Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Security

Comcast

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Philadelphia, PA
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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Security

Sr. Software Engineer - Cloud Security joins the Cloud Security Engineering team to design, build, and operate reliable software platforms that transform complex technical findings into actionable workflows. This senior role involves developing self-service capabilities, building agentic pipelines, and creating systems that ingest data from multiple sources to provide automated recommendations. The engineer will manage large-scale distributed systems, define API contracts, and oversee data lifecycle management. Key technologies include Python 3.10+, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Docker, and AWS services like Lambda, S3, and ECS. Candidates must possess expertise in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and asynchronous processing. The role addresses the cybersecurity domain by automating security findings, alerts, and remediation workflows. You will translate ambiguous requirements into scalable architectures while ensuring high standards for observability, fault tolerance, and production-quality code within a complex cloud environment.

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What you'll do

  • Design and build large-scale distributed systems that transform complex security data into actionable workflows and automated outcomes.
  • Develop self-service tools and platforms to enable teams to perform repeatable processes with minimal manual coordination.
  • Create agentic pipelines that coordinate multiple tools, data sources, and multi-step processes.
  • Write production-quality code for secure, observable, and maintainable services using Python and modern frameworks like FastAPI.
  • Translate ambiguous business requirements into scalable technical architectures, including API designs, data models, and deployment strategies.
  • Research and prototype new technologies in applied AI, workflow automation, and cloud-native engineering.
  • Lead the end-to-end development lifecycle, including rigorous code reviews, architectural guidance, and production support.
  • Create comprehensive technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, design proposals, and operational runbooks.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
  • 6 to 10 years of professional software engineering experience with ownership of production systems.
  • Proficiency in Python 3.10+ and clean, maintainable software design.
  • Experience building backend APIs using FastAPI or similar modern frameworks.
  • Strong database expertise including PostgreSQL, ORM patterns, schema design, and data lifecycle management.
  • Experience designing multi-step workflows with retries, state tracking, and distributed execution patterns.
  • Proficiency in AWS services (EC2, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, RDS, S3, IAM) and Docker container delivery.
  • Experience building CI/CD pipelines and implementing automated testing and quality gates.

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