Software Engineer (Go/Rust)

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

VIPER (Video IP Engineering & Research), is a division within Comcast’s Technology and Product Division and spun out from IP Video and online projects that originated within Comcast Interactive Media. We are based in Denver Tech Center in CO. We are a cloud-based IP video infrastructure that’s been built to deliver a broad mix of on-demand video, live TV streams, and an assortment of other digital media to an array of connected devices in the home. Do you love to write code? Are you passionate about software craftsmanship? Would you like to work on projects with tangible impact? As a software engineer in the RIO (Recording Input Output) team, you will help to shape the next generation of cloud based, highly scalable, DVR services. You will develop the software to handle recordings and playbacks for millions of customers, and develop tools to operate such large scale system at low cost. You will also help build software to process security camera recordings for storage and play back from home security systems. Who will you work with? RIO software engineers collaborate with industry experts from many disciplines: software architects, network engineers, player developers, content security specialists, and various streaming video technologists. A RIO software engineer also engages with quality assurance engineers, technical operators, and product owners on a daily basis. We’re a small team, delivering software solutions at the leading edge of distributed systems and streaming video technology. What are some interesting problems you’ll be working on? The core product this team is developing and managing is the next generation cloud DVR system (cDVR). We developed this system from the ground up. It is a large scale system that will support millions of customers to record their favorite TV shows in the cloud, which enables them to watch their recordings from any device, at anytime, and anywhere with an Internet connection. You will help to develop new features and improve existing software to scale this system to support real-time recording of 8 terabytes of video per second. You will also help to develop different tools to deploy and manage the system at multiple locations and work with different teams to ensure the system runs smoothly. Your work will make a noticeable impact on the rapidly expanding IP video industry and millions of customers’ experience. The new product this team is developing is a scalable solution for ingesting security camera recordings, saving the footage, then playing it back upon customer request. This is a growing, distributed system, providing a new product offering for Comcast customers who subscribe to our home security services.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Code in Rust following software quality standards.
• Code in GO following software quality standards.
• Perform code reviews and sign off.
• Troubleshoot & fix existing codebase.
• Read logs and consume log data into a dashboard or visualization tool
• Participate in discussions to improve team and software processes.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to identify requirements.
• Determine integration requirements.
• Design and develop new features.
• Ensure software modules are reliable and simple for reuse.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance team to test software.
• Assist in the rollout of software releases.
• Improve existing software’s performance and stability.
• Improve and automate software build and deployment process.
• Participate in on-call rotations.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• BS in Computer Science and 5 - 8 years’ experience, or equivalent
• Experience programming in Rust and Go (golang) or similar language (e.g. C/C++, Java)
• Collaboration and Teamwork
• Clear communication, both written and verbal
• Analyze and clearly articulate complex issues
• Great problem solving
• Adaptable, proactive and willing to take ownership
• Build software that is easy to operate
• Work in an agile environment

Additional Nice To Have Skills

• Experience developing concurrent systems
• Experience with distributed system
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes
• Understanding of micro-service design principals

Technologies and Tools Used by this team

• Rust, Golang, Python, C/C++, JavaScript, Bash, React
• MPEG2, MPEG4, HEVC, ABR Streaming
• Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
• Spinnaker, Terraform, Concourse, Puppet
• Elastic, Grafana, Prometheus, Clickhouse
• MemSQL, Postgres, InfluxDB, Redis
• Git
• Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu)

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 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, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Skills:

Rust (Programming Language); Software Development; Teamwork; Go Programming Language

Salary:

Primary Location Pay Range: $112,564.64 - $168,846.96

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.

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

5-7 Years