Principal Architect Enterprise Architecture - FreeWheel

• Serve as the architecture interface between Product and Engineering converting market and client needs into pragmatic end-to-end solution designs for Streaming Hub (SSP/ad server) Programmatic Demand (DSP) Audience/Identity Measurement and Revenue Science platforms.
• Produce Solution Blueprints Reference Architectures and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) that balance speed with long-term maintainability platform consistency and extensibility.
• Guide Product-aligned Architecture Roadmaps sequencing capabilities to deliver measurable business value while reducing technical debt.
• Provide hands-on design leadership for cloud-native (Kubernetes microservices data plane/control plane) systems including reliability (SLOs/SLA) observability security privacy and cost controls.
• Shape standards for data contracts identity consent measurement and programmatic interoperability across buy- and sell-side workflows.
• Identify and lead strategic initiatives to grow our technical capability reducing tech debt improve software quality and velocity.
• Establish common practices for teams to ensure end software and systems interact seamlessly with one another
• Advise and support leaders on technical choices and associated risks and rewards on build buy extend customize and deprecate strategies; facilitate architecture reviews; and de-risk delivery with proof-of-concepts and reference implementations.
• Reinforce and voice support for grounding principles to ensure architecture designs are stable secure scalable reusable and operable.
• Review and ensure Solution Designs produced both internally and by 3rd party suppliers.
• Apply new and innovative ideas to business and technology constraints champion diversity and innovation.
• Develop strategies and guidelines on cloud governance tech stack selection capability development and systems deprecation.

• Operate as a product-minded architect who frames design choices in terms of client value market differentiation and time-to-impact.
• Raise the bar on platform thinking (shared services paved roads golden paths) ensuring we build once and reuse broadly.
• Lead design forums and cross-functional architecture reviews; drive clarity via ADRs and migration plans that teams can execute.
• Balance near-term delivery with long-term modernization (domain boundaries event-driven patterns data mesh where appropriate).
• Model pragmatism and coaching-unblock delivery teams simplify where possible and document patterns others can follow.
• Drive results and growth. Contribute to measurable operational excellence (availability latency quality resilience security cost) tied to business SLAs/SLOs.
• Guide encourage and empower teams around you by leaning into problems and encouraging them to do so too. Contribute to talent growth by mentoring architects/engineers and evolving our EA practices and artifacts.
• Knowledge of emerging solutions systems applications and tech stacks.
• Respect and promote inclusion & diversity.

• 10+ years in software architecture/engineering with 5+ years leading distributed high-scale low-latency systems (Go/Java/Scala gRPC/REST Kafka/Pub-Sub columnar/NoSQL stores).
• Designed or led architectures for ad serving and SSP platforms (preferably premium video/CTV) including unified decisioning (direct + programmatic) mediation forecasting and yield protections.
• Working knowledge of header bidding deal types (OpenRTB PMP curated deals) supply-path optimization (SPO) and auction transparency.
• Built or integrated with DSP workflows (planning activation bidding pacing/optimization frequency management brand safety measurement).
• Practical grasp of identity & addressability (e.g. first-party graphs UID2/PPID concepts clean rooms) and how buyers/sellers align IDs for targeting and measurement (preferably in CTV).
• Architected privacy-centric audience and measurement capabilities-data onboarding audience building/forecasting reach/frequency outcomes-using standardized signals and ID interoperability.
• Kubernetes (multi-cluster multi-region) service mesh autoscaling observability (OpenTelemetry) and resilience engineering; hands-on with at least one major cloud. Experience with multi-cloud architecture a plus.
• Strong security and privacy patterns (OAuth/OIDC tokenization encryption secrets least-privilege auditability) and FinOps sensibilities. Hands-on experience with API management and API security standards.
• Proven track record turning ambiguous business needs into roadmaps blueprints and execution plans; excellent communication with senior product leaders engineering sales and client-facing teams.
• Bonus: Experience with live events / live linear ad decisioning SSAI or programmatic for live sports/news. Knowledge of curated supply strategies and buyer curation tools is a plus.
• Bonus: Working experience with AI/ML and analytics platforms.

• 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.

• 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.
• Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
• Do what's right for each other our customers investors and our communities.

What We Do

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.

Why Work With Us

FreeWheel is an industry leader built on a culture of creativity ingenuity and inclusion. We welcome big ideas give you space to grow and offer the support you need. We’re proud to be a division of Comcast which is consistently rated one of Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For.