Software Development Engineer Intern Jobs in New York

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We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're on the hunt for enthusiastic professionals to join our team! We understand that connectivity isn't just a luxury anymore - it's a necessity that empowers lives, fuels businesses, and drives innovation. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. We owe our success to our amazing product, commitment to our people and the connections we make in every community.
If you are resourceful, collaborative, team-oriented and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is the Company for you!
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Job Summary
Optimum is a leading provider of Mobile, Broadband (DOCSIS, Fiber) and Video services in the United States. The Product Development organization is responsible for the technology enablement and development of these technologies for our customers along with the tools used by our teams to support them.
Reporting to the Engineering manager, the SDE III will participate as part of a highly skilled software development team to build the tools, processes and automation frameworks that will improve productivity, drive efficiency, and ensure the quality and reliability of our software products.
We are looking for a passionate and engaged individual who is willing to take on the challenge of transforming software development at a Fortune 500 company and building the tools that will allow our development teams to Go Fast!
Responsibilities

• Contribute to our software development tools roadmap, accelerating our development teams.
• Execute on implementing our tools roadmap that includes a CI/CD pipeline that will be leveraged by the software development teams across the organization to support our broadband, video, mobile and customer support applications.
• Implement tools to identify, document and track software defects. Work closely with the development teams to resolve issues and ensure timely fixes.
• Introduce capabilities to do effective A/B testing of releases across test populations.
• Lead process improvement initiatives to enhance testing practices, tools, and metrologies.
• Implement tools to monitor and report on key quality metrics, including defect rates, test coverage and test execution progress.
• Analyze metrics to identify areas for improvement.Leverage developer tools and test automation to transform our software release processes and enable the development teams to get capabilities to customers faster.
• Use and customize out of the box tools to instrument and monitor systems.
• Contribute to a structured knowledge base that allows teams to create, maintain and extend documentation for all our developer tools and processes.
• Establish and gain acceptance for Key Results indicated by our development pipeline and automation test frameworks.
• Use prototypes and proof of concepts as the primary tools for deep and detailed explorations of architecture and software designs.
• Go-to advocate for developer tools in the organization.
• Continue to make Optimum a Developer Friendly Environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years of software development engineering experience
• Expertise in programming languages such as Python, Java, or Golang.
• Familiarity with AI Tools and AI First mindset
• Proficient in the Google Cloud environment.
• In-depth understanding of software development methodologies and modern DevSecOps practices.
• Proficiency in automating test cases (unit, functional, and end-to-end tests).
• Proven experience implementing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform/Ansible.
• Skilled in developing and maintaining test automation frameworks using tools like Selenium or Cypress.
• Knowledgeable in monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk.
• Familiarity with defect tracking systems like JIRA.
• Strong understanding of version control systems (Git).
• Hands-on experience with methodologies like test-driven development (TDD), A/B testing, and continuous testing.
• Demonstrated ability to lead process improvement initiatives and integrate meaningful testing metrics.
• Solid grasp of software quality metrics, including defect rates and test coverage.
• Experience in software architecture and design principles.
• Capability to create proof-of-concept prototypes to validate technical solutions.
• Skilled in collaborating with cross-functional teams to encourage tool and process adoption.
• Strong analytical abilities for diagnosing and resolving technical challenges.
• Passionate about fostering a developer-friendly environment and encouraging team collaboration.
• Intuitive understanding of software design with a commitment to learning from diverse teams and projects.
• Experience optimizing data formats and handling data locality for performance improvements.
• Proven expertise in identifying and resolving performance and data-related issues.
• Contributed to creating and maintaining corporate technology policies.

At Optimum, we're fueled by our four core pillars: Taking Ownership, Upholding Transparency, Creating Community, and Demonstrating Expertise. Our commitment to empowering employees to take responsibility and embrace proactive problem-solving underpins Taking Ownership. Upholding Transparency is at the core of our culture, with open and honest communication fostering trust among our dedicated team and loyal customers. Creating Community is more than a goal; it's our daily commitment to fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation, and positivity. Demonstrating expertise is a promise we uphold through continuous learning and engagement with our customers to consistently deliver top-quality products and services. These pillars not only shape our culture but define Optimum as a place of excellence, trustworthiness, and thriving community, and we invite you to be a part of our journey.
If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team, so together, we'll shape the future of connectivity.
All job descriptions and required skills, qualifications and responsibilities for a particular position are subject to modification by the Company from time to time, in the Company's discretion based on business necessity.
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Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in New York is $133,661.00 - $219,586.00 / year.
The starting payrate/range at time of hire for this position in Texas is $111,384.00 - $182,988.00 /year. For other locations, please inquire with your recruiter. The rates/ranges provided herein are the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and do not reflect future job opportunity.