Software Engineer

The Media Group at NBCU supports a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, NBC Sports, and NBCU International. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We’re always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we’re backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive. About the role As our Software Engineer, you’ll join the Content Delivery Engineering team (CDE) within NBCUniversal’s Global Video Engineering organization in New York City, USA. Your mission is to get involved with delivering outstanding VOD, live event, and linear streaming experiences to millions of viewers across our US, UK and EU services - including Peacock, SkyShowtime, NOW & WOW. You’ll collaborate daily with colleagues across the US, UK and beyond – excellent communication skills are essential. Our team specializes in large-scale Multi-Content Delivery Network design and operations, performance telemetry and analytics, selection & interfacing with content origins via multiple workflows - dynamic ad insertion, manifest manipulation and integrating new player technologies. 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.