Job DescriptionThe Media Group at NBCU supports a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, NBC Sports, and NBCU International. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We're always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we're backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.
About the roleAs our Software Engineer, you'll join the Content Delivery Engineering team (CDE) within NBCUniversal's Global Video Engineering organization in New York City, USA. Your mission is to get involved with delivering outstanding VOD, live event, and linear streaming experiences to millions of viewers across our US, UK and EU services - including Peacock, SkyShowtime, NOW & WOW.
You'll collaborate daily with colleagues across the US, UK and beyond - excellent communication skills are essential. Our team specializes in large-scale Multi-Content Delivery Network design and operations, performance telemetry and analytics, selection & interfacing with content origins via multiple workflows - dynamic ad insertion, manifest manipulation and integrating new player technologies.
Responsibilities- Develop & maintain new and existing software systems & features as a Go and/or Python specialist, with projects primarily aligned to video content delivery at scale.
- Ensure a consistent, diligent approach to peer review of code and configuration change within sensible, maintained repository structures and CI/CD pipelined deployment.
- Author design documents and collaborate with peers and stakeholders through design and code reviews to ensure best practice.
- Working closely with our SRE team to ensure deployed systems are reliable, resilient, scalable, and perform optimally, using common, modern technologies.
- Make best use of our observability systems & advanced analytics to surface issues, drive diagnosis and improvements.
- Effectively handle multiple priorities ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results in a fast-paced, agile environment.
Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field is required.
- 3+ years of experience in software development, with expertise in Go and/or Python.
- Proficiency with deploying software to cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) using containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Skilled with using software repositories, CI/CD pipelines and test automation.
- Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices for ensuring scalability and reliability in cloud environments.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies, eg scrum and kanban.
- A flair for communicating clearly via design document, text, voice and code to a wide variety of nationalities.
- Knowledge and/or production exposure to using CDNs to deliver streaming media is advantageous or full training can be provided.
- Experience with AI tooling for code creation, reviews, testing and related software development workflows
Hybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.
This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $105,000 - $145,000.
Additional InformationAs part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision.
