Engineering Intern

Effectv, the advertising sales division of Comcast Cable, helps local, regional and national advertisers use the best of digital with the power of TV to grow their business. It provides multi-screen marketing solutions to make advertising campaigns more effective and easier to execute. Headquartered in New York with offices throughout the country, Effectv has a presence in 66 markets with nearly 35 million owned and represented subscribers. We’re dedicated to helping our clients meet their business goals by connecting them with their customers through multiscreen television advertising. Working with companies from local startups to nationwide corporations, we provide support to help each business reach its target customers. By applying data to television advertising in new ways, we’re able to bring our clients the best of digital media, coupled with the power of TV. To learn more, check out www.effectv.com.

Job Summary

Effectv Engineering helps drive the new generation of products that are transforming Comcast into a media and technology company. Engineering manages the operations for Comcast’s industry-leading video, high-speed Internet and voice services for consumers and businesses, and runs a network that supports numerous multi-billion dollar businesses. Comcast is creating next-generation technology for the fast-growing advanced advertising market. We enable and innovate solutions to support both traditional and emerging programmatic and premium advertising markets through our platforms, data, marketplace and sales channels. Our 10–12-week program as an intern at Comcast will help you cultivate meaningful relationships, develop professional skills, gain insight to the day-to-day operations of a top media and technology company, and receive mentorship opportunities to expand your professional network. You will gain invaluable knowledge of our industry, be part of our diverse and welcoming culture and receive exposure to other areas of the business, all while working on real life business projects and functions.

Job Description

Responsible for designing software and web applications. Analyzes, tests, and assists with the integration of new applications.

Core Responsibilities

• Possess and display knowledge of engineering methodologies, concepts, skills, and their application through previous experience or applicable coursework.
• Seek out opportunities to tweak areas of the code base to improve efficiency and performance, maintainability, and/or flexibility of the design.
• Collaborate with the development team to design and deliver high performing applications, which meet organizational needs.
• Work closely with software developers to design, develop, test, configure and maintain existing and new software platforms.
• 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.
• Participate in peer-reviews
• Participate in training representatives and operations staff on internally developed software applications.
• Analyze & troubleshoot production issues & code deployment activity
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional and distributed teams - developers, software quality analysts, and appropriate stakeholder
• Clear, concise and effective communication skills.
• Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
• Authorized to work in the United States with no current or future sponsorship needs
• Available to work 40 hours per week over the course of the summer program

Preferred Qualifications

• Education Level – University Bachelor’s
• ​Students who are completing their sophomore or junior year of studies in an Information Technology or similar degree program including computer science, mathematics, business information systems, or related field required
• Students must maintain a 3.00 cumulative GPA or higher
• Demonstrated work experience with Microsoft Office Suites
• Internally motivated, able to work proficiently in a team environment
• Prefer experience or applicable coursework in some or all of the following: .NET, C#, MVC, JavaScript, LINQ, HTML, CSS, Ajax, XML, SQL Server, Visual Studio, Angular, Entity Framework, Azure

Preferred Major(s)

• Information Technology
• Computer science
• Mathematics

Compensation

Qualified candidates will be paid $40 hourly

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Relevant Work Experience

0-2 Years

Salary:

Base Pay: $40.00

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