This role pays less than
67%
of similar roles. Most pay
$142,400–$214,500
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$150k
versus about
$178k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Comcast
Comcast is an American telecommunications and media conglomerate, providing cable TV, internet, and phone services under the Xfinity brand, and owning NBCUniversal.
Comcast currently has
84 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$137,369–$206,053
across 58 roles with salary data.
Software Engineer (C++, Python, GoLang, or Java) will join the Buyercloud Ad Serving team to support the backbone of the platform. This role involves designing and building data-driven and model-driven features for marketing campaigns while scaling distributed applications and infrastructure. The engineer will optimize algorithms and software architectures to reduce cloud hosting costs, extend the observability stack for alerting, and participate in on-call rotations as an escalation contact. Key responsibilities include writing systems documentation and playbooks. Candidates must possess experience with compiled languages including C++, Java, Rust, and Go, along with expertise in distributed systems, data modeling, and Linux environments. The role focuses on solving complex technical challenges within the ad serving domain, specifically processing billions of auctions daily to execute bidding strategies in milliseconds using tools like AWS and Kubernetes.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Virginia?
Median $211200 from 265 postings across 15 companies.
AWS
Kubernetes
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform
Cloud Formation
Ansible
Python
Java
C++
Linux
Configuration Management
Observability
Distributed Systems
DevOps