DISH TV · 2 hours ago
Staff Engineer - Streaming Application Development
Englewood, CO
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$110K/yr - $157K/yr
5+ years expEchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity, and they are seeking a Staff Engineer to provide technical leadership for a streaming middleware platform. This role will lead the re-architecture to improve scalability and performance while mentoring engineers and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
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Responsibilities
Own and evolve a high-traffic, API-only platform that powers large-scale streaming client applications and processes high-volume, heterogeneous data streams
Lead the re-architecture from Ruby on Rails to Golang, defining service boundaries, APIs, data contracts, and migration strategy
Design and implement performance-critical backend services in Go, emphasizing scalability, resiliency, observability, and operational excellence
Translate complex ingestion and integration requirements into clean, maintainable, and well-documented services
Collaborate closely with product, architecture, SRE, and executive stakeholders to align on technical direction and delivery milestones
Champion engineering best practices, documentation, and knowledge sharing across the organization
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of professional backend/API development experience, with ownership of production systems
Strong proficiency in Golang, or deep expertise in Java with a demonstrated ability to ramp quickly into Golang and Ruby
Experience building and operating REST and/or gRPC APIs at scale
Strong understanding of concurrency, memory management, and performance optimization
Experience modernizing or re-architecting legacy or monolithic systems into scalable, maintainable architectures
Hands-on experience with NoSQL data stores (e.g., MongoDB, Elasticsearch, AWS Keyspaces, DynamoDB)
Experience with in-memory caching systems (e.g., Redis, Memcached)
Proven experience delivering cloud-native systems on AWS or equivalent platforms
Experience working with event-driven or streaming platforms (Kafka, Confluent, etc.)
Preferred
Hands-on experience migrating production systems across primary backend programming language transitions
Deep experience designing distributed systems and service-oriented architectures on AWS
Familiarity with observability platforms (Dynatrace, CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, etc.)
Strong grounding in object-oriented and domain-driven design, applied pragmatically to legacy modernization
Hands-on experience leveraging AI developer tools (e.g., Amazon Q or equivalent) to accelerate development and debugging
Experience integrating LLMs into backend services via REST or gRPC
Experience designing or integrating MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to securely expose internal APIs, data, and tools to LLM- or agent-based systems
Benefits
Flexible spending accounts
HSA
A 401(k) Plan with company match
ESPP
Career opportunities
A flexible time away plan
Company
DISH TV
Our adventure began by changing the way people watched TV, bringing DISH to where big cable wouldn’t: rural America.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$9.75B2023-01-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B
2022-11-07Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2021-11-11Post Ipo Debt· $5.25B
Leadership Team
Eben Albertyn
EVP, Chief Technology Officer
Paul Orban
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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