Sr. Backend Software Engineer

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Job Summary

As a senior member of the Syndication Development team you are responsible for design and development of the software components (such as XMP APIs) required to integrate Comcast products & technology with large MSO’s systems across North American, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. You will design and develop the best infrastructure and software solutions & monitor emerging technologies/technology practices for potential use within the team and company to meet the needs of the Syndication business. You will be provided with an opportunity to work with cutting edge cloud technologies while interfacing with other Comcast teams and Comcast partners.  Are you passionate about digital media, entertainment, and software services? Do you like big challenges and working within a highly motivated team environment? We are looking for an outstanding engineer within the CTS organization who will work closely with CTS Engineering and program delivery teams that are responsible for delivering new products and functionality to partner providers. We are a team that thrives on big challenges, results, quality, and agility. Who does the Senior Software Engineer work with? You will work closely with CTS Engineering team, the CTS Program Delivery teams and the CTS Operational Readiness Team to deliver features and capabilities to our Syndication partners. You will also interact heavily with the internal Comcast engineering & Operations teams as part of new features development for our partners.  What are some interesting things you will doing? In this role, you will be responsible for defining and building the critical software components that enable the large family of Comcast products to be syndicated to partners. You will be a senior member of DevOps team that leverage CI/CD and Agile practice and work with emerging public cloud and other technologies. You will work with the internal engineering teams at Comcast while working on new features and to help those teams to troubleshoot partner issues.  You will be integral part of the agile delivery team utilizing such software delivery concepts as CI/CD, Infrastructure as a Code, and Configuration as a Code  You will be working with latest cloud technologies to deliver best value to our partners You will have opportunity to coach more junior team members to ensure high quality of software delivery You will have opportunity to interact with Comcast partners in order to deliver high quality products

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

As a senior member of XMP Development team the Engineer 4 will be responsible for planning, development, and rolling out Comcast XMP API used by Comcast partners to integrate with Comcast backend services. In particular:

• Participate in making major technical and architectural decisions
• Hands-on development of the API features
• Hands-on development of the partner and internal-facing applications and components  
• Hands-on development of the new tools to make the API management more efficient
• Design major features and capabilities
• Mentor developers on the team
• Perform code reviews/approvals
• Expand the document development best practices 
• Assist with cloud-based infrastructure planning and implementation
• Work with partners and technical architects on technical requirements definition 
• Assist in the ongoing system support and maintenance
• Be integral part of the team's agile practices, propose the delivery process optimizations as needed

Requirements

• Self-starter
• Previous experience mentoring developers
• Working knowledge of AWS, specifically API Gateway, Lambda, CloudWatch, SNS, SQS, Elasticsearch, DynamoDB
• Expert in Python 
• Extensive experience developing Restful high-volume APIs using API Gateway, Lambda, Python
• Good understanding of AWS automated deployment technologies in CI/CD context
• Good understanding of automated testing approaches for cloud-based Restful APIs in AWS environment

Nice to Have Skills

• Previous Telecommunications industry experience 
• Full stack development experience including React, Bootstrap

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.

Skills:

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Amazon API Gateway; Python (Programming Language)

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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