Principal AdTech Architect

Comcast

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Work type
On-site
Location
Reston, VA
Salary
$153,841–$230,762 / yr
Posted
79 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Below market

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About Comcast

Comcast is an American telecommunications and media conglomerate, providing cable TV, internet, and phone services under the Xfinity brand, and owning NBCUniversal.

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TL;DR · Principal AdTech Architect

Principal AdTech Architect joins the Enterprise Architecture team to bridge the gap between Product and Engineering by translating market needs into scalable technical solutions for cloud-native platforms. This role involves creating solution blueprints, reference architectures, and roadmaps for systems including Streaming Hub, Programmatic Demand, Audience/Identity, Measurement, and Revenue Science. The architect will manage high-scale, low-latency distributed systems using Go, Java, or Scala, alongside gRPC, REST, Kafka, and NoSQL stores. Key responsibilities include overseeing Kubernetes environments, service meshes, and OpenTelemetry for observability while ensuring security through OAuth and OIDC. The role addresses complex ad tech challenges such as header bidding, supply-path optimization, and privacy-centric audience measurement. You will drive technical strategy to reduce debt and ensure seamless interoperability across buy-side and sell-side workflows within the premium video and CTV ecosystem.

What you'll do

  • Translate market and client requirements into end-to-end solution designs for ad tech platforms like SSPs and DSPs.
  • Create Solution Blueprints, Reference Architectures, and Architecture Decision Records to ensure system consistency and maintainability.
  • Develop product-aligned architecture roadmaps that balance immediate feature delivery with long-term technical debt reduction.
  • Provide hands-on design leadership for cloud-native systems focusing on reliability, security, observability, and cost efficiency.
  • Establish standards for data contracts, identity management, and programmatic interoperability across buy and sell side workflows.
  • Advise leadership on build versus buy strategies and conduct architecture reviews to de-risk technical implementations.
  • Review and approve solution designs produced by both internal teams and third-party suppliers.
  • Mentor engineers and architects while establishing common practices for seamless system integration.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of coursework and experience.
  • 15+ years of relevant work experience.
  • 10+ years in software architecture/engineering.
  • 5+ years leading distributed, high-scale, low-latency systems using Go, Java, Scala, gRPC, REST, Kafka, and NoSQL stores.
  • Experience designing or leading architectures for ad serving, SSP platforms, and DSP workflows.
  • Working knowledge of header bidding, OpenRTB, supply-path optimization, and identity/addressability (e.g., UID2, clean rooms).
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, service mesh, observability tools, and at least one major cloud provider.
  • Expertise in security and privacy patterns including OAuth/OIDC, tokenization, encryption, and FinOps.

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