Senior Software Engineer: Cloud Data Platform Lead

Comcast; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast's FreeWheel division seeks a seasoned Software Engineer 4 to drive design and delivery of scalable data pipelines and cloud-native services. You will mentor engineers, guide architecture, and partner with product, architecture, and operations teams to balance performance and maintainability.

You will lead multi-language development (Python/Go/JavaScript/Java/Scala), optimize Snowflake data models, and ensure robust CI/CD, testing, and observability across platforms such as AWS/GCP/Azure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience coding in Golang, Rust, Node.js, Python or Scala.
• 2+ years of experience with microservices, Kubernetes, or EKS (AWS or OCI).
• 2+ years of experience with enterprise cloud services (e.g., S3, OCI Object Storage, EMR, Glue, EC2, ECS, OCI Compute, IAM, Lambda, CodeBuild, Athena, OCI Dataflow, Redis, ElasticSearch, RDS, Aurora, and Airflow).
• Proficiency in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Terraform, or similar automation tools.
• Strong SQL skills with hands-on experience using data platforms such as Aerospike, Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Presto, and EMR.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and regions.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with strong adaptability to changing priorities.
• Experience working with distributed data systems (Snowflake or Spark strongly preferred).
• Experience in the advertising industry, particularly in audience targeting, is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design and delivery of scalable services and data pipelines.
• Apply hands-on expertise in major cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines.
• Own ingestion solutions from source onboarding through production operation.
• Demonstrate proficiency in multiple languages and platforms.
• Design and optimize Snowflake data models, warehouses, queries, and workloads.
• Deliver end-to-end solutions aligned with strategic objectives.
• Act as a technical thought leader in platform-level decisions.
• Engineer ingestion systems to meet service-level objectives.
• Champion robust, scalable, and highly available software systems.
• Establish and enforce test automation standards.

Skills

Golang

Rust

Node.js

Python

Scala

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

SQL

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes/EKS

Jenkins

Terraform

Snowflake

Databricks

Aerospike

Spark/Presto/EMR

Datadog/Prometheus/Grafana/ELK

Job description

Comcast's FreeWheel division seeks a seasoned Software Engineer 4 to drive design and delivery of scalable data pipelines and cloud-native services. You will mentor engineers, guide architecture, and partner with product, architecture, and operations teams to balance performance and maintainability.

You will lead multi-language development (Python/Go/JavaScript/Java/Scala), optimize Snowflake data models, and ensure robust CI/CD, testing, and observability across platforms such as AWS/GCP/Azure.