Python Engineer (Snowflake)- 2 Days Onsite - Chicago, IL - FreeWheel
About The Position
FreeWheel’s mission is to build great advertising software. We offer the most extensible and transparent advertising buying platform in the world, operating at a massive global scale. We don’t just operate a Demand Side Platform (DSP) – we are the platform that powers hundreds of DSPs! As a result, we process trillions of transactions to satisfy millions of dollars’ worth of advertising campaigns every month. Our employees enjoy a culture of transparency and one with many challenging problems to solve. We value moving fast, building high-quality reliable software, and supporting each other in the service of driving success for our customers’ businesses. FreeWheel is looking for a Python Software Engineer to join our Buyercloud (formerly Beeswax) Ad Serving team. The Ad Serving system is the backbone of the Buyercloud platform. It listens to billions of ad auctions per day, decides which of our hundreds of customers should participate, and executes complex bidding strategies to provide optimal results, in milliseconds.
Requirements
- Proficient in Python, with strong programming and debugging skills.
- Proficient with Snowflake
- Experience designing and maintaining data pipelines and ETL workflows.
- Familiarity with distributed systems, relational databases, and NoSQL technologies.
- Skilled in using monitoring and automation tools.
- Comfortable with CI/CD pipelines and containerization tools.
- Communication: Speak, listen, and write in a clear, thorough, and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques. Be transparent.
- Organization: Set priorities, track work, be transparent.
- Analyze: Effective at looking at data to inform an approach or decision.
- Creativity: Develop new and unique ways to improve operations of the organization and to create new opportunities.
- Solve Problems: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, generate possible solutions, and make recommendations and/or resolve the problem.
Nice To Haves
- Ad Tech and / or AI experience is a plus
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines for both real-time and batch processing.
- Build and enhance backend systems and APIs that integrate with analytics platforms.
- Create automation tools and monitoring solutions to support troubleshooting and operational efficiency.
- Ensure data quality, reliability, and system performance.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into robust technical solutions.
- Optimize code and workflows for performance and maintainability.
- Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including code reviews, testing, deployment, and ongoing support.
- Document systems, processes, and best 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.
Benefits
- Best-in-class Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
