Principal Software Architect

Comcast • Philadelphia, PA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

This job is responsible for advocating back-office software technology patterns & standards and exploring new technology practices for potential use. It involves guiding strategic solutions that consider the full scope of business challenges. The role involves mentoring and code reviews to uphold design best practices. This role is for a newly formed Technical Software Architecture group that will work collaboratively across IT platform teams. This group resides in the broader IT Enterprise Architecture organization.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant work experience
• Deep understanding of software design patterns across application and integration layers
• Experience with API‑driven and event‑driven architectures, including asynchronous messaging
• Strong practical experience designing event-based systems (event modeling, event flows, pub/sub patterns, and integration via events)
• Solid knowledge of microservices and service decomposition approaches
• Understanding of security and resilience patterns, including authentication, authorization, and fault tolerance
• Experience incorporating observability practices (logging, metrics, tracing, production readiness)
• Ability to translate business needs into scalable, maintainable technical designs
• Experience conducting architecture and design reviews, including trade‑off analysis
• Proven ability to guide engineering teams and influence decisions without formal authority
• Strong communication skills and experience working across platform, enterprise architecture, and engineering teams
• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent combination of coursework and experience, or extensive related professional experience)

Nice To Haves

• Skills: Communication, Event Driven Architecture (EDA), Microservices Architecture, Software Design Patterns

Responsibilities

• Architect and evolve software solutions aligned to business priorities, ensuring scalability, performance, security, and operational readiness across enterprise platforms
• Drive architecture standards and best practices by partnering with enterprise and platform architecture teams, applying design patterns across applications, integration, and event-driven systems
• Design and oversee robust, resilient systems incorporating APIs, asynchronous messaging, observability (logging, metrics, tracing), and security principles such as authentication, authorization, and fault tolerance
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, cloud, and infrastructure teams to align architectures with deployment, scalability, and reliability requirements
• Guide and govern implementation through architecture reviews, code/design oversight, documentation, and participation in governance forums to ensure consistency and continuous improvement
• Lead, mentor, and influence teams by supporting architectural decision-making, developing talent, scanning emerging technologies, and fostering innovation across projects and solutions

Benefits

• Medical & Dental
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Generous paid time off
• Life Milestones - from adoption assistance, childcare resources, pet insurance, and more
• Courtesy Services - free digital TV and internet for full-time employees in serviceable areas
• Discount tickets for Universal Resorts, including theme park tickets and onsite hotel rooms

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal