Software Engineer

NBCUniversal•Stamford, CT

7h•$105,000 - $145,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Software Engineer, you will join the Content Delivery Engineering (CDE) team within NBCUniversal’s Global Video Engineering organization in New York City, USA. Your primary mission will be to deliver outstanding VOD, live event, and linear streaming experiences to millions of viewers across various services including Peacock, SkyShowtime, NOW & WOW in the US, UK, and EU. The role involves daily collaboration with international colleagues, requiring excellent communication skills. The team specializes in large-scale Multi-Content Delivery Network design and operations, performance telemetry and analytics, content origin selection and interfacing via multiple workflows, dynamic ad insertion, manifest manipulation, and integrating new player technologies.

Requirements

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.

Nice To Haves

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

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.