Manager, Software Engineering (Tier-2) - Buyer Cloud- Onsite 2 Days in Chicago - FreeWheel
Core
Leads the Buyer Cloud Tier-2 Engineering team, providing technical and operational leadership for platform availability, latency, performance, and emergency response.
Role type
Senior IC manager (Tier-2 Engineering)
Builds
Buyer Cloud platform for media buyers and sellers
Domain
Ad technology, cloud-native backend services
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Go (Golang), Python, Java, distributed systems, microservices, SQL, AWS, Linux, networking, incident management, automation, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, Git, Ansible
Preferred skills
Root cause analysis, operational excellence, stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration
Technologies
AWS (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Route 53, Lambda), Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, Git, Ansible, SQL
Responsibilities
Lead and develop the Tier-2 Engineering team; Own end-to-end operational support for the Buyer Cloud platform; Partner with Engineering and Support to investigate production issues and drive RCA; Provide hands-on technical leadership during major incidents and Live Events; Drive automation initiatives to improve operational efficiency; Analyze operational metrics and incident trends; Establish operational best practices and documentation standards; Participate in release planning and on-call rotations.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on leadership
