Principal Software Engineer - Ad Tech & Distributed Systems - FreeWheel
Core
Leading reliability, performance, and operational excellence for large-scale, mission-critical ad tech platforms.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (SRE/Platform)
Builds
FreeWheel ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers
Domain
Ad Tech / Distributed Systems / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS architecture, distributed systems design, Python/Go/Scala, Linux internals, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, incident response, capacity planning, automation, SQL, networking
Preferred skills
Systems design, data processing platforms, mentoring engineers
Technologies
AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, Lambda, Route 53), Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Python, Go-Lang, Scala, C++, Linux
Responsibilities
Own production reliability and performance of large-scale systems; Design and operate monitoring and observability solutions; Lead incident response and root cause analysis; Drive automation initiatives to reduce operational toil; Partner with engineering teams on architecture and production readiness; Lead change management and capacity planning; Enforce security and vulnerability management practices; Participate in on-call rotations for complex production issues
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with mentorship
