Sr. Manager, Software Engineering

FreeWheel, 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.

Job Summary

FreeWheel is looking for passionate Sr. Managers to help design, build and support our high-quality, innovative video advertising platform and optimization algorithm running on it. This position is based in New York or Reston.
FreeWheel 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.
FreeWheel’s New York/Reston 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.

Job Description

Core Responsibilities

• Manage and lead a team of engineers to deliver high-quality products within established timelines.
• Take responsibilities for the daily management of the team and project, motivate, and develop the team, coach and mentor team members.
• Conduct work performance reviews and ensure work performance is adhering to Comcast standards.​
• Take responsibilities for optimizing processes, improving engineering excellence and ensuring product quality.
• Refactor and optimize existing systems to improve scalability, observability, availability, and performance.
• Work closely with business teams and other stakeholders to support the development of ad delivery optimization.
• Take responsibilities for the research, development, operation and maintenance of the ad delivery optimization.
• Serves as the primary point of contact and liaison between global teams.  ​
• Initiate, influence, and drive a diverse set of ad delivery forecasting, planning and optimization problems, working with a wide range of teams and learning a great deal about ad-tech in the process.   

• ​Provide regular updates to leadership. ​

• Oversees the planning and designing of software and web applications, including new programs, enhancements and modifications.
• Provides guidance to the Software Engineering team and other departments in identifying product and technical requirements. Serves as primary point of contact and liaison between Software Engineering and other teams.
• Directs implementation initiatives for new software products and applications. Organizes software update process for existing applications and coordinates the roll-out of software releases.
• Manages all the deliverables to ensure adherence to deadlines, specifications and budgets. Implements performance metrics and prepares period reports and/or proposals. Monitors and tracks project progress and reports findings to leadership team.
• Ensures all engineers keep current with technological developments within the industry. Monitors and evaluates competitive applications and products.
• Provides leadership and direction to department personnel from lower-level managers to non-exempt employees.
• Manages cross-project communications.
• 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) and overtime as necessary.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
   

Qualification:

• Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or related field
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with 3+ years of experience in team management and leadership
• Communication and leadership experience, with experience initiating and driving projects from ground up.​
• A track record of fostering collaboration among team members through an effective process.   ​
• Extensive experience with at least one of C/C++/Java/Golang
• Strong experience with big data technologies such as Spark, distributed message queue system (e.g. Kakfa), etc
• Experience with machine learning practice
• Experience with software development best practices, including agile methodology
• Experience with Mysql skills, distributed systems, containerization technology and cloud platforms is a plus
• Familiar with the design and development of advertising system is a plus
• Have rich project driving experience, good leadership and execution ability
• Strong l