Comcast

Lead Software Engineer-0773

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22 hours ago
Reston, VA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$175k - $195k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership in designing and developing software and web applications for ad tech systems.
  • Architect and develop scalable, low-latency C++ applications on Linux for high-throughput, high-QPS workloads.
  • Optimize relational and NoSQL databases through schema design, query optimization, and cache tuning.
  • Profile and benchmark systems to diagnose CPU, memory, and I/O performance issues.
  • Architect and optimize distributed core services to improve throughput, reliability, and system efficiency.
  • Use Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, AWS services, and observability tools to support cloud-native systems.
  • Support application development, integration, software updates, and release rollouts.
  • Document software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals, requirements, and recommendations.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and Quality Assurance teams on product requirements, integration needs, and technical specifications.
  • Monitor competitive applications and relevant literature, patents, and industry practices.
  • Guide and mentor junior-level engineers.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Seven years of experience developing software for ad tech systems, including ad-serving data indexing engines, ad selection algorithms, and audience targeting pipelines.
  • Experience optimizing MySQL, Aurora, Aerospike, DynamoDB, ETCD, Neo4J, and RocksDB databases.
  • Experience using sanitizer, perf, and gprof for performance tuning.
  • Experience architecting and developing scalable, low-latency C++ applications on Linux.
  • Experience performing end-to-end system design and optimization.
  • Five years of experience using Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, ELB, EKS, S3, DynamoDB, and Kinesis.
  • Experience monitoring and troubleshooting systems with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and Loki.

Benefits

  • The position is eligible to work remotely one or more days per week according to company policy.
  • Comcast provides benefits and total-rewards programs with options and support for physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
  • The role is eligible for applicable employee bonus programs.

Tech Stack

Amazon DynamoDBAWSC++DockerGrafanaKubernetesLinuxMySQLNeo4jPrometheusTerraform

Categories

Comcast

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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