Development Engineer 4

Comcast brings together the best in media and technology. We drive innovation to create the world's best entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we set the pace in a variety of innovative and fascinating businesses and create career opportunities across a wide range of locations and disciplines. We are at the forefront of change and move at an amazing pace, thanks to our remarkable people, who bring cutting-edge products and services to life for millions of customers every day. If you share in our passion for teamwork, our vision to revolutionize industries and our goal to lead the future in media and technology, we want you to fast-forward your career at Comcast.
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly technical and hands-on Engineer 4 to lead the design, development, and delivery of next-generation AI-native developer productivity, analytics, reliability, and operational intelligence platforms. This role requires a strong technical leader who can drive architecture, technical design, implementation, and product delivery while also contributing significant hands-on development work. The ideal candidate will combine deep expertise in React UI development, Python and Java backend engineering, AI/LLM technologies, observability platforms, and modern software architecture patterns to help transform how engineering and operations teams leverage AI for analytics, automated triage, root cause analysis (RCA), and operational insights. The candidate will lead a small team of engineers while remaining actively involved in coding, technical execution, architecture reviews, and product strategy.
Job Description
Technical Leadership

• Lead end-to-end technical architecture, design, and implementation of AI-native platforms and products.
• Serve as technical lead for a development team of approximately 4 engineers.
• Establish engineering standards, architectural principles, and best practices.
• Guide technical decision-making throughout the product lifecycle.
• Partner with product management and engineering leadership to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Drive roadmap execution from concept through production delivery.

Full-Stack Development

• Design and develop modern React-based user experiences and dashboards.
• Build scalable backend services using Python and Java.
• Develop APIs, microservices, event-driven services, and data processing pipelines.
• Implement cloud-native applications running on Kubernetes and modern container platforms.
• Perform hands-on coding, code reviews, debugging, and production support.

AI & Intelligent Analytics Solutions

• Design and implement AI-powered developer productivity and operational intelligence solutions.
• Build agentic workflows leveraging LLMs, MCP (Model Context Protocol), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, and AI orchestration frameworks.
• Develop automated triage and RCA capabilities using AI-driven analytics.
• Integrate AI copilots, intelligent assistants, and conversational experiences into engineering workflows.
• Build AI-driven insights that improve reliability, performance, observability, and operational efficiency.

Observability & Analytics

• Architect and implement observability solutions leveraging:
  • Elasticsearch
  • Kibana
  • Logstash
  • OpenSearch
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • OpenTelemetry
• Design analytics pipelines that correlate:
  • Logs
  • Metrics
  • Traces
  • User sessions
  • Customer experience signals
• Build intelligent dashboards for:
  • Error analysis
  • Latency investigation
  • Traffic analysis
  • Core Web Vitals
  • Reliability metrics
  • Operational health

Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Mentor engineers and foster technical excellence across the team.
• Lead technical design reviews and architecture discussions.
• Drive engineering best practices for:
  • Code quality
  • Testing
  • Security
  • Performance
  • Reliability
  • DevOps
• Guide the team through delivery of complex cross-functional initiatives.

Technical Skills:
Frontend

• React
• TypeScript
• JavaScript
• Modern UI frameworks and design systems
• State management and performance optimization

Backend

• Python
• Java
• Spring Boot
• REST APIs
• Microservices Architecture

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• CI/CD pipelines
• GitHub Actions
• Infrastructure as Code

Observability & Analytics

• Elasticsearch / ELK Stack
• Kibana
• Grafana
• Prometheus
• Distributed tracing
• OpenTelemetry

AI / GenAI

• LLM concepts and architectures
• MCP (Model Context Protocol)
• AI agents and agent orchestration
• Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Prompt engineering
• Vector databases and embeddings
• AI-assisted development tooling

Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
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.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.
Relevant Work Experience
7-10 Years