to help GTS move towards its strategic objectives. You will be a key contributor in planning and building Engineering Excellence deliverables, and ensuring the smooth and successful execution of initiatives by coordinating with cross-functional teams. Your expertise will help us solve complex problems and find unique solutions to optimize the development landscape of our organization. Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Designing, building software systems and technology solutions for the Engineering Excellence pillar.
Engaging with Technology, Business stakeholders and Senior Leadership to drive product roadmap, define the priorities and deliver products with best quality for a high scale use.
Working closely with the Architects and cross functional teams to ensure overall architecture and design are aligned with Industry’s best practices.
Understanding of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) landscape including Generative AI and Agentic AI to drive purposeful innovation and building solutions for automating SDLC phases.
Mentoring a high performing team of engineers responsible for building software systems and technology solutions for the Engineering Excellence initiatives
Collaborating with external suppliers and managing their integration with Verizon on required initiatives.
What we’re looking for...
You’re analytical and great at quickly grasping challenging concepts. As a strong written and verbal communicator, you deliver complex messages vividly to technical and business audiences alike. You’re no stranger to a fast-paced environment and tight deadlines, and you adapt to changing priorities and balance multiple projects with ease. You take pride in your work and get a lot of satisfaction from meeting and exceeding the expectations of your stakeholders.
You’ll need to have:
Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
Six or more years of relevant work experience.
Software design and development experience in building Web Applications
Experience in diverse technology stack including Python, Micro-services, React JS and Micro Frontends.
Experience in managing large applications and delivery of multiple projects in the development space by providing technical leadership.
Familiarity with Gen AI Models (OpenAI, Gemini AI, Vertex.AI, Mistral, LlaMa, etc.,) and finetune based on domain specific needs
Experience in building solutions using LLM, NLP, Transformers and Neural Networks would be preferred.
Strong independent and creative research skills necessary to keep up with the latest trends in advanced analytics and Gen AI
Experience in leading software development teams encompassing the responsibilities including performance management, employee engagement, training and career development
Identify new process opportunities, while quickly assessing feasibility.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills able to effectively communicate technical details to a non-technical audience as well as produce clear and concise written documentation
Even better if you have
Familiarity with Graph DB Concepts
Familiarity with one or more Data Platforms - CloudEra, Snowflake, DataBricks etc.
Experience in text processing, Vector databases and embedding models.
Research, recommend and implement best practices of LLM and NLP systems that can scale
If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.
Where you’ll be working
In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and assigned office days set by your manager.Scheduled Weekly Hours
40Equal Employment Opportunity
Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, disability or any other legally protected characteristics.