Comcast
Senior Software Engineer (Python, Java, C++, or GoLang) - Chicago, IL- ONSITE 2X Week- FreeWheel
$130K–$194K
IL - Chicago, 350 N. Orleans St 1300N · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- Typically 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience; Relevant Work Experience: 7–10 Years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. The posting also says applicants may be considered with coursework and experience or extensive related professional experience.
About the job
Leads hands-on engineering initiatives to optimize cloud costs, reliability, and productivity, building data, automation, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions across teams.
What you'll do
- Lead optimization initiatives from design through implementation and validation, coordinating across teams.
- Build and operate reusable software, data pipelines, dashboards, and automation to improve cloud efficiency and reliability.
- Design and productionize AI- and analytics-enabled forecasting, anomaly detection, and operational automation; evaluate accuracy, cost, security, and human oversight.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience; posting also lists 7–10 years of relevant work experience.
- Deep experience with at least one major cloud provider and applying billing, utilization, allocation, and capacity data to optimization decisions.
- Experience with cloud-native services, CI/CD, automated testing, infrastructure as code, microservices, containers, and orchestration platforms.
Nice to have
- Adtech or advertising industry experience.
- Experience with FinOps, cloud cost optimization, forecasting, AI-assisted engineering, or advertising and audience platforms.
Pay
$129,515.93 - $194,273.89 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Go, Java, JavaScript/Node.js, Rust, Scala, AWS, Azure
AI focus
Design and productionize AI- and analytics-enabled forecasting, anomaly detection, and operational automation, evaluating accuracy, operating cost, security, and human oversight.
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