Sr Data Engineer-Xumo

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Job Summary

We are looking for a talented Senior Data Engineer to play a crucial role in shaping our data and recommendation strategy and empowering data-driven decision-making across the organization. This role will involve analyzing, designing and implementing data solutions that provide actionable insights into our Video Streaming Application, including deep dives into user behavior, content performance, and the effectiveness of our recommendation engine. Xumo, a joint venture between Comcast and Charter, was formed to develop and offer a next-generation streaming platform on a variety of branded 4K streaming devices and smart TVs. Powered by Comcast’s global technology platform, Xumo devices and services feature an entertainment experience designed to make it easy for consumers to find and enjoy their favorite streaming content through a world-class user interface and voice search, and for partners to meaningfully connect and engage with millions of consumers.

Job Description

As a Senior Data Engineer, you will be a key contributor in building and maintaining a scalable and reliable data infrastructure that supports our business goals. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions, ensuring data integrity and accessibility. Your expertise in data analysis & modeling, ETL processes, and data warehousing will be instrumental in driving our organization's success through data-driven insights.

Responsible for designing, building and overseeing the deployment and operation of technology architecture, solutions and software to capture, manage, store and utilize structured and unstructured data from internal and external sources. Establishes and builds processes and structures based on business and technical requirements to channel data from multiple inputs, route appropriately and store using any combination of distributed (cloud) structures, local databases, and other applicable storage forms as required. Develops technical tools and programming that leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning and big-data techniques to cleanse, organize and transform data and to maintain, defend and update data structures and integrity on an automated basis. Creates and establishes design standards and assurance processes for software, systems and applications development to ensure compatibility and operability of data connections, flows and storage requirements. Reviews internal and external business and product requirements for data operations and activity and suggests changes and upgrades to systems and storage to accommodate ongoing needs. Work with data modelers/analysts to understand the business problems they are trying to solve then create or augment data assets to feed their analysis. Integrates knowledge of business and functional priorities. Acts as a key contributor in a complex and crucial environment. May lead teams or projects and shares expertise.

• Position is office based in Irvine, CA- 4 days/week & 1 day/week remote.

Position Duties:

Lead Data Engineering and Architecture

• Collaborate with product, engineering, and data science teams to define data requirements and translate them into scalable data solutions, with a focus on supporting statistical analysis and performance reporting.
• Design, develop, and maintain robust data pipelines and ETL processes to ingest, transform, and load data from various sources, ensuring data integrity and availability for performance analysis.
• Architect and implement data models and schemas optimized for performance, scalability, and analytical queries, enabling efficient statistical analysis and reporting.
• Build and maintain data infrastructure components, including data warehouses, data lakes, and real-time streaming systems, to support the needs of performance monitoring and reporting.

Develop and Maintain Data Infrastructure

• Work closely with backend engineers to optimize data storage and retrieval mechanisms for maximum efficiency, particularly for performance-critical data.
• Implement and maintain data quality checks and monitoring systems to ensure data accuracy and reliability, crucial for accurate performance analysis and reporting.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for data architecture, pipelines, and processes, including guidelines for performance testing and optimization.
• Continuously evaluate and adopt new technologies and best practices to improve data infrastructure performance and scalability, supporting the growing needs of performance analysis.

Enable Data-Driven Decision-Making

• Partner with data scientists and analysts to ensure data accessibility and usability for advanced analytics and reporting, including performance analysis and statistical modeling.
• Develop and maintain tools and frameworks for data exploration, visualization, and analysis, specifically tailored for performance monitoring and reporting.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to stakeholders on data-related inquiries and best practices, particularly in the areas of performance analysis and reporting.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of data governance policies and procedures, ensuring data quality and consistency for performance analysis.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in data engineering, data analysis, data warehousing, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience with SQL and working with relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL).
• Strong experience with big data technologies (e.g., Hadoop, Spark) and cloud-based platforms (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure).
• Proficiency in building and maintaining data pipelines using ETL/ELT tools.
• Experience with data modeling and schema design for data warehouses and data lakes.
• Experience with data governance and compliance standards.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into scalable data solutions.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Self-starter with excellent organizational and problem-solving skills.

Highly Preferred Experience:

• Experience with data analysis using Google BigQuery.
• Experience with data visualization tools such as Sisense, Tableau, Power BI, or Looker.
• Experience with programming languages for data analysis (e.g., Python, R).
• Experience with predictive analytics and machine learning algorithms.
• Familiarity with business domains such as customer analytics, marketing, or operations.
• Experience working with data lakes and data warehouse technologies (e.g., Snowflake, Redshift).

Core Responsibilities
Develops data structures and pipelines aligned to established standards and guidelines to organize, collect, standardize and transform data that helps generate insights and address reporting needs.
Focuses on ensuring data quality during ingest, processing as well as final load to the target tables.
Creates standard ingestion frameworks for structured and unstructured data as well as checking and reporting on the quality of the data being processed.
Creates standard methods for end users / downstream applications to consume data including but not limited to database views, extracts and Application Programming Interfaces.
Develops and maintains information systems (e.g., data warehouses, data lakes) including data access Application Programming Interfaces.
Participates in the implementation of solutions via data architecture, data engineering, or data manipulation on both on-prem platforms like Kubernetes and Teradata as well as Cloud platforms like Databricks.
Determines the appropriate storage platform across different on-prem (minIO and Teradata) and Cloud (AWS S3, Redshift) depending on the privacy, access and sensitivity requirements.
Understands the data lineage from source to the final semantic layer along with the transformation rules applied to enable faster troubleshooting and impact analysis during changes.
Collaborates with technology and platform management partners to optimize data sourcing and processing rules to ensure appropriate data quality as well as process optimization.
Creates and establishes design standards and assurance processes for software, systems and applications development to ensure compatibility and operability of data connections, flows and storage requirements. Reviews internal and external business and product requirements for data operations and activity and suggests changes and upgrades to systems and storage to accommodate ongoing needs.
Develops strategies for data acquisition, archive recovery, and database implementation.
Manages data migrations/conversions and troubleshooting data processing issues.
Understands the data sensitivity, customer data privacy rules and regulations and applies them consistently in all Information Lifecycle Management activities.
Identifies and reacts to system notification and log to ensure quality standards for databases and applications. Solves abstract problems beyond single development language or situation by reusing data file and flags already set.
Solves critical issues and shares knowledge such as trends, aggregate, quantity volume regarding specific data sources.
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.
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.

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. Comcast will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law, including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Skills:

Data Engineering; Statistical Analysis; Data Architecture; Analytical Analysis; Big Data

Salary:

Primary Location Pay Range: $129,390.78 - $194,086.16

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.

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

10 Years +, 5-7 Years, 2-5 Years, 0-2 Years, 15 Years +, 7-10 Years