Comcast India Engineering Center - Director - Software Engineering

Description:

The Company

Founded in 1963, and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses: NBCUniversal and Comcast Cable.

NBCUniversal operates 30 news and entertainment cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures, and Universal Parks & Resorts.

Comcast Cable Communications, LLC (Comcast Cable) is the nations largest video, high-speed internet, and phone provider to residential and business customers under the XFINITY brand. Comcast has invested in technology to build a sophisticated network that delivers the fastest broadband speeds and brings customers personalized video, communications, home management offerings, and business services.

COMCAST India Website - http://comcastjobs.

Experience 20 Plus Years.

Job Summary:

Comcast and Skys Technology & Product organization shapes the future of media and technology.

Our innovative teams are continually developing and delivering products that transform the customer experience. We work every day to make a positive impact through innovation in the pursuit of building amazing products that are enjoyable, easy to use and accessible across all platforms both on Broadband and Video products.

We are seeking a seasoned Director, Software Engineering to lead the RDK Operations Engineering organization.

This leader will define strategy, drive engineering and operational excellence, and ensure our Entertainment and Video products meet the highest standards of quality, reliability, and readiness before launch. In this role, you will own the quality strategy, certification processes, test automation frameworks, and release readiness governance for video products for Comcast and Sky. You will guide multiple teams responsible for ensuring that every product meets our highest standards of performance, reliability, compliance, and customer experience before launch.

This role is ideal for a highly technical, customer-obsessed leader who thrives in fast-paced, cross-functional environments and excels at developing teams, optimizing processes, and guiding complex programs from concept to deployment. You know how to help engineers navigate priorities and communicate clear expectations with customers. You should be knowledgeable about the architecture of distributed systems and the software development life cycle.

About the Team:

The RDK QA Operations Engineering organization is responsible for certification, operational readiness, and product quality of video devices across Sky and Comcast. The team builds automation, tooling, observability, and test frameworks that validate next-generation entertainment platforms. We ensure customer experience, performance, and stability are protected before products ever reach the market.

Job Description:

Core Responsibilities:

Leadership & Strategy:

- Develop and execute the engineering strategy for pre-release quality, certification, and operationalization of RDK-based video products.

- Drive multi-year roadmap planning, engineering excellence initiatives, and cross-team alignment.

- Foster an inclusive culture centred on growth, collaboration, accountability, and innovation.

Technical Leadership:

- Provide strategic and tactical test solutions for video device or systems ability to support various video solutions, frame rates, codecs, and formats, enabling the playback, recording, and transmission of video content.

- Guide architecture decisions across automation frameworks, DevOps systems, test environments, and observability platforms.

- Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with Comcasts technology standards.

DevOps & Automation Strategy:

- Oversee development of automation tools, CI/CD integrations, test infrastructure, and reporting systems.

- Strengthen telemetry, monitoring, and end-to-end observability across release pipelines.

- Drive operational improvements that increase velocity, reliability, and development efficiency.

Quality Engineering, BDD & Reliability:

- Own the test strategy for RDK stacks, video firmware, and pre-release validation.

- Expand BDD adoption, optimize testing scenarios, and increase automation coverage.

- Implement risk-based testing, reliability engineering practices, and coverage optimization frameworks.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

- Act as the primary engineering interface with Architecture, Product, Program, Operations, QA, and vendor partners.

- Provide clear, data-driven updates to senior leadership on risks, readiness, and operational performance.

- Lead certification governance, readiness reviews, and launch decision processes.

People Leadership:

- Lead and mentor managers, senior engineers, and technical experts.

- Build high-performing, diverse teams through hiring, development, and coaching.

- Establish healthy team dynamics and ensure a strong pipeline of future technical leaders.

Customer and Business Impact:

- Champion customer-first thinking in all engineering and operational decisions.

- Promote the Net Promoter System to bring customer insights directly into product and process improvements.

- Ensure all activities support Comcasts values of inclusion, integrity, and doing whats right for customers and communities.

Required Qualifications:

- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, DevOps, test automation, or reliability engineering.

- 5+ years leading engineering managers or multi-team organizations.

- Deep technical knowledge of video systems, video interoperability, streaming apps and related domains.

- Proven leadership in CI/CD, automation frameworks, observability systems, and large-scale test infrastructure.

- Strong expertise with BDD, quality engineering, scenario design, and test coverage optimization.

- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presence.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience with RDK video product architectures.

- Hands-on experience with Java, Spring, Python, Jenkins, Git, Maven, MySQL, and related test/tooling ecosystems.

- Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams.

- Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent; Masters preferred.

Disclaimer:

The above 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. Comcast is an EEO/AA/Drug Free Workplace. Comcast is an equal opportunity employer.

-The candidate would need to work from Chennai as these roles require the candidate to be present in office 3 days a week-

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