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Senior Firmware Engineer, Software Development & Engineering

Comcast
Philadelphia, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 1 Feb 2024
💰 $208,354/yr($132,864/yr$208,354/yr)

About the role

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

Responsible for end-to-end ownership of projects across the entire stack. Build products with web frameworks, application programming interfaces, databases, and multiple Backend languages. Solve challenges that impact both the front-end and backend architecture, while delivering global customer experiences. Integrates knowledge of business and functional priorities. Acts as a key contributor in a complex and crucial environment. May lead teams or projects and shares expertise.

Job Description

The Technology, Product, Experience (TPX) organization works at the intersection of media and technology and our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products and next-generation technologies that transform the customer experience.

The Comcast Network and CONNECTivity (CONNECT) organization is a highly agile, fast-paced, dedicated group at the forefront of change focused on innovating, building, and operating the best in class, most reliable access network for our customers.

About the Team

Optek’s distributed team is responsible for the development, maintenance, and support of critical hardware and software applications used by 20,000+ field technicians to diagnose and repair customer-impacting issues within the Access Network. Optek also develops and maintains multiple RF monitoring software platforms. These tools provide near real-time analysis of Comcast’s 50 million cable modems and associated network components, detect problems, and notify the correct fix agents. This software developer will be joining our team focusing on the hardware side of our software development team.

We use numerous cutting-edge technologies including:

  • AWS: ECR, Kinesis, SNS, SQS and Cloudwatch
  • Postgres and TimescaleDB
  • Docker/Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Angular 13
  • iOS Swift
  • Docker
  • Java 17
  • Embedded C/C++

Core Responsibilities:

  • Work and communicate effectively with Lead, Mobile team and full stack team for integration efforts.
  • Implement additions/enhancements and bug fixes to the firmware deployed on Comcast proprietary hardware.
  • Work with hardware vendor to integrate new changes to the Firmware for the hardware
  • Design and implement software of embedded devices and systems from requirements to production and commercial deployment.
  • Seek opportunities to tweak areas of the code base to improve efficiency and performance, maintainability, and/or flexibility of the design.
  • Package and support deployment of software releases in a timely manner and work with Quality Assurance team to ensure that the application fits specification and technical requirements.
  • Organize and participate in peer-reviews and participate in paired programming, and other team cadences.
  • Efficient in the analysis & troubleshooting for production issues & code deployment activity.
  • Write and edit technical documentation, including but not limited to software designs, technical manuals in collaboration with Senior developers within Team.
  • Prototyping new hardware and firmware
  • Experience in building quality and secured code adhering to best practice and industry standards.

Skills & Experience We're Looking For:

  • 5+ years of Software Development Experience with a focus on C/C++
  • 5+ years of Embedded C/C++ Software Development on Linux/RTOS
  • Proficiency in version control and CI/CD using Git
  • Familiarity with web application structure, including Restful APIs and JSON/HTTP/HTTPS/JWT
  • Experience in debugging, performance profiling, and optimization.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer Science, or equivalent in work experience and self-study

Preferred (Nice to Have):

  • Knowledge of modern OS coding techniques, IP protocols, an

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