Software Engineer, iOS, Peacock

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

Our Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) portfolio is a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands, supported by media industry leaders, Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sky. When you join our team, you’ll work across our dynamic portfolio including Peacock, NOW, Fandango, SkyShowtime, Showmax, and TV Everywhere, powering streaming across more than 70 countries globally. And the evolution doesn’t stop there. 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 Core Video iOS Team plays a crucial role in making this happen. We build a video playback SDK which abstracts away all the complexities of DRM protected playback and download, analytics, and dynamic ad insertion so that our clients can focus on creating great user experiences. To achieve this wide array of functionality, while maintaining an easy to use interface, we value good coding practices, solid design patterns, and follow principles for sustainable technology solutions in an agile environment.

We’re always looking for the best ways to solve problems and we are looking for teammates who equally share our passion for problem solving. Peacock is off to a flying start and we are looking for passionate, pragmatic software engineers, who value the opportunity for growth and impact, to join us.

Responsibilities

• Write clean, concise, readable code that follows common design patterns and best engineering practices.
• Understand business needs and design quality software solutions that work well within the wider architecture.
• Ensure quality and confidence in software by writing effective automated unit tests.
• Raise the overall quality of engineering through code reviews, pair programming and other collaborative practices.
• Identify inefficiencies and make recommendations.
• Complete work with a conscientious attitude and good follow-through.
• Produce comprehensive, usable software documentation.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams, product, project, QA and content teams.
• Support client teams with integration of the SDK and assist in diagnosing issues.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years of experience building applications or SDK(s) on iOS/tvOS platforms.
• Strong understanding of software design and development principles.
• Extensive understanding of Swift and experience with Swift Package Manager.
• Solid background writing automated unit tests.
• Enthusiasm for building an iOS library that handles all aspects of video playback.
• Understanding of the multi-threading capabilities features in iOS/tvOS Foundation.
• Experience interacting with RESTful API and data formats like (JSON, XML...etc)
• Solid understanding of the full mobile development life cycle
• Experience using Source Control (Git)
• Work East Coast hours to allow sufficient overlap daily with European teammates

Desired Characteristics

• Experience with video-on-demand and/or linear video playback using AVPlayer.
• Self-motivated, productive, and works well even with/without formal structure.
• Enjoy collaborating with others, both inside and outside the team
• Previous experience in the media industry

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