Software Engineer Package Core Development - VIPER

Profile

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. 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

The Comcast VIPER Packager Core Development team is a small, high-impact team innovating in IP video packaging for Comcast and its syndication partners. We are a team that thrives on big challenges, superior results, high-quality products, well-documented software, and the agility to move quickly. On the Packager Core Dev team, a Software Engineer is responsible for developing, testing, and maintaining the software that prepares live video content for playback on a wide variety of devices ranging from PCs to smartphones and set-top boxes.

Job Description

The Software Engineer is a key individual contributor in the Packager organization. This engineer will be expected to learn quickly and gain technical knowledge of video packaging; and demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the product life cycle. They will be responsible for collaborating with the broader VIPER organization to understand requirements and integrate our applications with the entire video playback stack and control backplane.

Which technical problems does the Packager Core Dev team solve?

The Packager Core Dev team builds and maintains the software that prepares 'raw' encoded audio/video for playback and recording. Collectively, our software components segment, package, and encrypt video and audio using multiple containers and codecs; and generate adaptive streaming manifests in multiple formats.

This role focuses on live TV, where our current software stack prepares tens of thousands of live TV channels for consumption by tens of millions of subscribers across multiple continents. We solve problems of fault-tolerance and resiliency at scale while manipulating complex binary protocols in real time.

Our upcoming challenges include expanding to new partners on new continents and integrating next-generation audio/video formats and protocols to stay at the groundbreaking of the live TV streaming industry.

With whom does the IP Video Packaging engineer work?

On a day-to-day basis, this engineer will collaborate closely with four other live TV engineers. This engineer will also collaborate with other engineers in the broader Packager organization, which includes other development teams, Site Reliability Engineers, on-call operations, and testing/automation engineers.

Packager software engineers also collaborate with industry experts from many other subject areas: software architects, network engineers, data scientists, video player developers, content security specialists, and more.

Here are some specific technologies we use in our development:

Go

Rust

C/C

Prometheus/Grafana

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

Linux

Git

What You'll Need:

BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience

2-5 years programming in a systems-level language like Java, C/C , Go, or Rust

Experience with functional languages is a plus

Experience developing multi-threaded applications for networking, HTTP, and TCP/UDP is a plus

Experience with streaming video standards like DASH, HLS, HEVC, AVC, CMAF, and MPEG-2 is a plus

Strong technical communication skills; able to analyze and clearly articulate sophisticated issues

Excellent writing skills

Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills, adaptable, proactive and willing to take ownership

Working knowledge of Unix/Linux

Strong analytical skills and the ability to pay careful attention to detail

Able to work in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment

About Comcast VIPER (Video IP Engineering & Research)

VIPER (Video IP Engineering & Research), is a Colorado-based division within Comcast's Global Technology Organization. We are a cloud-based, IP video infrastructure that's built to deliver a broad mix of on-demand video, live TV streams and an assortment of other digital media to an array of connected devices in the home.

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.

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.

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

2-5 Years

Salary:

Pay Range: $87,529.82 - $131,294.73

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 (https://jobs.comcast.com/life-at-comcast/benefits) on our careers site for more details.

Company info

Comcast
Website : http://corporate.comcast.com