# Lead Software Engineer - Kubernetes Platform Management - Freewheel

Hiring organization: [Comcast](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/comcast)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/69459088-1852-4a66-bc50-096c2182b10b

Listed on Comcast's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Seniority: Senior
- Location: Reston, VA
- Salary: 167384 – 251076 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads the development of Kubernetes-based cloud platform systems at Freewheel, a large-scale ad-tech company. It suits senior software engineers with 7+ years' experience in platform engineering, production Kubernetes operations, and a track record mentoring teams through complex infrastructure initiatives.

_Our summary, not Comcast's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), CI/CD, Datadog, GitOps, Go, Grafana, Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Python, Splunk, Terraform

## Required

- 7–10 years of software engineering or platform engineering experience
- Strong software engineering background with Go and Python
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and production operations
- Experience designing and operating large-scale cloud-native platforms
- Hands-on experience with AWS or OCI cloud services
- Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD, GitOps, and deployment automation
- Experience driving technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams
- Strong system design, troubleshooting, and architectural decision-making skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer and Information Science or equivalent combination of coursework and experience

## Nice to have

- Experience managing enterprise Kubernetes platforms for multiple engineering organizations
- Experience building Platform-as-a-Product initiatives
- Experience with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or Splunk
- Experience with multi-cluster Kubernetes environments
- Experience leading platform standardization and migration initiatives
- Previous experience mentoring engineers or serving as technical lead

Apply on Comcast's site: https://comcast.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Comcast_Careers/job/VA---Reston-11951-Freedom-Dr-Ste-900/Lead-Software-Engineer---Golang-Kubernetes---Freewheel_R439658