Sr. Software Engineer - Reston, Hybrid - FreeWheel

Job Summary

Free Wheel is looking for passionate Sr. Software Engineers to help design, build and support our high-quality, innovative video advertising platform. This position is based in New York. Free Wheel helps the television industry to monetize their premium contents through a robust technology platform, which enables consumers to view high quality videos on any devices including PC, smart phone, OTT device, set-top box and traditional TV.

Free Wheel’s New York Engineering Hub is a core part of our global engineering group that is building the one-stop solution for TV industry to manage its billion-dollar revenue. Our tech platform is capable of handling billions of daily requests, processing terabytes of raw daily data, and optimizing clients’ business.

• Construct and optimize the infrastructure of the ad delivery system with high concurrency, high availability, and low latency ad delivery.
• Continuous optimization and reconstruction of existing systems to support rapid business development.
• Responsible for end-to-end software development, Assists with the software update process for existing applications and roll‑outs of software releases.
• Collaborates with project stakeholders to identify product and technical requirements. Conducts analysis to determine integration needs.
• Researches, writes and edits documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals and formal recommendations and reports.
• Provides technical leadership throughout the design process and guidance with regards to practices, procedures and techniques. Serves as a guide and mentor for junior‑level Software Development Engineers.
• Displays in-depth knowledge of engineering methodologies, concepts, skills and their application in the area of specified engineering specialty.
• Displays in-depth knowledge of and ability to apply, process design and redesign skills. Presents and defends architectural, design and technical choices to internal audiences.

• Design, architect, and implement solutions utilizing AWS services, Kubernetes, and containerization technologies.
• Develop and manage highly scalable and reliable infrastructure on AWS, ensuring optimal performance and cost efficiency.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes and related orchestration tools.
• Implement security best practices and ensure the integrity and compliance of the AWS infrastructure and containerized environments.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and availability in the AWS cloud environment.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical designs and specifications.
• Document and maintain software functionality.

• Support overall business.
• Solve issues in technical way.

• Stay updated with the latest advancements in AWS services, Kubernetes, and containerization technologies, and evaluate their potential impact on our infrastructure and applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application‑related issues, working closely with the operations and development teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and implement automation and optimization opportunities across the infrastructure and deployment processes.
• Partner with global engineering, product and operations teams to further incorporate collective innovations.
• Mentor junior level software engineers.

• In‑depth understanding of cloud, containerization and other related technologies, familiar with distributed architecture and commonly‑used middleware such as cache, message queue, Nginx, etc.,
• Experience in large‑scale online service design, development and operation and maintenance is preferred
• Good understanding of Linux/Unix, with excellent data structure and algorithm foundation
• Proficiency in C/C++ or Golang and network programming.
• Experience with large system software design and development.
• Experience with distributed systems and mission‑critical systems is preferred
• Demonstrated expertise in problem solving and technical innovation.
• Strong passion with…