Sr Software Engineer, Content Services

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, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. 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.

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Content Services team, you will play a critical role in building and evolving the core backend services that power NBCUniversal’s digital experiences across web, mobile, and OTT platforms. These services manage and deliver digital content—articles, video metadata, editorial data, and more—at scale and in real time.

You’ll work on high-performance, reliable APIs built using Java, Go, GraphQL, and REST, ensuring robust content delivery systems that are foundational to our digital products. You’ll collaborate with product managers, designers, SREs, and other engineers to build software that is efficient, scalable, and easy to maintain.

You will contribute not only through strong code, but also through mentorship, architectural input, and a commitment to engineering excellence and team growth.

What We Value

Senior Software Engineers at NBCUniversal go beyond writing code. They mentor their teams, influence technical direction, and contribute to a culture of quality and innovation. They partner across functions to deliver systems that meet the evolving needs of our users, ensuring everything we build is reliable, scalable, and aligned with business priorities.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

Leadership

• Partner with product, analytics, and design to define clear, practical requirements
• Mentor junior engineers through design and code reviews, pairing, and onboarding
• Promote engineering best practices across the team
• Identify and solve systemic team issues that impact productivity or quality
• Participate in and help guide conversations around technical direction and media industry trends
• Champion a user-first mindset, advocating for solutions that enhance content performance and editorial experience

Technical

• Design and deliver end-to-end services that handle digital content such as articles, video metadata, and editorial assets
• Build and maintain APIs using Java, Go, GraphQL, and REST
• Ensure systems are scalable, performant, and secure under real-world traffic and constraints
• Promote test coverage, code quality, and secure development practices
• Drive adoption of reusable patterns and help evolve platform capabilities
• Debug, profile, and optimize across multiple layers of the stack
• Participate in RFCs and provide thought leadership on service architecture and API design
• Collaborate with SREs to ensure services are observable and production-ready

Delivery

• Scope large initiatives and epics; break down complex problems into actionable tasks
• Proactively communicate risks, timelines, and blockers
• Balance competing priorities from editorial, product, and platform teams
• Support the team in achieving realistic delivery timelines while maintaining code quality and sustainable velocity

Communication & Collaboration

• Partner across content, video, data, an