Principal Software Architect

Comcast

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Work type: On-site
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posted: 1 day ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Comcast is an American telecommunications and media conglomerate, providing cable TV, internet, and phone services under the Xfinity brand, and owning NBCUniversal.

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As a Principal Software Architect in the newly formed Technical Software Architecture group, you will advocate for back-office technology standards and explore innovative practices. Your role involves guiding strategic solutions that address business challenges by collaborating with IT platform teams to ensure scalability, performance, and security across enterprise platforms. You will drive architecture standards through design patterns, oversee robust systems incorporating APIs, asynchronous messaging, observability, and security principles, and collaborate cross-functionally to align architectures with deployment requirements. Additionally, you will mentor teams, conduct architecture reviews, and foster innovation by scanning emerging technologies. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in software design patterns, API-driven and event-driven architectures, microservices, observability practices, and guiding engineering teams without formal authority.

Skills

API‑driven architectures event‑driven architectures microservices service decomposition security patterns observability practices logging metrics tracing authentication authorization fault tolerance software design patterns architecture reviews CI/CD

What you'll do

Lead the evolution of software solutions aligned with business priorities.
Drive architecture standards and best practices across enterprise platforms.
Design resilient systems incorporating APIs, asynchronous messaging, and observability.
Guide implementation through code/design oversight and participation in governance forums.
Mentor teams on architectural decision-making and emerging technologies.

What we're looking for

Deep understanding of software design patterns across application and integration layers.
Extensive experience with API-driven and event-driven architectures, including asynchronous messaging.
Solid knowledge of microservices architecture and service decomposition approaches.
Strong practical experience designing robust, resilient systems incorporating observability practices.
Proven ability to translate business needs into scalable, maintainable technical designs.
Experience conducting architecture and design reviews, including trade-off analysis.
Ability to guide engineering teams and influence decisions without formal authority.

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