Python Development Engineer - 3
India; Remote
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.
Success Profile
What makes a successful Python Development Engineer - 3 at Comcast? Check out these top traits and explore role-specific skills in the job description below.
- Results-driven
- Adaptable
- Inventive
- Entrepreneurial
- Team Player
- Problem-Solver
Responsibilities
Python Development Engineer - 3
Job Summary
This job involves collaborative design and development of software solutions that meet business objectives. It includes system requirement analysis, application customization, and assisting with software updates. It also involves mentoring junior engineers, ensuring quality with Quality Assurance, and providing technical leadership on routine projects. The job is also responsible for conducting training for application users.Job Description
Job Description:
Software Design & Development
- Design, develop, and maintain microservices-based applications using Python frameworks (e.g. Flask or Django).
- Build, document, and maintain RESTful APIs for internal and external integrations.
- Implement asynchronous processing with Celery and Redis.
- Develop data-driven applications using MySQL (SQL).
Quality & Testing
- Develop clean, maintainable, and testable code backed by comprehensive unit and integration tests using pytest.
- Support QA engineers by enabling test automation and ensuring code quality standards.
- Conduct peer reviews to maintain best practices in coding, security, and performance.
DevOps & CI/CD
- Deploy and manage applications in Docker and Kubernetes environments.
- Contribute to and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab or equivalent).
- Optimise build, deployment, and release processes for reliability and speed.
Collaboration & Agile Delivery
- Collaborate with solutions designers, business analysts, and test engineers to deliver high-quality features.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Translate business requirements into scalable and efficient technical solutions.
Performance & Reliability
- Design systems for high availability, scalability, and resilience.
- Monitor and improve performance of services, ensuring efficient use of resources (Grafana / Prometheus).
- Proactively identify and resolve technical issues and production incidents.
Candidates who have Master’s Degree/Bachelors in Computer Science or equivalent.
Your skills
Technical Expertise:
- Proven experience as a Software Engineer or in a similar development role.
- Strong programming skills in Python with hands-on experience in frameworks such as Flask or Django
- Experience designing and building microservices and REST APIs.
- Proficiency in Celery, and Redis for distributed task processing and messaging.
- Solid database skills regarding relational databases such as MySQL / PostgreSQL.
- Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, or similar).
- Proficiency with Git for version control and collaboration.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
- Experience in telecoms or OSS/BSS environments is an advantage.
Professional Attributes:
- Strong coding and problem-solving skills
- Ability to design scalable and reliable software solutions
- Strong understanding of modern DevOps practices
- Adaptability and continuous improvement mindset
- Technical curiosity and eagerness to learn
- Collaboration and cross-functional teamwork
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
5-7 Years
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