Hybrid Lead Software Architect

at NBCUniversal

• Job title: Lead Software Architect
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cloud, Cyber Security, Distributed Systems, Microservices
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Philadelphia, United States

About the role

• Lead Software Architect defining software strategy for Comcast's enterprise platforms. Shaping platform strategy and guiding engineering teams for high-scale, cloud-native systems.

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.
• 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.
• Mentor senior engineers and architects, fostering a culture of architectural thinking, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Drive experimentation with emerging technologies such as advanced cloud services, agentic AI, edge computing, serverless architectures, and automation platforms.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development