Senior Cloud Software Engineer - Ad Tech

Comcast; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

Comcast is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for the Ad Serving team at FreeWheel in Virginia. You will design and own high-quality software, mentor junior engineers, and interact with management to improve systems handling billions of ad auctions daily.

Responsibilities include building cloud-based infrastructure with C++, collaborating across teams, and advancing performance with scalable patterns. Strong English communication and Ad Tech exposure are valued.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional experience with compiled languages (C++ preferred), databases, and network programming.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming concepts.
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git.
• Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment.
• Excellent debugging and troubleshooting abilities.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Go Lang experience is a plus.
• Ad Tech experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in designing, developing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and owning servers and cloud-based systems.
• Write, maintain, and deploy cloud-based software and distributed computational systems using the Linux operating system.
• Develop software and software architecture using C++.
• Plan and execute the development, testing, and deployment of new software features and improvements to cloud-based software infrastructure; work with scalable design patterns.
• Use data warehouses including Snowflake, and distributed databases, including Aerospike.
• Analyze and optimize algorithm performance; document all development activity.
• Research, write, and edit documentation and technical requirements, including software designs, evaluation plans, test results, technical manuals, and formal recommendations and reports.
• Monitor and evaluate competitive applications and products; review literature, patents, and current practices relevant to the solution of assigned projects.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to identify product and technical requirements; conduct analysis to determine integration needs.
• Work with the Quality Assurance team to determine if applications fit specification and technical requirements.
• Review code
• Disseminate software best practices.

Skills

Software Engineering

Collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Git

Snowflake

Aerospike

Job description

Comcast is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for the Ad Serving team at FreeWheel in Virginia. You will design and own high-quality software, mentor junior engineers, and interact with management to improve systems handling billions of ad auctions daily.

Responsibilities include building cloud-based infrastructure with C++, collaborating across teams, and advancing performance with scalable patterns. Strong English communication and Ad Tech exposure are valued.