Sr Manager, Software Engineering

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.

The Senior Manager of Software Engineering will lead the Audience Manager engineering team within Free Wheel’s Audience & Measurement organization. This role provides technical and team leadership in planning, designing, developing, and supporting Audience Manager applications and related integrations for TV platform advertising products. Partners with Engineering, Product, Revenue Science, Product Marketing, Partnership, and Privacy teams to ensure Audience Manager components and services enable accurate, responsive, feature-rich, privacy-compliant (application-level) functionality.

Provides leadership and direction across multiple functional areas and maintains fiduciary responsibility for budgets while maximizing the value of enterprise identity data assets.

• Lead and manage the Audience Manager engineering team, providing clear direction, performance feedback, coaching, and career development.
• Manage engineering resources and budgets effectively while driving cloud cost efficiency and maximizing the business value of technology investments.
• Provide technical leadership in planning and designing business processes and architectural frameworks for Audience Manager and TV platform advertising products.
• Design and develop software applications using Golang and gRPC.
• Develop microservices deployed via HTTP communication.
• Use AWS services to develop and support software applications.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Manage data analytics using Spark and Scala.
• Develop software applications using Python.
• Analyze, test, and assist with the integration of new applications; oversee documentation of development activities; and assist with tracking performance metrics.
• Integrate knowledge of business and functional priorities and act as a key contributor in a complex and crucial software 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 and assist in the rollout of software releases.
• Oversee the research, writing, and editing of documentation and technical requirements, including evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals, and formal recommendations and reports.
• Stay abreast of technological developments within the industry, monitor and evaluate competitive applications and products, and review literature, patents, and current practices relevant to assigned projects.
• Provide guidance throughout the design process regarding practices, procedures, and techniques.
• Track and evaluate performance metrics, ensuring that the team delivers software on time, to specification, and within budget.
• Work with the Quality Assurance team to determine whether applications meet specifications and technical requirements.
• Apply expertise in engineering methodologies and process design and redesign to ensure customers receive seamless digital options at every touchpoint.
• Present and defend architectural, design, and technical choices to internal audiences.
• Guide and mentor engineers and support the professional development of team members.

• Bachelor’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related…