Manager, Software Engineering - NBC Sports Next

Company Description

Job Description

The NBC Sports Next Youth and Recreational Sports group is currently seeking a manager of software engineering to work with and lead a team of other software engineers to deliver projects and systems critical to the NBC Sports Next business. You will take part in product strategy, establish project plans, and work with engineering teams across NBC Sports Next to further our product vision, improve our engineering practices, and enhance the safety experience for youth and recreational sports.

Job Duties

• Lead and inspire the engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Promote diversity and inclusion within the team, creating an environment that welcomes different perspectives and encourages shared success.
• Contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance, and enhancement of highly reliable and secure services that support millions of users in cloud-hosted environments.
• Collaborate with software engineers during code reviews to ensure high-quality, scalable, and effective solutions.
• Drive strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment between engineering efforts and company goals. Work with Product Managers, Quality Engineers, and cross-functional teams to deliver user-centric software and outstanding customer experiences.
• Optimize development processes by implementing best practices and identifying opportunities for process improvements. Participate in Agile ceremonies, including standups, retrospectives, and planning sessions, to drive team efficiency.
• Diagnose and resolve production issues quickly, ensuring minimal disruption to users, while ensuring the scalability and performance of systems through collaboration with architects and senior engineers.
• Support career development by identifying growth opportunities, providing coaching on complex technical and design challenges, and encouraging learning and development for team members. Manage the development and growth of engineers by setting clear, achievable goals.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to ensure projects meet high standards of quality, reliability, and security, and are delivered on schedule.
• Provide timely, actionable feedback to team members using specific examples and metrics to ensure continuous improvement.
• Manage resources effectively by ensuring appropriate workload distribution and efficient use of the team’s capabilities.
• Contribute to recruitment efforts by identifying and hiring candidates who are the best fit for the team, ensuring alignment with the team's culture, needs, and long-term success, while actively working to remove obstacles to productivity.
• Lead strategic decision-making around technology choices and infrastructure by collaborating with lead and senior engineers to ensure systems are scalable, performant, and secure.
• Promote a culture of collaboration and engagement, encouraging open communication and teamwork to support a high-performing engineering environment.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a relevant discipline.
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience as a software engineer working in a back-end or full-stack capacity.
• Professional experience in Ruby on Rails, Typescript, Angular and building GraphQL APIs for external integrators.
• Experience managing a small to large team working on enterprise software, particularly leading back-end services and API integration projects.
• An understanding of current software design patterns and principles.
• 5 years of experience and understanding in computer science fundamentals including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithm design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Experience with a variety of data stores, including SQL/RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Git, source code control management, and branching strategies.
• Experience with designing and implementing APIs, microservices, and/or service-oriented architectures, with a focus on scalability, security, and usability for external partners.
• Working knowledge of common networking, infrastructure, and technical security fundamentals.
• Cloud experience with AWS and container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes in deploying and managing back-end services and APIs.

Desired Qualifications

• Deep passion for software development with a comprehensive understanding of the entire software life cycle, from design and architecture through development, testing, and delivery.
• Proven leadership experience with the ability to manage and grow engineering teams while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and innovative environment.
• Highly collaborative team player, motivated to succeed while helping others achieve their goals. Enthusiastic about learning, teaching, and mentoring, with a commitment to fostering growth within the engineering team.
• Eager to explore new technologies, continuously pushing the boundaries of knowledge, and open to new ideas and feedback to drive innovation.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment across teams.
• Experience with Agile methodologies, with a track record of successfully delivering projects on time.
• Open-minded and receptive to innovative approaches, ideas, and feedback.
• Analytical mindset, capable of troubleshooting complex issues and providing clear direction and solutions to the team.
• Proactive problem-solver who independently takes initiative to resolve issues effectively while anticipating potential challenges.
• Strong business acumen, ensuring technical decisions are aligned with broader company goals and strategy.

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.

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. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.

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