Javascript Software Engineer - Web

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

Welcome to Peacock, the dynamic new streaming service from NBCUniversal. Here you’ll find more than a job. You’ll find a fast-paced, high-performance team of incredible colleagues that want to be at the epicenter of technology, sports, news, tv, movies and more. We work hard to connect people to what they love, each other and the world around them by creating shared experiences through culture-defining entertainment.  

As a company, we embrace the power of difference. Our team is committed to creating an organization that champions diversity and inclusivity for all by curating content and a workforce that represents the world around us.  We continue to challenge ourselves and the industry by being customer-centric, data-driven creatures of innovation. At Peacock, we are determined to forge the next frontier of streaming through creativity, teamwork, and talent.  

Essential Responsibilities

• Join a team of Web developers building world-class streaming video apps
• Deliver working features at the end of every sprint
• Build performant and scalable streaming apps for responsive web and living room platforms
• Design and Implement new features for NBC Entertainment’s HTML5/Javascript based streaming video apps
• Triage and fix bugs
• Design and Implement beautiful adaptive UIs in clean codebase and best practices
• Foster the use of software design patterns for the team
• Contribute to the app build process and CI/CD flow
• Participate in code reviews
• Collaborate with product and project team members to ensure timely delivery of quality releases
• Contribute to planning and assignment of development tasks for the team
• Provide feedback and coaching for software engineers

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a javascript developer web application released to the public.  Working knowledge of asynchronous programming, types, and ES6.
• Proven experience working in Agile software methodology
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or applicable work experience
• 2+ years experience developing, releasing, and maintaining consumer facing web sites with HTML5/Javascript, React/Redux, NextJS
• Experience working with responsive design.
• Experience in creating and developing against RESTful, SOAP web services, and GraphQL
• Strong CS fundamentals, troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills
• Familiarity with :
  • web accessibility and performance best practices.
  • security guidelines and secure coding practices
  • CI/CD build and deployment practices
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain issues clearly to non-technical stakeholders
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment

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: $110,000 -  $160,000

Additional Information

NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair C