Comcast

Principal Software Engineer - New York, NY - FreeWheel

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Base Salary

$206k - $309k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Provide senior technical leadership and influence across multiple Streaming Hub Applications and Application Infrastructure teams.
  • Define and drive long-term technical strategy in partnership with Engineering, Product, and Enterprise Architecture.
  • Lead cross-cutting architecture initiatives and establish standards for scalability, reliability, maintainability, APIs, and engineering consistency.
  • Modernize software development and delivery practices, including automated testing, observability, operational readiness, and feature-controlled deployments.
  • Provide technical leadership for cloud and infrastructure strategy, including multi-cloud architecture, resiliency, disaster recovery, and cost optimization.
  • Lead strategic technical investments and refactoring to reduce technical debt and operational complexity.
  • Provide design review and technical oversight for large, complex, and cross-team initiatives.
  • Mentor senior engineers and develop technical leaders across organizational boundaries.
  • Improve developer productivity, onboarding, engineering velocity, quality, and operational performance.
  • Oversee software design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, release processes, project planning, and resource allocation.
  • Partner with Quality Assurance to ensure software meets technical specifications and customer expectations.
  • Monitor performance metrics and use incident learnings to guide continuous improvement.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred; Comcast may consider coursework and experience or extensive related professional experience instead.
  • 15+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Experience with software engineering principles, people management, and AWS Cloud Computing.
  • Ability to provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams and drive architectural strategy.
  • Ability to work nights, weekends, and variable schedules as necessary.
  • Regular, consistent, and punctual attendance is required.

Benefits

  • Comcast provides benefits options and guidance intended to support employees physically, financially, and emotionally.
  • The role is based in New York, NY.
  • The application window is generally 30 days from posting, subject to adjustment based on applicant volume.
  • Eligible employees may receive bonus compensation in addition to base pay.

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About Comcast

10,000+ employees

Comcast is a U.S.-based media and telecommunications company that sells broadband, video, wireless, and voice services to consumers and businesses under the Xfinity and Comcast Business brands. It also owns NBCUniversal (including NBC, Universal Pictures, and Peacock) and Sky, operating TV networks, film studios, and streaming in the U.S. and Europe. Founded in 1963 and headquartered in Philadelphia, it is publicly traded on Nasdaq (CMCSA).

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