CareerPlan

Manager, Software Engineering (Tier-2) - Buyer Cloud- Onsite 2 Days in Chicago - FreeWheel

IL - Chicago, 350 N. Orleans St 1300NFull-time$137k–$206k2026-06-25 → 2026-11-12
Hybrid

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, video content, cloud-native backend services

Required skills

Go (Golang), Python, Java, distributed systems, microservices, SQL, AWS, automation, incident management, Linux, networking

Preferred skills

Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, Ansible, root cause analysis, people management

Technologies

AWS, EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Route 53, Lambda, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Git, Ansible

Responsibilities

Lead and develop the Tier-2 Engineering team; Own end-to-end operational support for the Buyer Cloud platform; Partner with Engineering to investigate complex production issues and drive root cause analysis; Provide hands-on technical leadership during major production incidents and Live Events; Drive operational excellence through automation and continuous improvement; Participate in on-call rotations and release planning.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with people management