Sr. Full Stack Software Engineer (Sports Experiences)

Posted:
10/10/2024, 9:27:29 AM

Location(s):
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⋅ Pennsylvania, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Software Engineering

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Make your mark at Comcast -- a Fortune 30 global media and technology company. From the connectivity and platforms we provide, to the content and experiences we create, we reach hundreds of millions of customers, viewers, and guests worldwide. Become part of our award-winning technology team that turns big ideas into cutting-edge products, platforms, and solutions that our customers love. We create space to innovate, and we recognize, reward, and invest in your ideas, while ensuring you can proudly bring your authentic self to the workplace. Join us. You’ll do the best work of your career right here at Comcast. (In most cases, Comcast prefers to have employees on-site collaborating unless the team has been designated as virtual due to the nature of their work. If a position is listed with both office locations and virtual offerings, Comcast may be willing to consider candidates who live greater than 100 miles from the office for the remote option.)

Job Summary

Comcast’s Technology, Product & Experience (TPX) organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. The Integrated Engagement Experiences (IEE) team in TPX focuses on delivering interactive sports entertainment experiences to our TV video product customers.



Sports entertainment is the epitome of reality TV. The live nature of sports entertainment creates unique opportunities to deliver engaging customer experiences combining media, technology, and art. The cyclical nature of sports leagues seasons and competitions provides an exciting environment of short-/mid-/long-term efforts. The IEE team sits at the cusp of integrating new technologies, patterns, & products to engage our customers in the sports entertainment landscape of our video products.

Are you passionate about sports? Are you passionate about digital media, entertainment experiences, & software development? Do you like solving challenging problems and working within a highly motivated team environment melding ideas, skills, & talents delivering solutions?



A Full Stack Developer is responsible for end-to-end ownership of projects across the entire stack. Build products with web frameworks, APIs, databases, and multiple backend languages. Solve challenges that impact both the Front-End and Backend architecture, while delivering global customer experiences.



There is never a dull moment working in sports entertainment. Our team continuously delivers to the challenges of sports entertainment experiences to increase the value delivered to our customers. Each sport product experience is designed to evolve across sports, leagues, partners, & platforms. Each sport, league, partner, & platform introduce different combinations of components, patterns, processes & interfaces. These combinations inherently introduce technical challenges in UX, feature functionality, system integration complexity, operation & scale. In this role, you’ll be working in a fast-paced development environment delivering new immersive sports experiences for our video products.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

 

  • Work with engineering team, product, and UX to understand new requirements.  

  • Refine and estimate new deliverables. 

  • Implement new APIs, backend services, Front-End UI components, and automation tasks to specification provided with the assistance of senior team members.  

  • Understand platform usage and assist with production deployments and customer issue triage.  

  • Design and develop highly available and scalable applications that can be hosted on Cloud Platforms. 

  • Design web applications that take can function with interruptions in connectivity.  

  • Design and develop security features as part of the development and embrace the DevSecOps culture.  

  • Create tools to identify and mitigate the production incidents within the defined MTTR (Mean Time To Recover) KPI.  

  • Create re-usable web components that can be leveraged by multiple teams, where needed.  

  • Create self-contained microservices or APIs to support the business logic.  

  • Use content management systems as applicable and global design patterns & defined coding standards and practices established by the team.  

  • Collaborate with project stakeholders to identify product and technical requirements.  

  • Work closely with the architects and DevOps Engineers to define the functional and technical requirements.  

  • Create insights for Managers to track business and operational metrics. 

  • Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. 

 

 

Preferred Skills 

  • Front-End Programming (React, Javascript, HTML/CSS, Lightning.js, Flutter) 

  • Back-End Programming (Python, Node.js, Express.js, Java, C, C++) 

  • UI/UX Design (Figma, Photoshop, Illustrator, Balsamiq) 

  • Software/Solution Design (Use Cases, Sequence Diagramming, Process Flow) 

  • Development Tools (Github, Visual Studio, IntelliJ) 

  • DevOps (CICD, AWS, ELK) 

  • Preferred Majors: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering Technology 

 

Minimum Qualifications and Eligibility Requirements 

  • BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. 

  • 8 years of application development 

  • Authorized to work in the United States with no current or future sponsorship needs 

  • Available to report in-person to the work location on the job posting (unless virtual offering) 

  • Comcast is an Affirmative Action/EEO employer M/F/D/V 



Disclaimer:

This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.

Skills

Application Programming Interface (API), Applications Programming, Back-End Development, JavaScript, Software Development, Teamwork, User Interfaces (UI)

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Education

Bachelor's Degree (Required)

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relative Work Experience

7-10 Years

Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Comcast

Website: http://corporate.comcast.com/

Headquarter Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1963

IPO Status: Public

Last Funding Type: Grant

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