Senior Data Pipeline Engineer - Python & Cloud

Comcast; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 136,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

FreeWheel, a Comcast global advertising technology company, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to drive data ingestion pipelines and platform evolution. You will design high‑throughput systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with data, platform, and product teams to scale our ad‑tech stack.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years building data pipelines in Python, with AWS, Kubernetes, Snowflake or Spark, and a strong focus on performance, reliability, and observability in distributed environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building data pipelines or distributed backend systems in Python.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD tooling.
• Strong architecture and leadership capabilities for cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize high‑throughput data ingestion pipelines.
• Lead architectural decisions for unified ingestion frameworks.
• Mentor engineers and collaborate with data, platform, and product teams.
• Work with Snowflake or Spark for analytics and reporting.

Skills

Python

Distributed backends

Microservices

CI/CD

Leadership

Mentoring

Observability

Performance tuning

SQL

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Snowflake

Spark

Job description

FreeWheel, a Comcast global advertising technology company, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to drive data ingestion pipelines and platform evolution. You will design high‑throughput systems, mentor engineers, and collaborate with data, platform, and product teams to scale our ad‑tech stack.

Ideal candidates have 7+ years building data pipelines in Python, with AWS, Kubernetes, Snowflake or Spark, and a strong focus on performance, reliability, and observability in distributed environments.