Senior Manager, Engineering, Video Platform

NBCUniversal-posted 4 months ago

$185,000 - $215,000/Yr

Full-time • Senior

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

5,001-10,000 employees

Broadcasting and Content Providers

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We are seeking a strategic and technically adept Senior Manager to lead our Video Platform team. This team is at the heart of our streaming media experience, responsible for building and scaling the core video infrastructure that powers content delivery to millions of users globally. You will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our video technology stack, ensuring high performance, reliability, and innovation across our platform. This role requires close collaboration with product and engineering teams across Web, Mobile, and OTT platforms to ensure our customers enjoy a seamless and high-quality video experience. You should bring strong hands-on experience with video players and playback technologies.

Lead and mentor a team of engineers and technical leads focused on video encoding, packaging, playback, and delivery
Define and execute the roadmap for the video platform in alignment with product and business goals
Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Operations, Content, and platform engineering teams (Web, Mobile, OTT) to deliver seamless video experiences across all surfaces
Oversee the design, development, and optimization of video workflows, including both live and on-demand streaming
Ensure scalability, low latency, and high availability of the video platform
Stay ahead of industry trends in video codecs, streaming protocols (HLS, DASH), DRM, and CDN technologies
Provide leadership on client-side and server-side ad delivery implementations (CSAI, SSAI, DAI)
Drive player integration strategies and collaborate with platform teams on customization, feature rollout, and performance optimization across devices
Continuously improve video quality, startup time, buffering, and playback reliability across platforms
Establish KPIs and implement monitoring tools to measure platform performance and user experience
Manage vendor relationships and assess third-party tools and services
Identify and resolve complex playback, performance, and integration issues across the video stack
Promote experimentation and data-driven iteration to improve quality of service (QoS) metrics

8+ years of experience in video engineering or streaming media, with at least 5 years in a leadership role
Strong understanding of video encoding/transcoding, adaptive bitrate streaming, and content protection
Hands-on experience with video players (e.g., JWPlayer, VideoJS, Shaka, ExoPlayer, AVPlayer), analytics tools (Adobe, Comscore) and QoS (Conviva)
Experience with cloud-based video workflows, including AWS Media Services and GCP
Demonstrated success managing high-performing technical teams and driving cross-functional execution
Strong collaboration and communication skills with experience working across platform teams (Web, Mobile, OTT)

Experience with live streaming at scale
Knowledge of machine learning applications in video quality optimization
Contributions to open-source video projects or participation in standards organizations

Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, plus daily group classes
Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials plus soup and salad bars
Free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken, and Jersey City
Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week
Company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks

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