Architect 5, Platform Architecture

Company: FreeWheel (Comcast)

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: 100% Remote (United States)

Compensation: $107,020.26 - $250,828.74 USD (National range, varies by state - see notes for state-specific ranges)

Category: Software Architecture / Platform Engineering

Application Close Date: February 20, 2026

WHY THIS ROLE MADE THE CUT

• Fully remote (no hybrid or office requirements)

• Full-Time role

• Job is listed on company site with a direct link to apply

• Legitimate, established company

• Posted within the last 14 days

• Clear salary range is disclosed

ROLE SNAPSHOT

FreeWheel, a Comcast company providing comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers, is hiring a Platform Architect to serve as the architecture interface between Product and Engineering, converting market and client needs into pragmatic, end-to-end solution designs for Streaming Hub (SSP/ad server), Programmatic Demand (DSP), Audience/Identity, Measurement, and Revenue Science platforms while producing Solution Blueprints, Reference Architectures, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) that balance speed with long-term maintainability, platform consistency, and extensibility. You'll guide Product-aligned Architecture Roadmaps sequencing capabilities to deliver measurable business value while reducing technical debt, provide hands-on design leadership for cloud-native (Kubernetes, microservices, data plane/control plane) systems including reliability (SLOs/SLA), observability, security, privacy, and cost controls, and shape standards for data contracts, identity, consent, measurement, and programmatic interoperability across buy- and sell-side workflows. This role requires 10+ years in software architecture/engineering with 5+ years leading distributed, high-scale, low-latency systems (Go/Java/Scala, gRPC/REST, Kafka/Pub-Sub, columnar/NoSQL stores), plus experience designing or leading architectures for ad serving and SSP platforms (preferably premium video/CTV) including unified decisioning (direct + programmatic), mediation, forecasting, and yield protections. You'll identify and lead strategic initiatives to grow technical capability, reduce tech debt, improve software quality and velocity, establish common practices ensuring end software and systems interact seamlessly, and advise leaders on technical choices and associated risks/rewards on build, buy, extend, customize and deprecate strategies while facilitating architecture reviews and de-risking delivery with proof-of-concepts and reference implementations. Working knowledge of header bidding, deal types (OpenRTB, PMP, curated deals), supply-path optimization (SPO), auction transparency, DSP workflows (planning, activation, bidding, pacing/optimization, frequency management, brand safety, measurement), and practical grasp of identity & addressability (first-party graphs, UID2/PPID concepts, clean rooms) is essential. Strong security and privacy patterns (OAuth/OIDC, tokenization, encryption, secrets, least-privilege, auditability) and FinOps sensibilities required, along with hands-on experience with API management and API security standards. Bonus: FreeWheel is a global company with offices in nine countries inserting advertisements worldwide, offering equal opportunity workplace promoting inclusion and diversity.

KEY WORDS TO INCLUDE IN YOUR RESUME/COVER LETTER IF YOU APPLY:

• Platform architecture and design

• Ad tech and SSP/DSP platforms

• Cloud-native and Kubernetes

• Distributed systems and microservices

• Solution blueprints and ADRs

• Programmatic advertising (OpenRTB)

• Identity and privacy architecture

• Technical leadership and mentorship

• Go, Java, Scala programming

• API design and security

Keywords are suggested based on the language used in the employer's job description to help applicants align with automated screening systems.

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