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Comcast

Sr. Backend Engineer C++ - Reston 2 Days Hybrid - FreeWheel

$142K–$213K

VA - Reston, 11951 Freedom Dr Ste 900 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026

Experience
The posting lists 3 years or above relevant work experience under Required Skills and Experience, and 7–10 years under Relevant Work Experience.
Education
Bachelor's Degree or above; the posting also says applicants may be considered with coursework and experience or extensive related professional experience.

About the job

Designs, builds, and supports high-performance backend services for FreeWheel’s video advertising platform.

What you'll do

  • Design and develop software applications and backend services, and optimize performance and reliability.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and Quality Assurance to deliver and release software.
  • Mentor engineers and document development activities.

What they ask for

  • Strong proficiency in modern C++, including multithreading, concurrency, asynchronous programming, and memory management.
  • Experience developing high-performance, low-latency, highly concurrent backend services.
  • Experience with Linux performance profiling, benchmarking, debugging, and system-level optimization.
  • Understanding of RPC frameworks, HTTP/gRPC protocols, and distributed service architectures.

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with online machine learning inference or model serving frameworks such as NVIDIA Triton or ONNX Runtime.
  • Experience with inference scheduling, batching, and CPU/GPU resource optimization.

Pay

USD 141,850.78 - USD 212,776.16 base salary

Tools

C++, Linux, RPC, HTTP, gRPC, NVIDIA Triton, ONNX Runtime, CPU/GPU

AI focus

May involve online machine learning inference or model serving, including inference scheduling, batching, and CPU/GPU resource optimization; these are listed as pluses.

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First seen Oct 29, 2026 · Last verified Nov 6, 2026 (UTC)