Distinguished Engineer - Software Development

When you join Verizon You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the #VTeamLife. What you’ ll be doing… As a Distinguished Engineer - Software Development, you will also be responsible for API First Platform technology roadmap and strategy serving as a top-tier individual contributor and lead software developer for our core identity platform and connected API services. The API First Platform (APIF) team builds, scales, and operates the shared software infrastructure powering our commercial and internal API products. This includes the high-performance authentication, authorization, policy, and consent services—alongside connected platform modules like BMO, TMF-931, provisioning, and API metrics—that handle every API request. You will be responsible for the following but not limited to: Working alongside platform architects, this hands-on engineering role focuses on direct software execution, complex feature implementation, and sof