Staff 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

The Staff Software Engineer will report directly to Sr. Director, Product Development, and is responsible for developing world-class business applications to support the NBC Ad Sales organization. This role will work closely with product owners and other technology team members to plan, design, develop, deploy, maintain, and support a portfolio of custom-developed applications.

Responsibilities:

• Active engagement in a cross-functional team to develop and maintain a portfolio of custom products/applications to support NBCU Ad Sales business
• Foster and maintain a culture of professional software engineering best practices including design & architecture standards, quality of deliverables, and code review practices
• Work with and mentor a team of developers, enforcing architectural standards and best practices
• Monitors and evaluates the performance of under-assigned and business processes to assist in streamlining tasks and initiating new or revised workflows
• Manages audits on code and documentation from developers
• Collaborate with Architects and immediate manager to work on POCs, spikes and prepare project estimations and risk mitigation for technical deliverables
• Collaborate with a team of fellow engineers to design and develop features from inception to completion
• Write high-quality code to meet customer requirements and create meaningful unit tests with test driven mindset
• Ensures that the team follows standards for development tools/platforms/methodology/controls to ensure efficiency, quality and consistency in application development
• Participating in technical discussions for evaluating new technologies/platforms/solutions to solve for complex technical/business requirements; influence overall architecture and technology decisions with the goal of simplifying/reducing technology sprawl
• Develop and enhance the AdSales DevOps Pipelines including its infrastructure both On-Prem and AWS to support Gitlab, Docker Swarm, Kafka, and Jenkins
• Assist with and address where applicable production support issues
• Perform application deployments off business hours or over the weekend (if required) either independently or with a team of developers

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience working with TIBCO
• 5+ years of experience with Java or Scala
• 5+ years of experience with standing up and managing infrastructure On-Prem and AWS to support Docker Swarm, Kafka and Jenkins along with necessary monitoring frameworks to ensure accurate alerting and monitoring
• 5+ years of experience in the AdSales media domain and familiar with Media Products like Operative One and Operative OnAir.
• 5+ years of experience working in Agile environments
• 3+ years of experience with Confluent Kafka and independently integrating its sink and source connectors
• Familiarity with using SpringBoot, Spring Cloud, Docker/Kubernetes, Kafka, Spark, Redis, MemCache, Node.js, ElasticSearch, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, AWS (Lambda/Step functions, EMR, ECS, ECS/EKS), JavaScript
• Familiarity with RDMS databases: Postgres, Oracle
• Good understanding of Object-Oriented programming methodology, Micro-services architecture, API, and related patterns 
• Knowledge of authentication frameworks and security
• Experience working with TIBCO Mashery and API Gateway
• Experience with Automation testing using tools like JUnit, ScalaTest
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment (DevOps)
• Experience with Github/Gitlab
• Experience with Application Performance Tuning
• Experience integrating with third-party applications and data sources

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: $130,000 - $155,000 (bonus eligible)

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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