Software Engineering Manager – Network Design Platforms
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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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- Team Player
- Problem-Solver
Responsibilities
Software Engineering Manager – Network Design Platforms
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of software engineers developing features for Project Iris, Comcast’s next generation GIS based CAD platform for broadband network design. Iris is a core strategic system within AeGIS, the CONNECT organization that builds the tools enabling the construction, improvement, and long term evolution of Comcast’s nationwide access network. The system supports the planning and design of more than one million miles of coax and fiber infrastructure, and integrates automation capabilities that reduce design cycle time and cost. As Comcast continues deploying some of the most advanced broadband networks in the world, Iris plays a critical role in ensuring our design and deployment teams have the tools needed to work at scale. Built on modern technologies including Unity3D, Node.js, MongoDB, and AWS, Iris demands strong architectural stewardship and engineering leadership to maintain enterprise grade performance, resiliency, and accuracy. This role combines hands-on technical leadership, disciplined execution, and people development. The ideal candidate is a strong engineering leader who can drive initiatives from idea through delivery while helping engineers grow through clear feedback, coaching, and thoughtful technical guidance.Job Description
What You'll Do:
Lead and develop a team of software engineers through regular feedback, coaching, career development, and clear expectations.
Drive engineering initiatives from concept to completion, including technical design, documentation, planning, timelines, risk management, architecture, execution, and operational readiness.
Remain technically hands-on and actively engaged in engineering work, design discussions, code quality, troubleshooting, and technical decision-making.
Partner with product, architecture, operations, and peer engineering teams to align priorities, clarify trade-offs, and deliver outcomes that support business goals.
Promote engineering excellence through strong software design principles, maintainable code, effective integration patterns, and continuous improvement of team practices.
Identify blockers, manage dependencies, and communicate progress, risks, and decisions with clarity and appropriate detail.
Create an environment where engineers receive direct, useful feedback and understand the actions needed to improve delivery, quality, collaboration, and technical craft.
Support hiring, onboarding, team health, and the development of a sustainable, high-performing engineering culture.
Required Qualifications
Experience as a lead engineer or technical leader developing enterprise-class, highly available, and scalable applications, including applications hosted on cloud platforms.
Strong hands-on experience with more than one general-purpose programming language, such as JavaScript, Python, C#, Java, or similar technologies.
Strong experience with more than one database technology, such as MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, SQL Server, or similar platforms.
Solid understanding of software design principles, programming concepts, integration patterns, and distributed systems.
Practical understanding of the infrastructure and tooling used to build, test, deploy, and run software, such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes, or comparable technologies.
Demonstrated ability to organize time, thoughts, priorities, and communication in a way that helps teams make steady progress.
Excellent communication skills with a focus on clarity, quality, and useful context over unnecessary volume.
Curiosity about people, motivation, team dynamics, and how different personalities contribute to effective engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience leading teams that build cloud-native, distributed, or highly available systems.
Experience improving engineering processes, delivery predictability, operational practices, and software quality.
Experience mentoring engineers across different skill levels and helping them grow into broader technical or leadership responsibilities.
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.
Skills:
JavaScript; Git; Python (Programming Language); Node.js
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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Comcast provides many opportunities to build skills and grow in your career and a top-notch benefits, time off and perks package.
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You will build personal relationships on a growing team that while making Xfinity a best-in-class, most-loved brand.
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