Comcast’s Technology, Product & Experience organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. From creating apps like TVGo to new features such as the Talking Guide on the X1 platform, we work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms. The team also develops and supports our evolving network architecture, including next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and management tools, and technical standards. Because our employees are our most valuable asset, we offer a flexible working environment to balance the need to work independently wherever you choose, with days that require collaboration at one of our offices. Our roles primarily reside inside or around one of our Tech Hubs (Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs, Denver, Austin, Silicon Valley, Washington DC/N. Virginia).

Job Summary

Responsible for end-to-end ownership of projects across the entire stack. Build products with web frameworks, application programming interfaces, databases, and multiple Backend languages. Solve challenges that impact both the front-end and backend architecture, while delivering global customer experiences. Works with moderate guidance in own area of knowledge.

Job Description

Comcast provides quality video content for delighted customers all over the world. Each piece of content brings with it a universe of metadata, including what’s visible to our customers through our world-class X1 interface. This content can also come from many providers, presenting unique data management challenges.

COMET is an application provided by the Metadata Tools team that allows editorial updates to content metadata to Comcast and beyond. It gives our editorial staff a means to provide a consistent and quality experience for our video customers in the US and Europe.

The Metadata Tools team is looking for an intelligent, self-motivated software engineer to help build the future of COMET. As a part of the team, you’ll work in an agile environment as a frontend-developer on a set of organically-grown, microservices that provide a rich interface to COMET and functionality to the greater Metadata tools ecosystem.

Job Description

Ideal candidates for this role include individuals that…

• will thrive working in a fast-paced Scrum team, where all team members work together coding, testing, documenting and deploying based on the priorities set by the Product Owner.
• are open-minded and enthusiastic when trying new technologies like Go and Scala, but understand the value in leveraging our existing tech stack of Angular, Java and Spring-Boot.
• communicate thoughts and questions in a clear, concise manner. This implies both listening carefully to critical feedback, as well as challenging others perspectives with clear justifications.
• are comfortable building quality software with a DevSecOps mentality. Security, quality and time to market all maintain a delicate balance.
• will proactively seek mastering Angular and other frontend technologies, to help build the best quality UI/UX for our greater tools.

Core Responsibilities
Work with engineering team, product, and user experience to understand new requirements.
Refine and estimate new deliverables.
Implement new application programming interfaces, backend services, front-end user interface components, and automation tasks to specification provided with the assistance of senior team members.
Understand platform usage and assist with production deployments and customer issue triage.
Work with engineering team to develop backend applications that can be hosted on cloud platforms.
Design and develop web applications that can function with function during backend service and internet connectivity interruptions.
Develop security features as part of the development and embrace the DevSecOps culture.
Use tools to identify and mitigate production incidents within the defined MTTR (Mean Time To Recover) key performance indicator.
Create re-usable web components that can be leveraged by multiple teams, if needed.
Create self-contained microservices or application programming interfaces to support the business logic.
Use content management systems as applicable and global design patterns and defined coding standards and practices established by the team.
Work closely with the architects and DevOps Engineers to implement the functional and technical requirements.
Create dashboards to track business and operational metrics.
Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Ability to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as vital.
Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them flawless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
Know your stuff - be hardworking learners, users and advocates of our groundbreaking technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new insights!
Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
Drive results and growth!
Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

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.

• This position is ineligible for visa sponsorship. To be considered for this role, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States and not require sponsorship for employment now or in the future.

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Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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.

Relevant Work Experience

2-5 Years

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.