Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Comcast

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Reston, VA
Salary
$171,515–$257,273 / yr
Posted
19 days ago
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This role pays more than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $165,000–$214,500 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $190k for comparable roles.

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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.

Comcast currently has 64 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $141,850–$204,799 across 58 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Manager, Software Engineering

JOB TITLE: Sr. Manager, Software Engineering- 2 Days Onsite (Reston, VA)- FreeWheel The Sr. Manager, Software Engineering leads the Buyer Cloud User Data Engineering team within the Audience & Measurement department. This role involves providing executive oversight for the strategy, architecture, and delivery of platforms managing audience, taxonomy, metadata, and identity data. You will lead a team of software and data engineers to build scalable, reliable data services while managing budgets and cloud cost efficiency. Key responsibilities include driving engineering quality, overseeing production support, and collaborating with privacy and product teams to ensure compliant functionality. Required technical skills include Python, SQL, microservices-based architectures, AWS cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, Terraform, and Kubernetes. The role addresses the technical challenge of managing large-scale identity data and distributed processing within a data-intensive ad tech and media environment.

What does a Software Engineering Manager earn?

Median $214394 from 123 postings across 39 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own the engineering strategy, technical roadmap, and execution for Buyer Cloud User Data platforms and services.
  • Lead, develop, and coach a team of software and data engineers through clear direction and career development.
  • Oversee the design, development, delivery, and production support of scalable and reliable data platforms.
  • Lead architecture and design discussions involving large-scale audience data, distributed processing, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Drive engineering quality and release governance through design reviews, testing, and production-change controls.
  • Manage engineering resources and budgets while driving cloud cost efficiency and maximizing technology investments.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver privacy-compliant and feature-rich user data components.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in data engineering, software engineering, or developing large-scale data platforms.
  • 3+ years of experience managing and developing engineering teams of five or more people.
  • Proficiency in Python, microservices-based architectures, and strong SQL skills.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
  • Proven ability to lead design discussions, influence architectural decisions, and manage technical roadmaps.
  • Experience in ad tech, media, or data-intensive platforms (preferred).
  • Familiarity with Snowflake, EKS, Aerospike, Spark, batch/streaming ingestion, and cloud cost optimization (preferred).

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