Software Engineer, VOD

NBCUniversal•New York, NY

13d•$105,000 - $155,000•Hybrid

About The Position

NBCUniversal is looking for a Software Engineer to join the VOD Engineering team, responsible for building and evolving large-scale media processing systems. This is a high-impact, hands-on role focused on designing, building, and operating distributed systems that power the ingestion, processing, and delivery of video content at scale. The ideal candidate is not afraid to take ownership, proactively identify improvements, and build systems that are reliable, performant, and scalable in real-world conditions.

Requirements

Hands-on experience building, operating, and improving media pipelines at scale
Experience designing, deploying, and evolving distributed systems in production
Fluency in Python, plus proficiency in Go, C++, and/or Rust
Experience with performance optimization, observability, and reliability engineering for large-scale platforms
Experience working with Unix-based environments, source control, and production software development workflows
Ownership mindset, with the ability to identify problems, drive solutions, and turn business needs into scalable technical systems
Comfort working in agent-assisted development workflows, using AI tools to accelerate implementation, iterate on solutions, and produce production-quality pull requests

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
Min 2 years of experience in engineering, software architecture and design
Familiarity with video compression concepts, including inter-frame encoding concepts
Familiarity with container, transport, and multiplexing formats used in media workflows, plus exposure to FFmpeg, x264, and x265
Experience with machine learning, computer vision, or media analysis systems
Experience with open-source projects, experimentation, and pushing systems beyond the obvious solution

Responsibilities

Design, build, and continuously improve scalable media pipelines for processing, transforming, and delivering large-volume media content.
Implement and productionize core algorithms for media analysis, computer vision, or machine learning workloads where they can materially improve the platform.
Build distributed systems and services that raise the bar on reliability, performance, observability, and operational scale.
Partner across engineering and product to identify problems and opportunities early, then turn them into technical design, milestones, and execution plans.
Bring a builder’s mindset to day-to-day engineering, using strong judgment, modern tooling, and pragmatic execution to move systems forward.
Troubleshoots issues arising in the VOD pipeline.
Configures encoding of video, audio and subtitles for delivery across various platforms/devices.
Research new technologies in the media space and conduct POCs.
Collaborates with Operations, player and client teams to drive innovation and improvements in video delivery.