Sr. Software Engineer

NBCUniversal is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. We create world‑class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad‑supported streaming service.

We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, Dream Works Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry‑leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood.

NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

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.

As our Senior 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 and be responsible for systems delivering high‑quality streaming for millions of viewers of VOD, live event, and linear streaming content across our US, UK, EU, and Africa services – including Peacock, Sky Showtime, Showmax, and 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.

• Design, develop & maintain new and existing software systems & features primarily in Go (Golang) with projects aligned to video content delivery at scale, with a focus on reliability, testability and ease of use.
• Ensure a consistent, diligent approach to peer review of code and configuration change within sensible, maintained repository structures and CI/CD pipelined deployment.
• Participate in, or lead design reviews, architectural discussions and team knowledge‑sharing sessions with peers and stakeholders.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies, industry best practices, ensuring compliance and driving innovation within the organization.
• Work 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 develop fixes.
• Ensure compliance with software development standards, processes and best practices.
• Ability to thrive and effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced, dynamic work environment.
• Contribute to an inclusive, supportive and collaborative team culture.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field is required.
• 5+ years of experience in software development, with expertise in Go (Golang) and/or Python.
• Proficiency with…