Comcast · 1 hour ago
Distinguished Architect
PA - Philadelphia, 1800 Arch St
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
10+ years expComcast is a Fortune 30 global media and technology company, and they are seeking a visionary Distinguished Architect to lead the software strategy for their enterprise platforms. This executive-level role involves defining the long-term software roadmap, establishing architectural standards, and guiding engineering teams in building large-scale, cloud-native, secure, and highly resilient systems.
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Responsibilities
Define and evolve the enterprise-wide software architecture vision, ensuring alignment to business goals and modern engineering principles
Act as a thought leader in distributed systems, cloud design patterns, platform architecture, developer experience, and emerging technologies (AI/ML, edge, automation)
Advise senior executives on architectural risks, opportunities, and technology trends that inform strategic decision-making
Establish, publish, and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and reference models across all engineering domains
Lead architecture review councils and ensure solutions adhere to principles of scalability, security, resilience, performance, and cost efficiency
Evaluate and recommend modern platforms, frameworks, and development approaches that improve velocity and operational excellence
Drive re-use and standardization of APIs, shared services, and platform building blocks
Guide engineering teams in designing and delivering large-scale, cloud-native, event-driven, and microservices-based systems
Oversee integration strategy across data platforms, identity systems, internal tooling, and customer-facing digital experiences
Ensure solutions meet requirements for high availability, fault tolerance, real-time processing, and strong observability
Define and maintain API guidelines and perform recurring architectural assessments across critical services
Partner with product, platform engineering, security, SRE/operations, and data teams to deliver cohesive, future-ready solutions
Mentor senior engineers and architects, fostering a culture of architectural thinking, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
Promote cross-functional knowledge sharing, standardization, and alignment across all engineering groups
Drive experimentation with emerging technologies such as advanced cloud services, agentic AI, edge computing, serverless architectures, and automation platforms
Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and evaluate feasibility, scalability, and operational readiness for enterprise adoption
Identify opportunities to simplify the ecosystem and accelerate developer productivity
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related field
10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in an architectural or principal-level leadership role
Proven experience architecting and delivering large-scale distributed systems or cloud platform services
Deep expertise in native cloud architectural patterns, microservices, APIs, event streaming, DevOps tooling, and CI/CD pipelines
Strong grounding in security architecture, scalable design, performance engineering, and cost-optimized cloud operations
Exceptional communication, executive influencing ability, and leadership presence
Preferred
Experience operating within Agile, Lean, or DevOps-driven engineering cultures
Familiarity with technology governance models for large-scale enterprise environments
Background in AI/ML, SRE practices, cybersecurity, or FinOps
Demonstrated ability to lead transformation and modernization initiatives at scale
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
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$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
Neil Smit
President and Chief Executive Officer
Candy Lawson
SVP, Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Deputy General Counsel
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