Data Software Engineer 3 - REMOTE

Key Skills

Apache Hadoop, C Programming, C++, Data science techniques, Java Programming, Machine learning techniques, MapReduce, Python Programming, PyTorch, R Programming, Scala Programming, SQL, TensorFlow

Job Description

We are looking for a savvy Data Engineer to join our growing engineering team in Freewheel, New York. If you are excited to work with a tightly-knit team of data engineers solving hard problems the right way using cutting-edge data collection, transformation, analysis, and monitoring tools in the cloud, this opportunity is for you. This opportunity will be dedicated to Beeswax, a newly acquired programmatic offering. We build and maintain high-quality data solutions to process terabytes viewing data on the state-of-the-art cloud-native data platform using AWS

Job Description

In this role, you will 

• Extensively use a combination of several cutting-edge AWS services, 3rd party commercial software, and internally developed software to design and implement data pipelines, building scalable and optimized enterprise data systems.
• Manage, improve, and build the next generation of data tools and frameworks, in addition to developing and supporting data products and infrastructure.
• Support and troubleshoot data and/or system issues. Collaborate with external teams to identify, troubleshoot, and permanently resolve data quality issues. 
• Develop in-house tools to automate common tasks. 
• Work with languages like Java, Scala Python, Bash, and SQL to wrangle vast amounts of data.
• Share learnings with wider engineering teams by doing technical demos! We love to show our work and learn from others. :) 

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in Computer Science or similar field of study 
• 2-3+ years of hands-on work in the field of Software development and Big Data.
• Ability to write good quality code in Python, Java, or Scala.
• Experience with CI/CD tools like Jenkins is preferred 
• Grounded understanding of SQL and deeper understanding of at least one commonly used DB. We use Snowflake heavily as a datastore.
• Must be versatile and an inquisitive problem solver. 
• Experience working with streaming systems such as Kafka or Kinesis. This team owns a large Java application built on top of Kinesis. 
• Extra points if you have an AWS certification, and have worked previously on S3, EMR, Glue, EC2, IAM, CloudFormation, Athena, Lambda, and other AWS services. 

Seems like something you might be interested in? We want to meet you to discuss this exciting opportunity. 

Core qualities of our team culture include

• An ethic of service and a belief in putting the customer first 
• A powerful sense of pragmatism to figure out what needs to be done right versus right now 
• A curiosity about technology and a desire to use it to solve problems in all sorts of domains
• An openness to feedback and more than just the spelling skills to know that there’s no I in Team
• An appreciation of repeatability, observability, and operational simplicity 

FreeWheel, A Comcast Company, empowers all segments of The New TV Ecosystem. We are structured to provide the full breadth of solutions the advertising industry needs to achieve their goals. We provide the technology, data enablement and convergent marketplaces required to ensure buyers and sellers can transact across all screens, across all data types, and all sales channels, in order to ensure the ultimate goal – results for marketers. With offices in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, London, Paris, Beijing, and across the globe, FreeWheel, A Comcast Company, stands to advocate for the entire industry through the FreeWheel Council for Premium Video. For more information, please visit freewheel.com.

Beeswax, acquired by Freewheel, created the Bidder-as-a-Service™ concept because we believe that every advertiser should have power, flexibility, and transparency when buying advertising programmatically. We offer our employees a culture of transparency and one with many challenging problems to solve.

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.