Engineer 3, Backend Engineering - 4924

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

Job Description

DUTIES: Design and maintain new functionalities of a state-of-the-art Natural Language Understanding platform that receives millions of requests a day; develop, debug, write, and maintain software using Java and Python in an Agile development environment; perform source code control using Git; integrate machine learning models within the platform; implement features and debug issues using APIs that use communication protocols, including http, websockets, and grpc; develop scalable microservices that leverage multithreading for high concurrency; use Java’s Spring Boot library; develop specifications, technical requirements and algorithms for future products and applications; identify complex problems and develop algorithms to solve them; transition proof of concept natural language processing features to production; contribute to testing and evaluating solutions presented to various internal and external partners and vendors; testing and reporting; organize and maintain resources; research, write and edit documentation and technical requirements, including evaluation plans, confluence pages, white papers, presentations, test results, technical manuals, formal recommendations and reports; and contribute to patents, APIs, and other intellectual property. Position is eligible to work remotely one day per week, per company policy.

REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field, and two (2) years of  experience developing, debugging, writing, and maintaining software using Java and Python in an Agile development environment; performing source code control using Git; implementing features and debugging issues using APIs; working with communication protocols including http, websockets, and grpc and using them in microservice architectures; and using Java’s Spring Boot library; of which one (1) year includes integrating machine learning models with software code to solve natural language processing problems; and developing scalable microservices that leverage multithreading for high concurrency.

BENEFITS: https://jobs.comcast.com/life-at-comcast/benefits

SALARY:  $97,157.00 to $145,000.00 per year

Employees at all levels are expected to:

• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
• Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
• Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
• Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
• Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
• Drive results and growth.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
• Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.

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.

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Compensation

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience.

Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work.    Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus.  Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees.  We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most.  That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.

The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.