Manager, Software Engineering
Company: Comcast Corporation
Location: Erie
Posted on: October 26, 2024
Job Description:
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 SummaryFreeWheel's mission is to build great
advertising software. We offer the most extensible and transparent
advertising buying platform in the world, operating at a massive
global scale. We don't just operate a Demand Side Platform (DSP) -
we are the platform that powers hundreds of DSPs! As a result, we
process trillions of transactions to satisfy millions of dollars'
worth of advertising campaigns every month. Our employees enjoy a
culture of transparency and one with many challenging problems to
solve. We value moving fast, building high-quality reliable
software, and supporting each other in the service of driving
success for our customers' businesses.
FreeWheel is looking for a Manager, Software Engineering to join
our Beeswax Ad Serving team. The Ad Serving system is the backbone
of the Beeswax platform. It listens to billions of ad auctions per
day, decides which of our hundreds of customers should participate,
and executes complex bidding strategies to provide optimal results,
in milliseconds.Job DescriptionMinimum Qualifications and
Requirements -
- 5+ years related experience. - Experience in the media or
advertising industry is a huge plus. -
- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science,
engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical
experience. -
- Proficient in building distributed applications using
object-oriented languages such as C++, Java, Rust, or Go. -
- Experience in deploying and operating applications in a public
cloud provider. -
- Proficient in Jira, Confluence, Git, and MS Office products.
-Primary Duties -
- Manage a team of software engineers, providing them with
direction, guidance, and opportunities for growth. -
- Collaborate with the Beeswax Product Management team to deliver
new features to Beeswax customers. -
- Provide guidance on technical architecture, design
philosophies, and engineering practices for your team. -
- Drive improvements to Ad Serving software infrastructure.
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- Ensure adherence to deadlines, specifications, and budgets.
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- Review team members' work to ensure quality to team standards.
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- Provide technical support and training in Ad Serving
capabilities. -
- Implement and review employee performance metrics. -
- Stay abreast of emerging trends and technologies. - -Job
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities -
- Communication: Speak, listen, and write in a clear, thorough,
and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication
tools and techniques. Be transparent. - -
- Organization: Set priorities, track work, be transparent. - -
- Analyze: Effective at looking at data to inform an approach or
decision. - - -
- Creativity: Develop new and unique ways to improve operations
of the organization and to create new opportunities. - -
- Lead: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set
goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance
organizational effectiveness. Positively influence others to
achieve results in the organization's best interest. - -
- Plan: Determine strategies to move the organization forward,
set goals, create, and implement action plans, and evaluate the
process and results. - - -
- Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes,
gather and process relevant information, generate possible
solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem. - -
-Working conditions - -The Manager, Software Engineering must
successfully work with team members located in multiple remote
locations and time zones. Working conditions agree with conditions
described within FreeWheel's company handbook unless explicitly
noted in this document. - - -Core Responsibilities
- Oversees the planning and designing of software and web
applications, including new programs, enhancements and
modifications.
- Provides guidance to 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 periodic reports. 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.
- Develops proposals, hardware/software changes and other capital
expenditure projects.
- Manages professional and non-exempt employees, conducting work
performance reviews and Ensures work performance is adhering to
Company standards. Mentors, trains and develops staff.
- 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.Employees at all
levels are expected to:
- Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines
for how you do your job.
- Own the customer experience - think and act in ways that put
our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every
touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and
services.
- Know your stuff - be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates
of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially
our digital tools and experiences.
- Win as a team - make big things happen by working together and
being open to new ideas.
- Be an active part of the Net Promoter System - a way of working
that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company -
by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate
opportunities to do better for our customers.
- Drive results and growth.
- Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.
- Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and
our communities.Disclaimer:
- This information has been designed to indicate the general
nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is
not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive
inventory of all duties, responsibilities and
qualifications.Comcast is proud to be an equal opportunity
workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran
status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by
applicable law. Comcast will consider for employment qualified
applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the
requirements of applicable law, including the Los Angeles Fair
Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and the San Francisco Fair
Chance Ordinance.Salary:National Pay Range: $99,668.87
USD-$233,598.92 USDComcast intends to offer the selected candidate
base pay within this range, dependent on job-related,
non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application
window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of
applicants requires it to close sooner or later.Additionally,
Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We
believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need
when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter
most. That's why we provide an array of options, expert guidance
and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of
your reality - to help support you physically, financially and
emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.
Please visit the on our careers site for more
details.EducationBachelor's DegreeWhile possessing the stated
degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold
some combination of coursework and experience, or who have
extensive related professional experience.Relevant Work
Experience5-7 Years
Keywords: Comcast Corporation, Erie , Manager, Software Engineering, Executive , Erie, Pennsylvania
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