Comcast · 6 hours ago
Senior Director of Data Platform Engineering
CO - Englewood, 183 Inverness Dr West
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$199K/yr - $298K/yr
15+ years expComcast is a Fortune 30 global media and technology company seeking a Senior Director of Data Platform Engineering to lead and expand their Data Platforms Engineering team. This role involves setting the strategic vision for data and AI infrastructure, guiding technical execution, and driving data innovations to enhance customer experiences across Comcast’s products and services.
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Responsibilities
Drive modernization of legacy data systems by defining strategies to transition from traditional architectures to modern, cloud-native, and AI-driven platforms while maintaining business continuity
Accelerate real-time data delivery to meet urgent business needs by implementing streaming and low-latency data solutions that enable faster decision-making
Champion agility and speed in platform development by fostering a culture of rapid iteration, automation, and continuous improvement across the SDLC
Adopt a platform-as-a-product mindset, ensuring scalability, usability, and cost efficiency while balancing innovation with financial responsibility
Lead engineering initiatives that integrate multi-cloud and AI infrastructure, optimizing for performance, cost, and security
Collaborate cross-functionally to align platform capabilities with evolving business priorities, competitive pressures, and cultural transformation goals
Promote cutting-edge technology adoption and open new horizons for the organization by leveraging modern tools and frameworks (e.g., Snowflake, Kafka, Kubernetes, AI/ML stacks)
Instill engineering excellence through robust design standards, code quality, and reliability practices, ensuring the platform can scale with business demands
Drive cultural and technological change by inspiring teams to embrace innovation, experimentation, and a forward-thinking approach to data and AI
Qualification
Required
15+ years of experience in Data, backend, streaming, API management, data engineering, or platform engineering, with ideally 4+ years in ML/AI
5+ years of engineering management experience, ideally in data platform role
Deep technical understanding of modern data architecture (lakehouse, streaming, data mesh, serverless pipelines, iceberg, open table formats)
Strong leadership in matrixed organizations, skilled in driving alignment across engineering, AI, and business units
Expertise in Data and ML Ops and data infrastructure development
Strong understanding of cloud-native infrastructure and scalable ML systems
Proven ability to align data and AI platform strategy with business and product objectives
Passion for mentorship, coaching, and team development
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams
Strong ability to evaluate build vs. buy decisions for ML tooling and infrastructure
Experience with cost optimization and platform observability frameworks
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred
Background in broadband or telecommunications would be highly preferred
Contributions to open-source or thought leadership in data/AI engineering communities
Experience with AWS S3, MinIO, Argo, Kafka, Kubernetes, Terraform, Databricks, Flink, Ray, or other data ML Ops tooling
Familiarity with governance models (data cataloging, lineage, access management)
Proven success designing and scaling enterprise-grade data platforms in cloud or hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Benefits
Best-in-class Benefits
Commission under the terms of an applicable plan
Bonus
Company
Comcast
Comcast is a media and technology company that provides broadband internet, mobile services, and entertainment platforms. It is a sub-organization of SkyShowtime.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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$4.92BKey Investors
California Public Utilities CommissionMassachussetts Broadband InstituteMaine Connectivity Authority
2025-11-13Grant· $3.2M
2024-07-02Grant· $2.69M
2023-04-24Grant· $0.28M
Leadership Team
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President and Chief Executive Officer
Candy Lawson
SVP, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Deputy General Counsel
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