Comcast

Lead Software Engineer (AI) - Onsite - Reston, VA - Freewheel

Comcast$130K — $160K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in software engineering with a strong focus on AI/ML systems in production
  • Proficient in Python; experience in Go is a plus
  • Experience with deploying AI-based applications in production
  • Knowledge of distributed systems and real-time inference architectures
  • Familiarity with AI domains such as NLP and recommendation systems
  • Understanding of model lifecycle practices including evaluation and retraining
  • Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and implementation of AI-enabled product capabilities
  • Integrate new systems with existing infrastructure for scalability and security
  • Mentor team members and promote knowledge sharing
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams for application integration
  • Participate in design sprints and prototyping sessions
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation for all development activities
  • Monitor application performance and use data for enhancements

Benefits

  • Personalized benefits that cater to physical, financial, and emotional needs
  • Expert guidance and tools available for major life milestones
  • Support for work-life balance through flexible schedules and a culture of inclusion
  • Opportunities for ongoing professional development and mentorship
Full Job Description
Job Summary
This job leads the design and delivery of AI-enabled product capabilities that bring agentic workflows, intelligent automation, and practical decision support into FreeWheel's applications. It helps create reusable patterns and scalable solutions that allow teams to apply AI consistently across products, business workflows, and customer-facing experiences while ensuring those capabilities are reliable, useful, and maintainable. The role is pivotal in driving product innovation, cross-functional alignment, and the ongoing improvement of AI capabilities that support FreeWheel's business and product objectives.

Job Description

Preferred Qualifications
  • 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with strong focus on AI/ML systems in production
  • Strong programming skills in Python (Go a plus)
  • Experience building and deploying Agents or LLM-based applications into production environments
  • Experience with distributed systems and real-time inference architectures
  • Knowledge of core AI domains such as NLP, recommendation systems, or time series modeling
  • Experience with model lifecycle practices (evaluation, monitoring, retraining, and iteration)
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and AI tooling ecosystems
  • Ability to translate business problems into scalable AI solutions and drive implementation end-to-end

Job Description
  • Creating, enabling, and driving innovation by bringing agentic workflows and AI capabilities into FreeWheel's applications, helping teams unlock new ways to automate work, improve decision-making, and deliver more intelligent product experiences.
  • Leading the design and development of AI-enabled product capabilities, including services and workflows that help teams deliver practical insights and automation.
  • Ensuring AI features are reliable, useful, and maintainable as they move from development into customer-facing products.
  • Establishing reusable patterns that help teams apply AI capabilities consistently across applications and business workflows.
  • Designing and delivering AI solutions that meet product and business requirements across modern cloud-based environments.
  • Understanding how AI capabilities connect across products and services so teams can troubleshoot issues, assess impact, and improve outcomes.
  • Partnering with product, data, and other engineering teams to clarify business problems and turn them into scalable AI-enabled solutions.
  • Improving performance, responsiveness, cost, and scalability for AI-powered features.
  • Contributing to technical decisions that shape how AI capabilities are built, evaluated, and improved over time.
  • Leading major technical initiatives and collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality product outcomes.
  • Mentoring engineers on practical AI development, system design, and production-quality engineering practices.
  • 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.

Responsibilities:
  • Leading the development and implementation of innovative software and web applications, ensuring they align with business objectives and user requirements
  • Integrating new systems seamlessly with existing infrastructure, focusing on scalability, security, and continuous performance improvement
  • Mentoring team members and providing technical training, fostering a collaborative environment for knowledge sharing and professional growth
  • Collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure successful application integration, advocating for best practices in software development
  • Participating in or leading peer programming sessions, design sprints, or prototyping sessions
  • Driving the creation, maintenance, and accessibility of comprehensive documentation for all development activities
  • Monitoring application performance metrics rigorously, utilizing data to guide enhancements and ensure delivery aligns with project goals
  • Providing expert technical advice and support to internal stakeholders and external partners, effectively communicating complex concepts
  • Collaborating with the Quality Assurance team to confirm applications meet rigorous testing standards and fulfil technical requirements
  • 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
AI Agents, Mentorship, Software Engineering, Technical Requirements

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 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
10 Years +

About Comcast

FreeWheel manages the economics of content for the enterprise class of entertainment, offering technical infrastructure for revenue rights management and business operations, wrapped in advisory services. They offer advertising sales rights, display, video, mobile ad management, contract management, professional content, ad serving, reporting, analytics, technology, services, advisory services, business operations, programmatic advertising, advertising marketplace, and linear, and online advertising.

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31,000 employees
Market Cap
$149.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
$10.5 billion
Founded
1963
5 Year Trend
+7.6%
Revenue
$103.5 billion
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