Principal Software Engineer

Free Wheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we're 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.

This job involves leading software solution development that meets strategic goals and user expectations. It includes integrating applications, enhancing scalability and security, and performing system analyses. It creates comprehensive development documentation, mentors technical staff, and monitors key performance metrics to inform improvements. The job provides technical leadership during design and oversees the software release process, ensuring efficient, on-budget delivery. Collaboration with Quality Assurance guarantees software quality, guiding project planning and resource management.

Responsibilities:
Server as a senior technical leader across our Streaming Hub Applications (including Application Infrastructure) teams, providing technical direction and influence across multiple engineering teams. Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for Streaming Hub Applications, partnering closely with Engineering, Product, and Enterprise Architecture. Lead cross-cutting architectural initiatives and establish engineering standards that improve consistency, scalability, reliability, and maintainability across the platform.

Drive modernization of software development and delivery practices, including CI/CD, feature
-controlled deployments, automated testing, observability, and operational readiness. Establish and drive consistent API architecture, design patterns, and engineering standards across Streaming Hub, supporting an API-first platform strategy. Provide technical leadership for Streaming Hub's cloud and infrastructure strategy, including multi-cloud architecture, resiliency, disaster recovery, and infrastructure cost optimization. Identify and lead strategic technical investments and refactoring that reduce technical debt, architectural divergence, and operational complexity while increasing engineering velocity.

Lead adoption of AI-assisted software engineering practices and establish reusable patterns for AI agents and AI-enabled developer workflows. Provide technical oversight and design review for large, complex, or cross-team Streaming Hub initiatives, identifying architectural risks and dependencies early. Raise the engineering bar through design reviews, operational readiness reviews, and incident learnings, translating recurring issues into systemic engineering improvements. Mentor senior engineers and develop a broader bench of technical leaders, capable of driving initiatives across organizational and team boundaries.

Partner with engineering leadership to improve developer productivity,, onboarding, and engineering consistency, with measurable improvements in engineering velocity, quality, and operational performance. Leading the development and implementation of innovative software solutions, ensuring they align with strategic objectives and meet customer needs Integrating new applications with existing systems, focusing on scalability and security while conducting thorough system requirement analyses Creating and maintaining detailed documentation for software development, promoting best practices and knowledge sharing within the team Mentoring engineers and technical staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional development Defining and monitoring key performance metrics, using data to evaluate software effectiveness and guide continuous improvement Providing technical leadership and guidance throughout the design process, ensuring adherence to best practices and industry standards Overseeing the software release process, including development, testing, and deployment, ensuring timely delivery within budget Engaging with Quality Assurance to ensure software meets technical specifications and customer expectations, leading…