Principal Enterprise Architect, AdTech

NBCUniversal

Principal Enterprise Architect in FreeWheel, a Comcast company, focusing on scalable product designs and technical solutions. Collaborate with Product Management and Technology leadership in ad tech innovation.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeReston • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $126,283 - $295,977 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudGoGRPCJavaKafkaKubernetesNoSQLScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the architecture interface between Product and Engineering.
Produce Solution Blueprints, Reference Architectures, and Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
Guide Product-aligned Architecture Roadmaps.
Provide hands-on design leadership for cloud-native systems.
Shape standards for data contracts and programmatic interoperability.
Identify and lead strategic initiatives to grow technical capability.
Establish common practices for software and systems interaction.
Advise and support leaders on technical choices and risks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in software architecture/engineering.
5+ years leading distributed, high-scale, low-latency systems (Go/Java/Scala, gRPC/REST, Kafka/Pub-Sub, columnar/NoSQL stores).
Designed architectures for ad serving and SSP platforms.
Working knowledge of header bidding, deal types, supply-path optimization, and auction transparency.
Built or integrated with DSP workflows.
Practical grasp of identity & addressability concepts.
Architected privacy-centric audience and measurement capabilities.
Hands-on with Kubernetes, service mesh, autoscaling, observability.
Experience with multi-cloud architecture a plus.
Strong security and privacy patterns knowledge.
Proven track record for turning ambiguous business needs into roadmaps.
Excellent communication with senior product leaders, engineering, sales, and client-facing teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees.
Array of options, expert guidance.
Always-on tools, personalized to meet needs.

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Hard Skills & Tools

software architecturesoftware engineeringcloud-native systemsGoJavaScalagRPCRESTKafkaNoSQL

Soft Skills

design leadershipcommunicationstrategic initiative leadershipadvisingsupporting leadersturning ambiguous business needs into roadmaps