Principal Software Architect

Comcast

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Work type: On-site
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Posted: 87 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live 2 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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As a Principal Software Architect within the newly formed Technical Software Architecture group, you will work across IT platform teams to advocate for back-office software technology patterns and standards. You will architect and evolve scalable, secure, and performant solutions while driving design best practices across applications, integration, and event-driven systems. Your daily responsibilities include designing resilient systems featuring APIs, asynchronous messaging, and observability tools like logging, metrics, and tracing. You will also conduct architecture reviews, mentor engineering teams, and oversee code designs to ensure production readiness. The role requires expertise in microservices, service decomposition, and security principles such as authentication and fault tolerance. You must translate complex business needs into maintainable technical designs while influencing cross-functional teams across platform, enterprise architecture, and infrastructure domains to solve critical back-office challenges through innovative technology practices.

Skills

Event Driven Architecture Microservices Software Design Patterns API Asynchronous Messaging Pub/Sub Observability Logging Metrics Tracing Authentication Authorization Fault Tolerance Code Review

What you'll do

Architect and evolve software solutions to ensure scalability, performance, security, and operational readiness across enterprise platforms.
Establish and enforce architecture standards and best practices for applications, integrations, and event-driven systems.
Design resilient systems incorporating APIs, asynchronous messaging, observability tools, and robust security principles.
Oversee implementation through formal architecture reviews, code/design oversight, and participation in governance forums.
Translate complex business requirements into scalable and maintainable technical designs.
Mentor engineering teams and influence architectural decision-making across various project scopes.
Research and evaluate emerging technologies to foster innovation within the software architecture group.

What we're looking for

Must have at least 10 years of relevant work experience.
Bachelor's degree (preferred).
Deep understanding of software design patterns across application and integration layers.
Experience with API-driven, event-driven architectures, and microservices decomposition.
Practical experience designing event-based systems including modeling, flows, and pub/sub patterns.
Knowledge of security and resilience patterns, including authentication, authorization, and fault tolerance.
Experience incorporating observability practices such as logging, metrics, and tracing.
Proven ability to conduct architecture reviews, influence decisions, and mentor engineering teams.

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