Software Engineer, Content APIs

NBCUniversal•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We're looking for a Software Engineer to join the Content APIs team, building the backend services that power NBCUniversal's digital products and content experiences. You'll develop and maintain APIs, backend services, and cloud-native applications while collaborating with experienced engineers. This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer early in their career who is eager to learn modern backend technologies, distributed systems, and cloud-native development. You'll contribute to production systems, participate in code reviews, and grow your technical skills while helping deliver reliable, scalable services. We embrace modern AI-assisted software development practices. You'll be encouraged to use AI coding assistants and other developer productivity tools to accelerate implementation, improve code quality, explore solutions, and continuously learn, while applying sound engineering judgment to ensure reliability, security, and maintainability.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
2+ years of software engineering experience (internships welcome).
Experience with at least one language such as Golang, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, or Python.
Basic understanding of backend development and REST or GraphQL APIs.
Familiarity with Git, data structures, algorithms, and software engineering fundamentals.
Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
Curiosity and willingness to adopt AI-assisted development tools and workflows.
Ability to evaluate AI-generated code using sound engineering judgment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Golang, Node.js, or TypeScript.
Familiarity with GraphQL, AWS, MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD.
Experience using AI coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude, or similar tools.
Contributions to open-source or personal projects.
Interest in media technology and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

Develop, test, and maintain backend services and GraphQL APIs using Golang and Node.js.
Build new features and enhance existing microservices under the guidance of senior engineers.
Contribute to content ingestion pipelines and backend systems.
Work with MongoDB, Elasticsearch, and AWS services.
Implement and maintain cloud-native applications using AWS Lambda and related AWS services.
Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code.
Develop unit and integration tests.
Participate in code reviews.
Debug production issues and improve monitoring and CI/CD.
Leverage AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar technologies.
Validate AI-generated code for correctness, security, performance, and maintainability.
Use AI for implementation, testing, debugging, documentation, and code reviews.
Explore new AI-enabled engineering workflows.
Collaborate with engineering, product, QA, and DevOps teams.
Participate in agile ceremonies and technical discussions.
Learn engineering best practices and seek mentorship.
Contribute to a collaborative engineering culture.