Sr. Data Engineer - Reston, VA - Freewheel

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 role concentrates on advanced data structures and pipelines development and maintenance, upholding quality and integrity in diverse storage solutions. It involves optimizing data flows, mentoring junior engineers, and contributing to internal tool development. The role serves as a key expert, providing strategic guidance and innovative solutions in data engineering.

• Advanced SQL skills
• Proficiency in a programming language (Python preferred)
• Experience with distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Apache Spark)
• Proficiency in Cloud data warehouse management workflow orchestration & automation
• Experience working on at least one cloud provider (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Experience with data pipeline design patterns, data modeling & data observability
• Ability to independently own modules and communicate & review technical designs
• Exposure to Ad-Tech platforms highly preferred but not required
• Prior experience or exposure to delivery customer facing data products and understanding of modern data stack – dbt, Airflow, embedded analytics is highly preferred (not required)
• Enjoy working in challenging Analytics use cases and hard data shaping challenges
• Experience in collaborating with multiple teams delivering impactful work

• Developing data structures and pipelines to standardize and transform data, ensuring insights generation and reporting needs are met
• Ensuring data quality throughout ingestion, processing, and loading to target tables, maintaining high standards
• Creating ingestion frameworks for structured/unstructured data, implementing quality checks and reporting mechanisms
• Establishing methods for data consumption by end users and downstream applications, including database views and APIs
• Implementing data solutions on platforms like Kubernetes, Teradata, and Databricks, ensuring alignment with architectural standards
• Determining appropriate data storage on platforms based on privacy, access, and sensitivity requirements
• Understanding data lineage and transformation rules for efficient troubleshooting and impact analysis during changes
• Collaborating with management partners to optimize data sourcing and processing, enhancing data quality and process efficiency
• Mentoring junior data engineers, fostering skill development and knowledge sharing within the team
• Contributing to the creation and refinement of internal data engineering tools and frameworks to improve efficiency and scalability
• 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.

This 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.

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• Understanding Data
• Data Engineering
• Data Warehouse Modeling
• Snowflake (Platform)
• Dimensional Data Modeling
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Data Structures

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Bachelor's Degree

While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience.

7-10 Years