Job Summary
Job Description
Our team
OPOM owns and manages two important segments of the Xfinity app:
• Digital Security -This feature takes care of our customers in terms of security and safety while connected to Xfinity home network by applying safe browsing, preventing multiple threats, malwares etc. and when they are outside the home and connected to an unsecured network (such as café, airport etc.) by creating a VPN tunnel, so people can browse the internet worry-free with peace of
mind.
• Family Settings – This is one of the heavily used features in the Xfinity app where users can create multiple profiles in the app to associate with their family members, manage their connected devices, add parental controls for younger members of the family, implement downtime schedule for kids to
limit screen time, daily usage for the family members, and many more.
Requirements
• 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 the adoption of software engineering best practices within your team
• Experience working with an app that integrates with several internal mobile libraries
• Experience with multiple specific Android technologies/libraries; Kotlin, Coroutines, Dagger, MVVM, Espresso tests
• 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 best practices
• Collaboration with project stakeholders to identify product and technical requirements, conducting analysis to resolve integration needs
Additional Preferred Skills
• Experience working with VPN, WiFi and LTE.
• Experience with multiple specific Android technologies/libraries; Localization, Location, GPS, Bluetooth etc.
• DevOps Native App build experience (Ansible, CocoaPods, Jenkins, Fastlane, XCUITests)
• Experience working with OpenAPI Specifications
• Experience working with Redux
How we work
• Although we provide some flexibility, you will be required to be in the Philadelphia HQ office 4 days of the week (Note – You are obligated to adhere the RTO policy set and communicate by Comcast).
• 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
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
Job Specifications
of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Computer Science or equivalent
• Generally, requires 4-10 years related experience
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, genetic information, 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
7-10 Years
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