Senior Software Engineer

Comcast

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Location
Philadelphia, PA
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7 days ago
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About Comcast

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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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer (Engineer 4) provides hands-on technical leadership for the Enterprise Decision Engine, a platform powering intelligent, real-time decisioning and personalized customer experiences across the enterprise. This individual contributor leads the design and delivery of strategic platform capabilities, translating complex business requirements into scalable, resilient solutions. The role involves driving architectural evolution, establishing engineering best practices, and mentoring engineers through technical leadership and design reviews. Day-to-day responsibilities include developing platform services, managing production operations, and improving system reliability through automation and observability. The candidate will utilize a technology stack including Java, Spring, SpEL, Next.js, React, TypeScript, and modern web technologies to build distributed systems, APIs, and event-driven architectures. This role addresses the technical challenge of building large-scale decisioning frameworks, recommendation systems, and rule engines to support complex business logic and real-time data processing at scale.

What does a Software Engineer earn?

Median $197500 from 2196 postings across 133 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the design and delivery of scalable platform capabilities for the Enterprise Decision Engine using Java and Spring.
  • Translate complex business requirements into technical specifications and actionable implementation plans for engineering teams.
  • Drive architectural evolution by evaluating trade-offs and establishing technical direction for distributed systems and microservices.
  • Develop and enhance platform services using technologies like SpEL, Next.js, and modern web frameworks.
  • Promote engineering excellence through design reviews, code reviews, prototyping, and the adoption of best practices.
  • Mentor junior engineers through technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and establishing reusable patterns.
  • Improve platform reliability, performance, and security through observability, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Manage the full lifecycle of features from initial solution design through production deployment and incident response.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience developing enterprise-scale applications and platforms.
  • Strong hands-on experience designing and developing scalable services using Java and Spring.
  • Experience building distributed systems, APIs, event-driven architectures, and microservice-based platforms at scale.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives, influence architectural direction, and drive engineering decisions.
  • Proficiency in modern web technologies including Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Spring Expression Language (SpEL).
  • Experience with cloud-native technologies, CI/CD practices, observability, and performance optimization.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers through technical leadership, design reviews, and establishing best practices.

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