
Software Engineer 3 - FreeWheel
Reston, VAFull-time$120–180K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 2 days ago
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Job overview
FreeWheel, a Comcast company, designs and develops software solutions, analyzes system requirements, customizes applications, updates releases, mentors junior engineers, ensures quality with QA, troubleshoots issues, conducts market research, and provides training for operational staff.
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FreeWheel, a Comcast company, provides comprehensive ad platforms for publishers, advertisers, and media buyers. Powered by premium video content, robust data, and advanced technology, we’re making it easier for buyers and sellers to transact across all screens, data types, and sales channels. As a global company, we have offices in nine countries and can insert advertisements around the world.
Job Summary This job involves collaborative design and development of software solutions that meet business objectives. It includes system requirement analysis, application customization, and assisting with software updates. It also involves mentoring junior engineers, ensuring quality with Quality Assurance, and providing technical leadership on routine projects. The job is also responsible for conducting training for application users. Job Description Responsibilities:
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and integrate innovative software solutions that align with business needs
- Conducting analysis of system requirements and the customization of applications to ensure optimal functionality
- Assisting with the software update process for existing applications and roll-outs of software releases
- Mentoring junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and shared knowledge within the team
- Engaging with Quality Assurance to verify that software meets technical specifications and delivering high-quality, reliable applications
- Troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues in software applications and systems
- Synthesizing market research and industry trends to inform project strategies and enhance product offerings
- Conducting training sessions for operational staff to ensure effective use of internally developed applications
- Consistent exercise of independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
- Regular, consistent and punctual attendance. Must be able to work nights and weekends, variable schedule(s) as necessary.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Employees at all levels are expected to:• Understand our Operating Principles; make them the guidelines for how you do your job.
- Own the customer experience think and act in ways that put our customers first, give them seamless digital options at every touchpoint, and make them promoters of our products and services.
- Know your stuff be enthusiastic learners, users and advocates of our game-changing technology, products and services, especially our digital tools and experiences.
- Win as a team make big things happen by working together and being open to new ideas.
- Be an active part of the Net Promoter System a way of working that brings more employee and customer feedback into the company by joining huddles, making call backs and helping us elevate opportunities to do better for our customers.
- Drive results and growth.
- Support a culture of inclusion in how you work and lead.
- Do what's right for each other, our customers, investors and our communities.
Disclaimer: This information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications.
Skills C++ Programming Language, Go Programming Language, Kubernetes, Linux Programming
Compensation Virginia Pay Range: $120,212.52 - $180,318.78
Comcast intends to offer the selected candidate base pay within this range, dependent on job-related, non-discriminatory factors such as experience. The application window is 30 days from the date job is posted, unless the number of applicants requires it to close sooner or later.
Base pay is one part of the Total Rewards that Comcast provides to compensate and recognize employees for their work. Most sales positions are eligible for a Commission under the terms of an applicable plan, while most non-sales positions are eligible for a Bonus. Additionally, Comcast provides best-in-class Benefits to eligible employees. We believe that benefits should connect you to the support you need when it matters most, and should help you care for those who matter most. That’s why we provide an array of options, expert guidance and always-on tools, that are personalized to meet the needs of your reality – to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. Please visit the compensation and benefits summary on our careers site for more details.
Education Bachelor's Degree
While possessing the stated degree is preferred, Comcast also may consider applicants who hold some combination of coursework and experience, or who have extensive related professional experience. Certifications (if applicable)
Relevant Work Experience 5-7 Years
Comcast is an equal opportunity workplace. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 39,793 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$120–180K/yr
- Virginia median$125–201K/yr1,653 salary ranges
- US median$133–215K/yr31,851 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $150K, is 9% below the Virginia median midpoint ($165K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,957 open Software Engineer jobs in Virginia and 39,793 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Capital One205 open
- Amazon136 open
- Deloitte104 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (32,749 postings).
- Education
- 12,440 of the 39,793 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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