Chief Platform Engineer – Streaming, Ads & Data

Comcast (CC) of Willow Grove; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 236,000 - 315,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast's Xumo division seeks a platform engineering leader to drive growth across FAST Play and Enterprise. You will set engineering strategy, oversee performance, and build leaders while advancing monetization, personalization, security, and governance across a scalable platform.

You will guide cross-functional teams across Video, Ad Tech, Data, and Backend domains, ensuring alignment with product and business priorities and delivering high-impact programs in a dynamic, high-growth environment.

Qualifications

• Experience leading engineering orgs responsible for video, advertising tech, and data platforms at scale.
• Proven success building and evolving cloud-based platform architectures that support high-volume products.
• Experience scaling platforms from early-stage development through significant user growth.
• Strong understanding of video streaming ecosystems, advertising technology, audience data, and monetization capabilities.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and drive results in fast-paced environments.
• Track record of developing engineering leaders and teams, fostering accountability and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Orchestrating engineering strategies aligned with platform architecture across Video, Ad Tech, Data, and Backend domains, promoting continuous improvement.
• Driving monetization, user engagement, and platform efficiency through operational excellence and accountability.
• Defining cross-functional initiatives and aligning Engineering, Product, and business priorities for large-scale programs.
• Analyzing operational metrics, monitoring timelines and expenditures to ensure ROI and strategic alignment.
• Managing budget oversight for platform operations, development, and large-scale initiatives for Xumo Play and Enterprise.
• Leading platform development initiatives, including monetization, personalization, and revenue-enabling technologies, into scalable solutions.
• Benchmarking and optimizing processes to meet performance standards, scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency across platform engineering.
• Monitoring industry developments to identify strategic opportunities and inform platform direction.
• Mentoring engineering leaders and building leadership depth across Directors and Senior Managers.
• Inspiring team commitment and a collaborative, high-performing culture across onshore and offshore teams.
• Leading data security, privacy, accessibility, and governance across platform systems with best practices.

Skills

Video streaming

Ad tech

Data platforms

Cloud architecture

Leadership

Cross-functional

Budget management

Security and privacy

Job description

Comcast's Xumo division seeks a platform engineering leader to drive growth across FAST Play and Enterprise. You will set engineering strategy, oversee performance, and build leaders while advancing monetization, personalization, security, and governance across a scalable platform.

You will guide cross-functional teams across Video, Ad Tech, Data, and Backend domains, ensuring alignment with product and business priorities and delivering high-impact programs in a dynamic, high-growth environment.