Software Engineer

Company Description

We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

We are seeking a Software Engineer who will be an outstanding addition to our technology team. If you have the willingness to learn new technologies, share knowledge, learn from others, and help build a dev-ops culture of security by design, we’re looking for you. Our teams are innovative, collaborative, diverse, and are taking technology into the future. The right person for this role is passionate about building optimized systems for scalability, performance, reusability, and reliability. You would be participating in the ongoing development of container-deployed and serverless services in a mature Agile/Scrum shop working in two-week sprints.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or higher or combination of relevant education, experience, and training in Computer Science or a related field.
• 3+ years of relevant software development experience
• 2+ years of cloud application architecture and engineering (AWS a plus), with hands-on experience in cloud automation
• Experience in serverless and event-driven architecture and building RESTful web services
• Knowledge of modern programming languages (Java, Python, Go, NodeJS).
• Desire to lean in on a philosophy of security, resiliency, and privacy by design.
• Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and architecture patterns.
• Experience with modern build strategies, continuous integration, unit testing, static analysis, and automated integration tests required. Continuous delivery experience preferred.
• The ability to jump into a project and contribute immediately to both architecture and implementation
• The passion to strive for excellence

Desired Characteristics:

• Experience delivering software using an agile development process
• Able to define, document, and communicate front-end, middleware, and back-end architectures
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively connect with both business and technical teams
• Ability to write test plans and test cases, and to communicate bugs to engineers and other stakeholders
• Ability to understand development and testing needs for projects, design and maintain configurations of non-production and production environments to provide for those needs
• Knowledge and understanding of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), software development, and agile development/testing practices and methodologies
• Passion for content distribution and keeping up to date with emerging platforms & the latest technology trends
• Ability to work and participate in a team with an open and collaborative style of communications
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a cross-functional team

Additional Requirements:

• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $105,000 - $145,000

We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

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.

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