Senior Android Engineer

Comcast's Technology, Product & Experience organization works at the intersection of media and technology. Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. From creating apps like TVGo to new features such as the Talking Guide on the X1 platform, we work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms. The team also develops and supports our evolving network architecture, including next-generation consumer systems and technologies, infrastructure and engineering, network integration and management tools, and technical standards. We offer a flexible working environment to balance the need to work independently wherever you choose, with days that require collaboration at one of our offices. Our roles primarily reside inside or around one of our Tech Hubs (Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs, Denver, Austin, Silicon Valley, Washington DC/N. Virginia). Some roles can work virtual full-time if they are not near a Tech Hub, but that is dependent upon the needs of the position and amount of collaboration required.

Job Summary
Comcast Technology and Product Experience (TPX) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Android to join the Digital Home Client Application Engineering team. This group is responsible for customer-facing mobile, web, and voice application development for Comcast's Home Security, Home Network Management, and Internet of Things product offerings. This includes the native iOS and Android Xfinity application, which manages our cloud enabled gateway for millions of homes and is growing internationally. Learn more about us at https://www.xfinity.com/apps.

Note: We are currently working remotely and will be following a hybrid model in future.

Job Description
Core Responsibilities

In this role, you will be an Android platform technical lead on the IoT client squad where you will collaborate with mobile and API developers, UX designers, test engineers, operations engineers, product, and business managers to lead a team responsible for features like our XFinity Camera integrations, Zigbee lock/light/sensors, Wi-Fi IoT device integrations, Pro and Self Monitored Security, and more. You will have opportunities to partner with teams working on improving developer productivity, write hands on code for mobile components and libraries, lead, and drive conversations on technical architecture, and influence the Xfinity Android app architecture. You are able to learn new technologies quickly, be a strong teammate, and rapidly adapt to changing business and customer demands. The ideal candidate will have experience building native Android applications that rely on multiple web services and operate at a scale of millions of users.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years professional experience in developing Kotlin/Android native client applications
• 1+ years as a technical lead of at least 3 other developers (technical, not people management), for a large-scale consumer facing application with at least 100K app downloads on the Play Store

Experience

• Experience building or consuming RESTful web services
• Fundamental understanding of the HTTP protocol and caching strategies
• Experience driving adoption of software engineering standard methodologies within your team
• Experience building/operating mobile applications dependent on large-scale (>1MM users) platforms with high availability
• Programming experience with Java, Android technologies/libraries; Kotlin, Coroutines, Dagger, MVVM, Accessibility, Localization.
• Experience leading software projects with source control systems like GitHub
• Experience maintaining Continuous Integration and Deployment pipelines or workflows

Leadership

• Ability to effectively communicate technical challenges and solutions
• Ability to solve ambiguous or undefined problems
• Technical leadership throughout the design, development, testing and deployment processes of core Android libraries and guidance with regards to practices, procedures, and techniques
• Presentation and advocating for architectural, design, and technical choices to internal and external audiences
• Serving as a coach and mentor for junior- and mid-level Software Development Engineers

Collaboration

• Eagerness for learning and adapting to new technologies
• A strong sense of ownership and responsibility for code quality that follows standard methodologies
• Collaboration with project partners to identify product and technical requirements, conducting analysis to resolve integration needs

Additional Preferred Skills

• Experience in designing and interacting with REST/ RPC based API micro services
• Experience working with Internet-of-things frameworks or platforms; SmartThings, Nest, AWS IOT
• Experience with multiple specific Android technologies/libraries, i18n, GPS, Bluetooth, JetPack Compose
• Experience with advanced network protocols such as WebRTC and MQTT
• Experience working with OpenAPI Specifications
• DevOps Native App build experience (Ansible, CocoaPods, Jenkins, Fastlane, XCUITests)

How we work

• We have a flexible remote-friendly culture. We follow a hybrid work model, and you can choose to work from home or in the Philadelphia HQ
• We follow the squads and guilds engineering model for developing mobile apps at scale. Our native Android & iOS developers work closely with each other across multiple squads, following agreed upon design patterns, reviewing pull requests, and learning and growing together
• Platform leads influence change through mobile tech design reviews and Android & iOS guild meetings
• We have a strong onboarding process with 30-, 60- and 90-day goals so that you can succeed as an Android technical leader

Comcast Engineers are enthusiastic about teamwork, growing their skills, and creating excellent experiences for customers. We are fortunate to do what we love, every day! Join us!

We pursue people from different backgrounds and experiences. If this position interests you, we are interested. Please apply.

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.

Comcast is an EOE/Veterans/Disabled/LGBT employer.

Compensation
Pay Range: $120,924.89-181,387

Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, 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. 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.

Certifications (if applicable)

Relative Work Experience
7-10 Years

Comcast is proud to be 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, or any other basis protected by applicable law.