Software Engineer, VOD

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 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, DreamWorks 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. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.

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.

Job Description

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.

The VOD Engineering team is looking for a Software Engineer to join our engineering team responsible for building and supporting business critical video workflows, systems, and video-related cloud solutions.

What the VOD Workflows team does

• The Video On Demand (VOD) Workflows team is responsible for the automated media pipeline delivering VOD content to NBCUniversal’s streaming platforms
• Troubleshoots issues arising in the VOD workflow and during VOD Playback.
• Configures encoding of video, audio, and subtitles for delivery across various platforms/devices.
• Research new technologies and innovations in the stream media industry for use in our system
• Collaborates with Operations, Player, and Client teams to drive innovation and improvements in video delivery.

Role Responsibilities

• Work in a team and independently to build, deploy and support an automated, highly resilient VOD workflow system that provides content to NBCU streaming platforms.
• Use requirements and modeling to work with Product Owners to implement smart technology solutions and tools to deliver premium quality audio and video experiences.
• Continuously learn, improve, and optimize processes and ways of working.
• Manage and maintain cloud-based content delivery and services.
• Work closely with vendors and provide them with clear requirements, identify and address bugs.
• Work closely with the Media Engineering team to deploy changes to media processing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Experience working with web technologies, digital video workflow and operations, and digital video technology development
• 1-3 years of software development experience in Streaming Media VOD processing, Video (or other media) processing workflows, or similar ETL workflow systems
• Programming Languages: Go (required) Python (desired)
• Applied experience with cloud-based technologies, specifically within architecture/infrastructure (AWS)
• Key understanding of technology principles and work methods (Agile, Scrum, etc.)
• Strong quantitative, analytical, problem solving, debugging and decision-making skills.
• Ability to integrate into a large agile development project and manage rapid development cycles
• Being an analytic problem solver with a strong sense of autonomy, but with an open collaborative approach to getting the job done.
• Interest in promoting an inclusive team culture where engineers of diverse backgrounds can grow
• Committed to quality and detail in every assignment, large or small
• Transparency, selflessness and authenticity

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insu