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. 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
Software Development Engineer 4 – Developer Experience (DevX Protect)Build the Future of Developer Experience at ComcastAre you driven by the idea of simplifying the lives of fellow engineers? Do you want to work where innovation, growth, and impact intersect? Comcast’s Developer Experience (DevX) organization is looking for a passionate Software Development Engineer 4 to join our DevX Protect team.
At DevX, we’re reimagining the developer journey—removing friction, reducing cognitive load, and embedding security and privacy from the ground up. We exist to make developers more productive, secure, and inspired.
What You’ll DoAs an SDE4 on the DevX Protect team, you will play a critical role in enabling thousands of Comcast engineers to build secure, scalable, and privacy-conscious applications—without slowing them down. You’ll design intuitive systems that guide developers to act on security insights effortlessly, giving them more time to focus on what they do best: building great software.
In this role, you will:
Collaborate with product managers, security/privacy SMEs, and engineers to translate user needs into innovative technical solutions.Design, build, and maintain high-quality software applications and tools that support security, privacy, and compliance.Lead by example—writing clean, testable, and efficient code while mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices.Integrate with systems such as vulnerability scanners, compliance tools, and DevOps pipelines to provide actionable intelligence to developers.Champion developer-centric thinking, focusing on usability and feedback loops to continually improve the experience.Contribute to our team culture through documentation, demos, tech talks, and participation in hackathons, lab weeks and guild events.Explore and make use of AI tools to innovate and enable efficient code writing and operationalize AI utilization in our software development process.What You’ll BringBachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.8+ years of experience in enterprise software development.Hands-on proficiency with Python, React, Node.js, Java, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Material UI.Experience with REST APIs, GraphQL, and WebSocket-based systems.Knowledge of unit testing frameworks like PyUnit or JUnit.Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and monitoring tools (e.g., Splunk, ELK, Prometheus).Exposure to CI/CD, Docker, Rancher, or related infrastructure-as-code tooling.Strong understanding of secure development practices, including auth, encryption, and threat modeling.Expertise in Microservice and Event-Driven Architectures.4+ years working with AWS cloud services.Experience with LLM integration (e.g., using Python to call AI models) is a big plus.Experienced and/or deep familiarity in building end-to-end software solutions across full software development lifecycle with continuous integration, test-driven development, and agile, scrum development methodologiesOpen to using variety of open-source technologies and cloud services as neededA good understanding of ETL processes and tools is a plusDemonstrated skills and experience with debugging, root cause analysis, and performance optimization in Cloud, On-Premises or Hybrid platforms.Experienced in end-to-end software solutions, CI/CD, test-driven development, and agile methodologies.Familiarity with open-source technologies, cloud services, ETL processes, and debugging in various platforms.Why This Team? Why Now?Direct impact: Influence the developer workflow for thousands of engineers across Comcast.Security without friction: Help teams meet security and privacy goals without slowing innovation.Innovation-driven: We embrace experimentation—AI, automation, and emerging tech aren’t just buzzwords here.Investing in YOU: Participate in Lab Weeks, tech conferences, peer forums, mentorship, and more.Our Team Values✅ Pathway to Yes
We solve real problems with working solutions and collaborate closely with our customers to get to “yes.”