Sr. Manager Data Engineering (SQL Expertise Required) - Join FreeWheel, A Comcast Company

Company Overview

FreeWheel, a Comcast company, offers comprehensive advertising platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Leveraging premium video content, robust data, and cutting-edge technology, we facilitate seamless transactions across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global leader, we have offices in nine countries and can deliver advertisements worldwide.

About Comcast

Comcast integrates the best in media and technology to drive innovation and deliver exceptional entertainment and online experiences. As a Fortune 50 leader, we foster groundbreaking advancements and create career opportunities across various locations and disciplines. Our remarkable team brings innovative products and services to life for millions daily. If you share our passion for teamwork and innovation, and our vision to lead the future in media and technology, accelerate your career with Comcast.

About FreeWheel

FreeWheel empowers all segments of The New TV Ecosystem, offering comprehensive solutions for the advertising industry. We provide technology, data enablement, and convergent marketplaces to ensure seamless transactions across all screens, data types, and sales channels, delivering tangible results for marketers. With offices in major cities like New York, Chicago, London, Paris, and Beijing, FreeWheel, A Comcast Company, advocates for the industry through the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Sr. Manager to lead a team of proficient Data Engineers. This team tackles complex data collection, transformation, analysis, and monitoring challenges using advanced cloud-based tools. You will guide projects involving new development, enhancements, and cross-functional integrations. Reporting directly to the Director of Engineering and collaborating with product and management teams, you will strategically lead and inspire your team.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of individual contributors, enabling hands-on career development.
• Scale the team and support their growth, identifying opportunities aligning with career goals.
• Ensure engineers stay current with technological developments within the industry.
• Advocate for data quality, security, and performance improvements.
• Create and drive strategies aligning with Company’s overall vision and business goals.
• Ensure on-time delivery of solutions while maintaining sustainability and avoiding technical debt.
• Facilitate regular process meetings for strong communication within the team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and refine long and short-term roadmaps.
• Provide guidance to engineering teams and departments on product and technical requirements.
• Manage deliverables, adhering to deadlines, specifications, and budgets, and report progress to leadership.
• Address diverse data-oriented challenges, collaborating with various teams and gaining insights into ad tech.
• Conduct performance reviews, ensuring adherence to Company standards.

Qualifications and Skills

• 8+ years of data engineering experience, with team leadership.
• Experience with large scale Lakehouse architecture like Delta Lake, Iceberg, Snowflake.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with experience initiating and driving projects.
• Passion for developing engineers and fostering team collaboration.
• Ability to balance trade-offs required for timely shipping without compromising quality.
• Self-starter comfortable with ambiguity and fast-paced environments.
• Experience maintaining technical roadmaps balancing novel and existing platform improvements.
• Proficiency in backend languages like Java, Scala, C++, Python (we use Python).
• Familiarity with ETL and pipeline creation for large datasets.
• Experience utilizing cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS.
• Experience in hiring and managing teams of 5+ members.

Expectations for All Employees:

• Understand and apply our Operating Principles in your role.
• Prioritize the customer experience, delivering seamless digital options.
• Be enthusiastic learners and advocates of our technology and services.
• Collaborate and innovate as a team.
• Participate in the Net Promoter System for continuous feedback and improvement.
• Drive results and foster growth.
• Promote inclusion and diversity.
• Act ethically towards each other