Senior Engineer (Eng 4), DevX

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

Are you looking to have an impact on a large technology organization and the work of thousands of developers? If you are driven and passionate about reducing cognitive load and toil for developers, then Developer Experience (DevX) Organization is the place for you! Comcast’s DevX organization creates an extensible ecosystem of solutions, evolving based on deep partnerships, that empower Comcast’s Engineering community to do more of what they love and feel deeply connected to their impactful work. DevX believes we can make developers happier, more focused, and more innovative. We do this by providing tools and automated processes that reduce the impact non-functional requirements have on our developer’s lives. As a Software Engineer 4, on our Comcast Dojo team, you will upskill teams in strategic engineering areas by employing an immersive, “learn by doing” approach. Leveraging your experience and strong expertise, you will evaluate the team’s operational, product and engineering practices to take a hands-on approach to address their needs. On our teams, everyone has an opportunity to lead; your communication and collaboration skills are just as important—if not more important—than your technical skills.

Job Description

About the team

The Comcast Dojo team assists groups across the Comcast global footprint. At its core, the Comcast Dojo is an upskilling program, that is designed to be an immersive learning experience where teams solve their real software development and delivery challenges. Teams participate in ‘Dojo “tracks” where they perform their real work from their actual backlogs, alongside subject matter experts, while being led by a Dojo coach.

The Comcast Dojo team values collaboration, a love of learning, empathy, humility and active listening.

This role is based in our cutting-edge Comcast Technology Center in downtown Philadelphia. It is not approved for remote or virtual hire.

How we support you in building your craft

In addition to building belonging in your day-to-day job:

• You will have an opportunity to participate in a week–long Lab Week three times a year – a Hackathon where we test innovative ways to push our platforms and products into the future.
• You will have dedicated time to learn and teach each other through multiple internal technology conferences throughout the year.
• You will participate in dedicated technology, leadership and culture discussion forums, book clubs and internal podcasts.
• You and your teammates will take the time to have fun and build team camaraderie and psychological safety.
• You will have flexibility for career exploration through mentorship, project opportunities, rotations, and gigs.

What you will do

• Exemplify empathy, humility, and active listening
• Foster relationships to identify opportunities for Dojo coaching across multiple organizations; collaborate with embedded Product and Program Teams to align Dojo coaching to strategic outcomes
• Work with technical stakeholders to understand their roadmaps and identify critical activities
• Create detailed curriculum to assist learners in understanding key technical concepts
• Mentor more junior members of the technical staff

If you have SOME or all the following, please apply:

• 8+ years of relevant work experience, including extensive programming experience and product development experience
• Demonstrated coaching and mentoring either formally or informally in technical coaching or people development
• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field preferred.
• Excellent software development skills, in a diverse set of programming styles (procedural, object-oriented, functional). Experience with Java, Python, Go, Rust or Scala
• Experience developing cloud-native architectures and an understanding of design for scalability, performance, and reliability.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and practices (refactoring, TDD (Test Driven Development), pair programming).
• UNIX/Linux background: facility with command-line utilities; familiarity with system administration tools and concepts a plus.
• Champion of SDLC and Hands-on DevOps experience (build automation, test automation, test driven development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Development (CD), Infrastructure as code, etc.)
• experience with SRE practices and working knowledge of implementing SRE practices using observability tools
• Experience with platform engineering a plus
• Experience with Terraform a plus
• Ability to troubleshoot a complex distributed system to identify and resolve issues
• Working with technical stakeholders to understand their roadmaps and identify critical technical capabilities that need adoption
• Collaborating with our technical operations teams to understand and spread innovative technical tools and practices
• Creating detailed templates to assist learners in understanding key technical concepts
• Building proof-of-concept systems or conducting exploratory experiments with modern technology.
• Serving as an ambassador of TPX to the broader technical community, both inside and outside Comcast, via a combination of authorship of technical papers, journal articles, and/or blog posts; and delivering presentations at technical conferences, meetups, user groups, etc.
• Due to the nature of the role, current or recent experience working on or with a Comcast engineering team preferred but not required.

Exciting challenges you will be involved in where you can make an impact

• Guiding teams in exploring and evaluating new tools and technologies to incorporate into their DevOps toolchain, considering factors such as ease of integration, scalability, and community support.
• Participating in DevOps communities, forums, and conferences to stay updated on industry trends, share experiences, and network with peers.

We are interested in attracting a diverse set of candidates for this position.  If you are not sure if you qualify, please err on the side of applying.

Our Values

• Pathway to Yes
  • We value usable and working solutions now, without compromising quality over a perfect solution later. 
  • We start from the assumption that someone, somewhere has already figured out a solution to this problem; we value using their results over rediscovering them ourselves.
  • We actively collaborate with our customers; we win when our customers win.
• Culture of Curiosity
  • We adopt a collaborative growth mindset and learn together along the way.
  • We recognize that the best idea can come from anyone, and that effective leaders create ways to solicit and consider these ideas.
  • We value making decisions with research and reason, with an open mind to experiment.
• Lead with Purpose
  • While exploring diverse ideas, we value being able to pursue a plan together over everyone agreeing that the plan is the best one
  • We are all leaders; we value individual responsibility over micromanagement.
  • As members of DevX, we align to a set of outcomes over fighting turf wars; we get ahead by working together. 
• Team Spirit
  • We value attitude over aptitude; no {genius} jerks allowed.
  • We value actively and humbly seeking and appreciating honest feedback over preserving our egos.
  • We value building teams with individuals from various backgrounds and experiences; there is no typical DevX-er.

#devx, #developerexperience, #ComcastDojo

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:

Customer-Focused; Software Development; Adaptability; Curious Mindset; Teamwork

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

7-10 Years