Client Solutions Engineer - FreeWheel

London Source: WhatJobs

£75,000–£110,000

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

We seek an experienced, passionate, and highly motivated Client Solutions Engineer based in London to bring our technology to life each day, establishing and exemplifying best practices in product activation. Acting as a key technical expert in the execution of FreeWheel’s, and our clients’, most strategically important implementations, Solution Engineers are a key part of the Global Client Services organization tasked with illuminating client usage in support of improving FreeWheel’s offerings. Because of the broad purview, this team must communicate with customers and partners frequently, finding clever solutions to complex problems. Solutions Engineers are expected to draw upon their experience and creativity to ensure the success of FreeWheel’s most demanding client initiatives, often addressing requirements which have never before been asked of FreeWheel by our customers and sales prospects.

Job Description

As the hub of configuration design and product usage, this position is also tasked with developing and sharing best practices across FreeWheel and providing support to Client Services, standardizing proven solutions for the improvement of team performance, and acting as a trusted expert both internally and externally.

FreeWheel’s Global Client Services philosophy is based on establishing long-standing client relationships formulated foremost on trust.

As such, other key elements and duties of a successful Solutions Engineer include:

Develop and document business and technical solutions for client project execution
Execute standard ferature enablement and client onboardings
Assist in complex implementations, and clarify appropriate resolution paths for new or unclear use cases working with Senior and Lead SEs
Provides timely, technical support and problem resolution for escalated field service questions from support team
Act as primary liaison between the client, account team, engineering and product management teams, providing guidance and feedback on product usage and gaps or needs
Provide advice to Marketing, Product Marketing and Revenue Development on “story”, materials, and product features
Provide primary technical expertise in FreeWheel’s most highly strategic pre-sales efforts in case a prospect needs deep technical insight into FreeWheel’s technology
Provide training to our internal teams, and occasionally to our clients

About You

BA/BS degree and experience with video technologies and/or online advertising a plus
Willing and able to be extremely “hands-on”, in both technical and non-technical aspects when dealing with clients and teammates
You have strong communication skills – this position requires significant amount of client interaction. Being a Solutions Engineer is all about explaining how the technology solves the business problem. You should be able to do this well, to any audience; from developers to executives, in a way that both communicates value and achieves the desired results.
You have solid skills with web/mobile technologies: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, ActionScript 3, Objective C, XML, etc. The more the better.
You should have working knowledge of database structures and SQL
You think creatively and solve problems actively. This is not a position where requirements or solutions will be spoon fed to the team.
Experience in programmatic ad serving (DSP/SSP) is a plus

In Addition, We Highly Value Individuals Who Are

Incredibly smart and excited about learning…
…but are ego-free and know when to seek guidance or input
Self-motivated, comfortable working independently, and thrive in a small company
Optimistic with a strong sense of humor
Genuinely intrigued by the opportunity to help reshape television as we know it

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.

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.