Senior Software Engineer, XRE Core Services

Comcast is going to change the way America looks at television. Sound 
exciting? Then be a part of our next big thing.  Our customers want access 
to entertainment from every source – and we’re going to bring it to them! 
 Whether it’s their TV, PC, smartphone, or the next cool device, we’re 
building a next-generation platform that will serve them all and provide 
a seamless experience.  It’s the converged world we’ve all been waiting 
for.  And, we’re creating a start-up to make it happen. Remember start-ups? 
Small teams, high performance, agility, creativity, ideal culture, bad 
desk chairs? That’s us except for the bad chairs, because we’ll have the 
security of Comcast behind us. 

We’re looking for people who put the “know” in innovation, and bring out 
the “imagine” in imagination. We’re looking for leaders, not followers. 
But be sure to leave your ego at the door, and bring your best ideas, 
open mind and communication skills. Because we’re building the perfect 
product development environment and hand-picking a product dream team. 
Because if you rock, you should be here.


The Challenge:

The Senior Software Engineer will provide technical leadership and also 
actively contribute to the design, development, integration, test, 
documentation and support of custom internet based software applications. 
This hands-on position requires broad engineering competence and in-depth 
technical knowledge of web application software development (and specifically, 
large scale web server applications), as well as demonstrated experience 
successfully planning, organizing and executing software development 
projects in a dynamic environment.

The Task:

* Architect core server components of the XRE application, including the 
main server components of the application “shell” and video player controls 

* Determine current limitations and compatibilities between subsystems
* Identify and select new design patterns and methodologies
* Develop major algorithms, routines, and utilities
* Prepare technical requirements and software design specifications

Required Qualifications:

* Five+ software development engineering experience in a video processing 
and/or gaming environment
* Three+ years server-side development for large-scale internet applications
* 
Demonstrated expertise in Internet applications, networking (TCP/IP), and 
operating systems, object oriented design patterns
* Detailed development experience with Java and web server development
* Detailed working knowledge of messaging, remoting, RPCs, DOM, JSON, 
SOAP AND/OR AJAX 

Preferred Qualifications:

* Detailed development experience with one or more of the following: 
embedded Linux, C/C++, DHTML, Flash, DLNA, and Silverlight or similar video 
application environment
* Working familiarity with DRM or encryption technologies
* Exceptional interpersonal communication skills:  oral, written, and 
listening, including customer relationships Exceptional interpersonal 
communication skills:  oral, written, listening, including customer 
relationships
* Embedded UI/RIA framework experience (Gnome/KDE/Qt preferred)
* Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, Masters Degree 
a plus

** Qualified candidates should email their resumes in confidence to 
joshua_sille@cable.comcast.com for prompt consideration.

US citizens and Green Card Holders and those authorized to work in the 
US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor or transfer H-1B 
candidates at this time.

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