Principal Solutions Architect, Streaming & AdTech (Remote)

Comcast; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 174,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast's Xumo division seeks an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to provide technical leadership across backend, CMS, video, and ad tech. You will own architecture for cross-domain initiatives spanning 6+ months, influencing scalable, reliable, and secure platform evolution while aligning with business goals.

You will mentor engineers, drive 2-5 year roadmaps, and partner with DevOps and external partners to deliver high-impact streaming solutions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years designing and delivering distributed, cloud-native systems at scale (prefer Google Cloud).
• 10+ years as a software engineer with a Java backend focus.
• Proven leadership of large cross-team initiatives.
• Experience aligning technical investments with business objectives with executives/stakeholders.
• Experience integrating third-party platforms in complex enterprise ecosystems.
• Office-based in Irvine, CA; Philadelphia, PA or Englewood, CO 4 days/week with 1 day remote.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture for large-scale, multi-team initiatives across backend, CMS, video, and advertising systems.
• Define scalable, secure, and maintainable microservices solutions.
• Drive cross-team alignment and coordinate delivery across engineering groups.
• Provide architectural leadership across video transcoding, monetization platforms, CMS, and AWS integrations.
• Represent the company’s technical architecture with external partners and vendors.
• Establish best practices in reliability, observability, scalability, and security with DevOps.
• Define and maintain a 2-5 year architectural roadmap.
• Mentor engineers and elevate architectural standards.
• Produce clear technical documentation for stakeholders.
• Maintain independent judgment in significant matters.
• Work nights and weekends as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Java

Spring

Microservices

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

APIs (REST/gRPC)

API design (OpenAPI)

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Leadership

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Google Kubernetes Engine

BigQuery

Cloud SQL

Terraform/CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

Comcast's Xumo division seeks an experienced Senior Solutions Architect to provide technical leadership across backend, CMS, video, and ad tech. You will own architecture for cross-domain initiatives spanning 6+ months, influencing scalable, reliable, and secure platform evolution while aligning with business goals.

You will mentor engineers, drive 2-5 year roadmaps, and partner with DevOps and external partners to deliver high-impact streaming solutions.