Manager, Engineering, CNBC Web & Make It

Company Description

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 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. 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. Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company (‘Versant’) comprised of most of NBCUniversal’s cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, Golf Now, Golf Pass, and Sports Engine.

The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Engineering Manager to guide the technical direction of the CNBC Web & Make It engineering team. This individual will blend strategic thinking, strong hands‑on development skills, and mentoring capabilities to drive technical excellence and innovation across our platforms. The Engineering Manager will serve as both a contributor and a coordinator‑ensuring that architectural standards, team alignment, and engineering best practices are upheld while continuously delivering value to our audience.

• Drive technical excellence and innovation across the team and product ecosystem
• Lead architecture and system integration efforts to ensure scalable, performant, and secure solutions
• Define and evolve platform direction, architectural patterns, and best practices
• Spearhead technical spikes and experiments, evaluating emerging technologies and frameworks

• Provide technical mentorship and foster continuous learning and development
• Lead code reviews and offer thoughtful, constructive feedback
• Deliver system design presentations and promote knowledge-sharing
• Ensure alignment across engineering managers and tech leads for platform consistency and interoperability

• Contribute to the codebase depending on project needs
• Lead by example with high‑quality, maintainable code and strong development practices

• Engage in technical capacity planning to support scalability and growth
• Own system SLAs, metrics, and observability to ensure platform reliability
• Serve as the escalation point for production issues and lead cross‑functional incident responses
• Collaborate on roadmap planning to align technical strategy with business objectives

• Continuously improve development processes to enhance efficiency and quality
• Champion team visibility by highlighting accomplishments and technical contributions
• Support delivery coordination and people management when needed

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 7 years of professional software development experience, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership role
• Proven experience designing and integrating large‑scale distributed systems
• Deep understanding of software development best practices including testing, CI/CD, observability, and performance optimization
• Demonstrated ability to lead through,…