Comcast
Principal AdTech Architect - FreeWheel
$140K–$231K
VA - Reston, 11951 Freedom Dr Ste 900 +2 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Location
- VA - Reston, 11951 Freedom Dr Ste 900
IL - Chicago, 350 N. Orleans St 1300N
CO - Englewood, 183 Inverness Dr West - Experience
- 10+ years in software architecture/engineering; 5+ years leading distributed, high-scale, low-latency systems. Relevant Work Experience: 10 Years +.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree preferred; coursework and experience, or extensive related professional experience, may also be considered.
About the job
Leads enterprise architecture for FreeWheel’s advertising platforms, translating business and client needs into scalable designs, roadmaps, and technical standards.
What you'll do
- Create solution blueprints, reference architectures, and roadmaps for ad-serving, programmatic, audience, measurement, and revenue platforms.
- Guide cloud-native system design and standards for reliability, security, privacy, data interoperability, and cost efficiency.
- Lead architecture reviews and strategic initiatives, advise on technical choices, and mentor architects and engineers.
What they ask for
- 10+ years in software architecture/engineering, including 5+ years leading distributed, high-scale, low-latency systems.
- Experience designing or leading ad-serving and SSP platform architectures.
- Working knowledge of header bidding, deal types, supply-path optimization, and auction transparency; experience integrating DSP workflows.
- Experience with Kubernetes, at least one major cloud, security and privacy patterns, API management/security, and translating business needs into roadmaps and execution plans.
Nice to have
- Multi-cloud architecture experience.
- Experience with live-event/live-linear ad decisioning, curated supply strategies, buyer curation tools, or AI/ML and analytics platforms.
Pay
$153,841.63 - $230,762.44 USD base salary; $140,464.09 - $230,762.44 USD base salary
Tools
Go, Java, Scala, gRPC/REST, Kafka/Pub-Sub, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, OAuth/OIDC
AI focus
Bonus: working experience with AI/ML and analytics platforms.
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