Comcast

Platform Data Engineer - (DataBricks, PySpark, AWS)

Comcast$110K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years in Data Engineering or related disciplines.
  • Strong experience with AWS, PySpark, and Databricks.
  • Experience in building and maintaining large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines.
  • Understanding of distributed systems and large-volume data processing.
  • Proficiency in orchestrating workflows using Apache Airflow/MWAA.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and optimize scalable data pipelines for enterprise datasets.
  • Build cloud-native data solutions using AWS, Databricks, and PySpark.
  • Support batch and streaming data processing frameworks and integrations.
  • Utilize Kafka and Databricks for high-volume data ingestion in real-time.
  • Drive performance tuning and automation for data pipelines.
  • Provide troubleshooting and support for critical data workflows.
  • Collaborate with various teams on data governance and quality best practices.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness options tailored to individual needs.
  • Personalized financial well-being resources.
  • Support for both physical and emotional experiences during milestones.
  • Expert guidance and always-on tools for everyday life requirements.
Full Job Description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Data Engineer(Engineer 3) to join our Data Product Engineering Team team responsible for managing and evolving the enterprise Data Lake that supports critical datasets across the GTO organization. This team owns large-scale workforce, billing, and interaction datasets and is focused on building scalable, reliable, and high-performance data solutions that enable analytics, reporting, and business decision-making.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience building and optimizing distributed data pipelines in cloud environments, working with high-volume datasets, and partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful data products. This role offers the opportunity to work with environments processing over 50TB of interaction data, leveraging modern technologies including AWS, PySpark, Databricks, Kafka, Kubernetes, and Airflow.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, maintain, and optimize scalable data pipelines supporting workforce, billing, interaction, and other enterprise datasets.
  • Build and enhance cloud-native data solutions using AWS, Databricks, and PySpark.
  • Develop and support batch and streaming data processing frameworks, integrating source systems and interfaces through modern data architectures.
  • Leverage technologies such as Kafka and Databricks streaming solutions to ingest and process high-volume data in near real-time.
  • Drive data pipeline performance tuning, automation initiatives, and operational improvements across the platform.
  • Provide production support, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis for critical data workflows.
  • Work with large-scale distributed systems and high-concurrency environments processing tens of terabytes of data.
  • Utilize MWAA (Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow) to orchestrate and manage data workflows.
  • Collaborate closely with Product, Data Governance, Analytics, and Engineering teams across both onshore and offshore delivery models.
  • Support data warehousing initiatives and help establish best practices for data quality, scalability, and reliability.
  • Mentor junior engineers, provide technical guidance, and contribute to the growth and development of Engineering I team members.
  • Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the long-term evolution of the enterprise data platform.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in Data Engineering, Data Platform Engineering, or related disciplines.
  • Strong hands-on experience with:
    • AWS
    • PySpark
    • Databricks
  • Experience building and maintaining large-scale ETL/ELT pipelines.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and large-volume data processing.
  • Experience with data warehousing concepts and modern data architectures.
  • Experience orchestrating workflows using Apache Airflow/MWAA.
  • Knowledge of Kubernetes fundamentals, including pod lifecycle, job orchestration, and workload configuration.
  • Proficiency in Python development within data engineering environments.
  • Experience supporting production data platforms and driving operational excellence.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across multiple teams.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Snowflake.
  • Experience with Kafka and streaming data architectures.
  • Experience with Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service).
  • Background working with large-scale interaction, advertising, marketing, or customer engagement datasets.
  • Experience implementing data platform automation, observability, and monitoring solutions.
  • Prior experience mentoring junior engineers and leading technical initiatives.

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.

Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Airflow, Communication, Databricks Platform, PySpark

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.


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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

5-7 Years

About Comcast

FreeWheel manages the economics of content for the enterprise class of entertainment, offering technical infrastructure for revenue rights management and business operations, wrapped in advisory services. They offer advertising sales rights, display, video, mobile ad management, contract management, professional content, ad serving, reporting, analytics, technology, services, advisory services, business operations, programmatic advertising, advertising marketplace, and linear, and online advertising.

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