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Job Summary
Responsible for planning and designing new software and web applications. Analyzes, tests and assists with the integration of new applications. Oversees the documentation of all development activity. Trains non-technical personnel. Assists with tracking performance metrics. Provides guidance and support to other Engineers. Integrates knowledge of business and functional priorities. Acts as a key contributor in a complex and crucial environment. May lead teams or projects and shares expertise.
Job Description
Position: Development Engineer 5
Experience: 12 years to 15 years
Job Location: Chennai Tamil Nadu
Skills: Java, spring boot, microservices, Python
Required Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience • 8–12 years of professional software development experience with technical leadership responsibilities • Proven experience designing and building complex backend systems • Strong development experience in Java; experience with Python or similar languages • Experience building distributed systems in cloud environments • Hands-on experience with microservices, Kubernetes, and messaging or streaming platforms such as Kafka • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
Core Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Solution Design • Act as Technical Lead for complex initiatives and systems • Own end-to-end solution design including APIs, integrations, data flows, and non-functional requirements • Make architectural decisions balancing business needs, delivery timelines, and long-term maintainability • Lead design reviews and guide teams through technical trade-offs Software Development & Distributed Systems • Remain hands-on with development, design reviews, and complex problem solving • Lead development of distributed systems with focus on scalability, resilience, and operational readiness • Apply architectural patterns such as microservices, event-driven processing, and API-based integrations • Drive best practices across automated testing, CI/CD, deployment, and observability Team & Cross-Functional Leadership • Provide technical leadership for one or more development teams or major initiatives • Mentor engineers through code reviews, architectural guidance, and technical coaching • Collaborate with platform, architecture, QA, product, and business stakeholders Platform Ownership & Operations • Own production quality, performance, and reliability • Participate in incident analysis and root-cause investigations • Drive improvements to system stability, engineering efficiency, and technical debt
You’ll have:
- A Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field and at least 10 years working experience in Technology.
- Expertise as a Technical Lead with experience technically leading a diverse technical team
- Close understanding of Solution Architecture and Cloud Architecture
- A strong ownership to resolve issues on behalf of the business.
- A hunger for continual development and growth.
- Proven experience technically leading development teams on a multiple of technologies including Microsoft Azure and SAP.
- Strong proficiency in Data Strategies, Data Warehousing, Reporting and Business Intelligence
- Experience with Designing Enterprise Integration using RESTful APIs, JSON, XML, and other integration protocols and formats.
- Familiarity with software development methodologies such as Agile and Scrum.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Technology certifications (e.g. diplomas, MS Certifications or TOGAF) are desirable.
- Customer focused mindset, ensuring all development is of high quality, workload monitored proactively, and incidents closed out swiftly. Keeping internal customers informed throughout.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced dynamic environment, with a focus on trusted people relationships and results.
Strong ownership to resolve issue resolution on behalf of the business.
Core Responsibilities
- Collaborates with project stakeholders to identify product and technical requirements. Conducts analysis to determine integration needs.
- Designs new software and web applications, supports applications under development and customizes current applications. Develops software update processes for existing applications. Assists in the roll-out of software releases.
- Trains junior Software Development Engineers on internally developed software applications.
- Oversees the researching, writing and editing of documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals and formal recommendations and reports.
- Keeps current with technological developments within the industry. Monitors and evaluates competitive applications and products. Reviews literature, patents and current practices relevant to the solution of assigned projects.
- Assists with technical leadership throughout the design process and assists in guidance with regards to practices, procedures and techniques. Serves as a guide mentor for Software Development Engineers.
- Assists in tracking and evaluating performance metrics. Ensures team delivers software on time, to specification and within budget.
- Works with Quality Assurance team to determine if applications fit specification and technical requirements. Tests and evaluates systems, subsystems and components.
- Acts as a technical contact and liaison for outside vendors and/or customers.
- Presents and defends architectural, design and technical choices to internal and external audiences.
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) and overtime as necessary.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
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.
- Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
- 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.
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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)
Relevant Work Experience
10 Years +
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.
