Lead Software Engineer; Data

Overview

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.

• Provide technical leadership to a team responsible for developing data products using Golang and Python.
• Write SQL queries for data exploration in Click House.
• Query data using Snowflake.
• Deploy data products to AWS cloud platform including EKS, EMR, RDS, and S3.
• Schedule and monitor workflows using Airflow.
• Develop dashboards using Looker.
• Perform version control using Git Hub.
• Build CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Perform application monitoring and alerting using Grafana.
• Apply specialized knowledge of our data platforms.
• Provide leadership throughout the design process and assist with guidance on practices, procedures, and techniques.
• Plan and design new software and web applications.
• Analyze, test, and assist with the integration of new applications.
• Oversee documentation of all development activity.
• Train non-technical personnel.
• Assist with tracking performance metrics.
• Provide guidance and support to other engineers.
• Integrate knowledge of business and functional priorities.
• Act as a key contributor in a complex and crucial environment.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to identify product and technical requirements.
• Conduct analysis to determine integration needs.
• Support applications under development and customize current applications.
• Develop software update processes for existing applications.
• Assist in the roll-out of software releases.
• Oversee researching, writing, and editing of documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals, and formal recommendations and reports.
• Keep current with technological developments within the industry.
• Monitor and evaluate competitive applications and products.
• Review literature, patents, and current practices relevant to assigned projects.
• Ensure team delivers software on time, to specification, and within budget.
• Work with Quality Assurance team to determine if applications fit specifications and technical requirements.
• Test and evaluate systems, subsystems, and components.
• Act as a technical contact and liaison for outside vendors and/or customers.
• Present and defend architectural, design, and technical choices to internal and external audiences.
• Train junior software development engineers on internally developed software applications.
• Position is eligible to work remotely one or more days per week, per company policy.

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Seven (7) years of experience developing data products using Golang and Python, including at least five (5) years of experience with writing SQL queries for data exploration in Click House, querying data using Snowflake, deploying data products to AWS cloud platform (EKS, EMR, RDS, and S3), scheduling and monitoring workflows with Airflow, developing dashboards with Looker, and performing version control with Git Hub.
• At least two (2) years of experience building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and performing application monitoring and alerting using Grafana.

• Go programming language
• Python
• Grafana

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