Senior Software Engineer

Company Description

NBCUniversal owns and operates over 20 different businesses across 30 countries including a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, world-renowned theme parks and a premium ad-supported streaming service. 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. We strive to foster a diverse and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. We believe that our workforce should represent the communities we live in, so that together, we can continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world. Click here to learn more about Comcast NBCUniversal’s commitment and how we are making an impact.

Job Description

This is an opportunity to play a critical role in the digital evolution of the NBCUniversal News Group across our entire news portfolio.

As a Software Engineer, you will partner with the Product, Operations, Design, and Editorial teams to bring NBC News Digital content to life. You will be a significant influence on our product roadmap, bringing a technical and strategic perspective. You will work alongside fellow inspired developers in a fast-paced environment using technologies including serverless, golang, node, mongo, and GraphQL to help shape the future of digital news.

Your contributions will benefit partnerships throughout the NBCUniversal News Group Digital Organization and platforms. You will partner with some of the leading brands today in pop culture and lifestyle and bring their product visions to life.

This role will report into the Manager of Engineering, Platform Partnerships. 

Job Description

• Build, test, review, and ship software for our platforms, including our suite of APIs and microservices, and editorial tools.
• Collaborate on the design of system architecture, data models, data flows, schemas and API contracts. 
• Contribute to the learning and adoption of best practices and tools for modern web application development.
• Participate in gathering technical requirements and defining the best approaches for new product development.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, or equivalent industry experience
• 3+ years of development experience using Java with Spring Boot or GoLang
• 2+ years of experience with database technologies including MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Elastic Search Cassandra, and DynamoDB.
• 1+ years of experience w/ NodeJS.  
• Rich understanding of RESTful based services
• Experience with cloud frameworks, preferably AWS
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in person, team chat, email and meetings
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and methodologies such as junit, Mockito, and Jest or MochaJS.
• Experience with GraphQL
• Experience with serverless technologies such as lambda.
• Understanding of object-oriented design patterns.  (With a focus on the Gang of Four design patterns)
• Web development experience.  (React a plus)
• Desire to both learn and teach new concepts as part of a team.

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: $135,000 - $140,000.

Additional Information

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