Software Engineer

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Job Description

The 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.

As a member of the Global Video Engineering – Live team, you will play a key role in delivering the quality and reliability of the live encoding and packaging space, ensuring consistency and quality against KPI. You will build solutions, test integrations, document workflows, assist in deployments, and monitor performance, working with the technical operations group and other technical teams to ensure consistent 24x7 monitoring. You will work closely with key vendors, developing solutions side by side, and you will embrace diversity as part of an inclusive and flexible workplace.

Primarily you will:

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance software systems and features, primarily using Go, to support large-scale video streaming platforms such as Peacock and NOW/WOW.
• Build and maintain live and linear video streaming pipelines using in-house and third-party tools, focusing on video encoding, packaging, and content delivery.
• Support live events and linear channels, helping ensure reliable and high-quality streaming experiences.
• Collaborate with Engineering Managers and Principal Engineers to develop solutions that improve video delivery and enhance audio and video quality.
• Work closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to build reliable, scalable, and resilient services across multiple regions.
• Monitor system performance using metrics, logs, and traces to identify issues, troubleshoot problems, and improve service reliability.
• Manage and maintain cloud-based services and content delivery systems.
• Continuously improve code quality, system performance, and development processes.

What’s in it for you?

• Working for a well-known, globally leading Media Streaming organization
• Exposure to high-level business professionals in a variety of departments and geographic locations
• Opportunity to work and grow your career in fast-paced environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• 5+ years’ experience in software development and web technologies.
• Proficiency with languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript
• Experience in building real-time, large-scale, low latency distributed systems
• Understands CI/CD pipelines and large-scale deployment
• Deep understanding of OO Design Principles and Patterns.
• Embrace open-source technologies
• Technical experience with cloud-based technologies, specifically within architecture/infrastructure (AWS)
• Understanding of TDD, ATDD and BDD and approaches
• Understanding of containerization as it relates to Cloud (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Key understanding of technology principles and work methods (Agile, Scrum, etc.)

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. Salary range: $105,000 - $145,000

Additional Information

As 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. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.