Job opening - Comcast: Sr. Software Engineer, Data Services

Location: Philadelphia, PA
URL: http://comcast.com

Senior Software Engineer, Data Services

Philadelphia, PA - full time

 

Comcast Interactive Media (CIM), a business unit of Comcast Cable, focuses on creating and operating online and mobile properties, such as XfinityTV.com and Comcast.net that make the world more entertaining for Comcast customers. Through a relentless passion for innovation and a dedication to our customers, CIM transforms smart ideas into brilliant customer experiences, including designing cross-platform tools and interfaces that make it easier for Comcast customers to find, manage and consume video content. 



As a member of Comcast's Interactive Media Engineering team the candidate will provide technical leadership and expertise within cross-functional project teams. Responsibilities range from high-level logical architecture through low-level detailed design and implementation, including: 


• Individual and collaborative design of product capabilities and system infrastructure for the Interactive Media platform and associated product offerings

• Individual contributor responsible for the implementation and optimization of the platform and application software

• Technical leadership and the ability to mentor and advise less experienced team members

•  Work closely with other software, QA and deployment engineers to build a quality product
that is both easy to deploy and operate in a production environment
•  Work closely with management team to ensure success throughout entire SDLC
• Implementation of highly available REST design patterns and scalable web services

• Resource modeling 



Required Skills: 


Mandatory Qualifications:




•  Minimum of seven (7) years software development experience in Java

• Thorough knowledge of object-oriented design methodology and standard software design patterns

• Familiar with Service Oriented Architecture

•  Experience with Java application servers and J2EE containers (Jetty and Tomcat) 

•  Experience consolidating and normalizing data across many data sources, specifically Internet data aggregation and metadata processing

•  Experience designing software andproviding technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers

•  Experience with logical and physical database design: Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, object data stores, rich media databases, LDAP, PostgreSQL, and/or content management systems
• Experience with multi-processor environments 

• UNIX background (Solaris/Linux)

•  Strong technical written and verbal communication in English

Additional Qualifications: 


•  Familiar with Spring, Hibernate, and REST

• Working knowledge of Internet search 

•  Familiarity with current Digital Rights Management and Public Key Infrastructure technologies

 

Additional Roles/Expectations: 


• Possesses highly-developed communication skills.
• Develops rapport within the team and organization
• Takes ownership of projects and features.
• Provides a technical leadership role within the organization.
•  Helps to technically mentor other developers.
• Assesses/adopts new technologies.
• Works with Specialists to understand, adopt, advocate, and enforce standards.
• Provides intensive code review.
• Possesses advanced understanding of the core competencies, languages, technologies, etc.
• Thought-Leadership: Influences technical and product roadmaps through well-presented and empirically- sound ideas.

Education: 
Bachelors degree in Engineering or Computer Science required, Masters degree preferred

 

To apply: Send a resume to Steven_Schumacher@comcast.com

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