This role pays more than
62%
of similar roles. Most pay
$169,550–$250,250
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$227k
versus about
$210k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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.
Comcast currently has
84 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$137,369–$206,053
across 58 roles with salary data.
Principal Architect, Platform Architecture - FreeWheel serves as a senior technical leader within the Enterprise Architecture team to shape foundational technologies for building, deploying, and securing applications. This role involves developing platform architecture roadmaps, reference architectures, standards, and decision records while partnering with engineering teams to ensure scalable, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure. The architect will oversee cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, serverless technologies, databases, networking, observability, CI/CD, developer tooling, and secrets management. Key responsibilities include applying FinOps principles to analyze cloud spend, evaluating build versus buy options, and establishing paved roads to improve developer productivity. The role addresses complex technical challenges within the advertising technology domain by managing multi-cloud strategies, infrastructure modernization, and automation. Required expertise includes Kubernetes, cloud-native architecture, infrastructure automation, and large-scale distributed systems in sectors like AdTech or media technology.
What does a Architect earn?
Median $235750 from 31 postings across 17 companies.