Development Engineer 2
Chennai, India
Overview
Make your mark at Comcast -- a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. Become part of our award-winning, international engineering 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. You’ll do the best work of your career right here.
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- Results-driven
- Adaptable
- Inventive
- Entrepreneurial
- Team Player
- Problem-Solver
Responsibilities
Development Engineer 2
Job Summary
The Unified Communications Engineering team is looking for a Software Development Engineer who is passionate about building scalable software solutions, data platforms, and automation frameworks that enable business insights and operational efficiency. In this role, you will design, develop, and maintain software components that power data ingestion, processing, storage, and reporting systems across the Unified Communications ecosystem. The ideal candidate should have a strong foundation in software engineering with experience developing APIs, building data pipelines, working with distributed processing technologies such as Spark, and integrating with databases and observability platforms. You will collaborate with Product Engineers, Business stakeholders, Data Scientists, and other development teams to design and implement reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions. We welcome individuals who are self-motivated, eager to learn, and capable of working independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative engineering environment.Job Description
Who we are:
TheUnified Communications Engineering organization at Comcast innovates, develops, delivers, andoperatesvoice and unified communications products to our residential, commercial, and wholesale customers. As a member of this team, you will be part of a high-performance engineering organization focused on providing the most reliable, secure, and high-quality experience at scale to our customers. Our teams achieve this outcome by continuously improving our productsutilizingmodernDevSecOpspractices in an end-to-end approach. Our culture focuses on constant learning, embracing diversity, fostering inclusivity, empowering individuals, dynamic collaboration, and promoting open communications. Comcast voice and unified communications products set the standard in a highly competitive marketplace, and it is through our technology driven approach that we achieve the best customer experience for our products.
Responsibilities:
Design, develop, test, andmaintainsoftware applications and services that support Unified Communications platforms and business operations.
Build and enhance data ingestion andprocessingpipelines using technologies such as Python, Kafka, Vector, RabbitMQ, Spark, or similar frameworks.
Develop andmaintainRESTful APIs and backend services that enable access to business and operational data.
Design and implement scalable and fault-tolerant solutions for data processing, storage, and retrieval using relational and NoSQL databases.
Collaborate with Product Owners, Architects, and Engineering teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
Participate in code reviews, unit testing, and software release activities tomaintainhigh engineering standards and code quality.
Developsolutionsleveragingtechnologies such as Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, MariaDB, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, or similar distributed systems.
Implement monitoring, logging, and observability capabilities using tools such as Grafana, ELK, Splunk, CloudWatch, Datadog, or Prometheus.
Troubleshootapplication,pipeline, and database issues, andparticipatein root cause analysis to improve platform reliability.
Optimizeapplication performance, database queries, and data processing workloads to improve efficiency and scalability.
Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for automation and operational improvements.
Respond to production issues and customer concerns ina timelyand efficient manner.
Follow software development best practices, including version control, CI/CD, security standards, and documentation.
Skillsets:
Strong experience in Pythonprogrammingespecially Pandas&numpy.
A very goodunderstanding of the concepts like aggregation, filtering, parsing, and alerting.
Experience with Observability toolslikeElasticsearch,Kibana, Grafana, Prometheus, Logstash/Vector/fluentdetc.
Experience with building data pipelines and experience with ETL tools like airflow is preferred.
Excellent SQL skills arerequired.
Creative invisualization or creating Dashboards using Tableau,Kibanaor Grafana.
Strong fundamentals and experience in Data analytics using python.
Unix/Linux basics & Shell Scripting.
Good to have knowledge of Kafka and integration with logging/observability pipelines
Exposure to java script and ability to build custom charts using D3.js or any other java scriptlibraries is preferred.
Knowledge and experience in Spark/Databricksispreferred.
Good knowledge of git
Responsibilities:
- Writing and maintaining efficient code for software components, adhering to best practices in development
- Supporting the design and development of new software applications aligned with business objectives
- Implementing testing frameworks for software validation, including unit and integration tests, to ensure quality
- Documenting the software development process, including design and deployment procedures, to facilitate knowledge sharing
- Analyzing software integration needs and planning system architecture to meet technical specifications
- Reviewing current practices and technical literature to inform project solutions and applying engineering methodologies
- Working with Quality Assurance to ensure applications meet technical requirements and fit specifications
- Troubleshooting software issues, providing resolutions to enhance application performance and user satisfaction
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
- 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 seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
- Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing 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 ideas.
- 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.
- Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
- 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.
Comcast is 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, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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 to eligible employees. 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.
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
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