Software Engineer 3

Job description
FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, were making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.

Job Summary

Job Description SummaryWe are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer with expertise in SQL and either Python or Scala, who is experienced in building large-scale data pipelines using Apache Spark and designing robust data architectures on AWS. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in data lake architectures, open table formats (Delta Lake/Iceberg), and modern data platforms. If you are a problem solver, a data infrastructure enthusiast, and someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, we'd love to hear from you!
Job Description

Core Responsibilities

Collaborate with project stakeholders and cross-functional teams (including Frontend Service Engineers) to gather product and technical requirements and deliver solutions that fuel rapid business growth.

Use your technical and business expertise to design, code, debug, and resolve complex issues in an agile, collaborative environment.

Manage a highly reliable, scalable infrastructure on AWS, leveraging Kubernetes and containerization technologies to drive optimal performance and cost-efficiency.

Develop and manage self-service data pipeline management tools, ensuring efficient task scheduling, and establishing and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor and enhance the performance of the advertising platform.

Bring a data-driven mindset to decision-making and actively participate in team oversight to improve data quality, security, and platform performance.

Write and edit documentation, including technical requirements, evaluation plans, test results, and formal recommendations.

Stay up to date with technological developments, evaluate competitive applications, and review industry solutions and practices to solve assigned projects.

Implement and maintain security protocols to meet company security standards across cloud infrastructure.

Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.

Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.

Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.

2+ years of hands-on experience coding in Golang, strong understanding of GRPC protocol and ProtoBuf.

2+ years of hands-on experience coding in Python, Scala, or Java.

2-5+ years of experience in software development.

2+ years of experience with microservices, Kubernetes, or AWS EKS.

2+ years of experience with AWS services (e.g., S3, EMR, Glue, EC2, ECS, IAM, Lambda, CodeBuild, Athena, Redis, ElasticSearch, RDS, Aurora, and Airflow).

Proficiency in CI/CD tools like Jenkins, Terraform, or similar automation tools.

Strong SQL skills with hands-on experience using data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, Spark, Presto, and EMR.

Experience with monitoring tools like Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.

Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across teams and regions.

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with strong adaptability to changing priorities.

Experience in the advertising industry, particularly in audience targeting, is a plus.

AWS certification is a bonus.

Employees at all levels are expected to:

Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company - by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
Drive results and growth.