Sr Engineer, Software Development & Engineering - Backend Engineering

Make your mark at Comcast -- a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love. We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your authentic self to the workplace. Join us. You’ll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. (In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.)

Job Summary

The Converged Orchestration (aiQ-Convoy) team is developing the future of business orchestration, recommendation, and contextual platforms that will drive next-generation cutomer experiences for all Comcast customers!

Job Description

Core Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with project stakeholders to identify product and technical requirements. Conducts analysis to determine integration needs.
• Assists in the design of new software solutions, supports applications under development, and customizes current applications. Develops software update process for existing applications. Assists in the roll-out of software releases.
• Responsible for the researching, writing, and editing of documentation and technical requirements, including evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals, and formal recommendations and reports.
• Keeps current with technological developments within the industry. Monitors and evaluates competitive applications and products. Reviews literature, patents, and current practices relevant to the solution of assigned projects.
• Provides technical leadership throughout the design process and guidance with regards to practices, procedures, and techniques. Serves as a guide and mentor for junior level Software Development Engineers.
• Assists in tracking and evaluating performance metrics. Ensures team delivers software on time, to specification, and within budget.
• Participate in unit, functional, end-to-end, and performance testing of platform components and services.
• Displays expertise in knowledge of engineering methodologies, concepts, and skills and their application in the area of specified engineering specialty.
• Displays expertise in process design and redesign skills. Presents and defends architectural, design, and technical choices to internal audiences.
• Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Required Skills:

• Advanced proficiency in Java programming.
• Spring and Spring Boot, SpEL
• Caching frameworks (Hibernate, Hazelcast, JPA, etc.)
• Web-based services (REST, SOAP, GraphQL)
• NoSQL (Couchbase, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, etc.)
• Messaging (JMS, Kafka)
• Agile/Scrum Experience

Recommended Skills:

• Relational/SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.)
• PaaS (Cloud Foundry) a plus
• Public Cloud (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) a plus
• Decision Engines (DROOLS, Neo4j) a plus
• Knowledge of security best practices for backend development
• Experience with performance tuning and scalability of backend systems
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.)
• Experience with GraphQL APIs and tooling

Education Level:
  • Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent
Field of Study:
  • Engineering, Computer Science
Years of Experience:
  • Generally requires 7-11 years related experience

Disclaimer:

• This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

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Education

Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relative Work Experience

7-10 Years

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