Senior Software Architect

Comcast - Philadelphia, PA

Full-time - Senior

Philadelphia, PA

11-50 employees

Broadcasting and Content Providers

About the position

The position is for an experienced architect within Comcast Technology Solutions, focusing on unifying various capabilities across multiple engineering teams into a common tooling capability for business-to-business use cases. The role involves working with cutting-edge video and connectivity technologies, interfacing with internal teams and global telecommunications providers, and ensuring operational excellence across the product portfolio. The architect will lead the development of a federated architecture for MVPD tools, driving outcomes through influence and technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develops and evaluates software in alignment with the Company's overall vision and business goals.
• Owns the technical design, delivery, and operation of MVPD's B2B Platform Tools and frameworks.
• Reduces onboarding friction and ongoing operational costs through the development of self-service management tooling for syndicated platforms.
• Advocates for the organization's technical capabilities across the enterprise as the business evolves.
• Evaluates, designs, and develops solutions to meet overall needs of MVPD customers at a global and local level.
• Provides ongoing technical training, support, integration supervision, and governance of platform tools.
• Communicates and establishes relationships with vendors and other technical areas of the business.
• Provides technical leadership and direction to the team focusing on solution delivery and integration capabilities.
• Represents department views and influences decisions on potential software issues.
• Partners with other corporate technical functions and relevant business units to ensure software development needs are monitored and addressed.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in technology and service operations (B2B preferred).
• Experience leading technical teams and architecting complex B2B solutions, with an emphasis on publicly exposed APIs, B2B tooling, and documentation.
• Expertise in architecting and delivering cloud solutions using AWS Cloud, federated authentication, and authorization models.
• History of architecting and building global federated multi-tenant web applications.
• Expertise in web and full stack technologies used in AWS Cloud environment.
• Ability to craft technical roadmaps and articulate a vision to senior leadership to obtain buy-in and sponsorship for new initiatives.
• Experience with Video, Broadband (cable), and Access Network technologies preferred.
• Experience supporting business and technical objectives in a partnered/outsourced model.
• Experience developing and delivering software in a federated architecture is required.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, adaptable, proactive, and willing to take ownership.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a fast-paced agile environment.
• Ability to adjust to changing priorities and make quick decisions with limited information.
• Highly motivated and able to work independently and in a group.

Benefits

• Medical & Dental
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Generous paid time off
• Life Milestones support including adoption assistance and childcare resources
• Discounted digital TV and internet services for employees
• Discounted tickets for Universal Resorts and free tickets to Universal theme parks