Sr. Scala Backend 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. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.

Job Description

The Sr. Scala Backend Engineer will report directly to the Director of Product Development and is responsible for developing world-class business applications to support the NBC Ad Sales organization. This role will work closely with product owners and other technology team members to plan, design, develop, deploy, maintain, and support a portfolio of custom-developed applications.

Responsibilities

• Active engagement in a cross-functional team to develop and maintain a portfolio of custom products/applications to support NBCU Ad Sales business
• Foster and maintain a culture of professional software engineering best practices including design & architecture standards, quality of deliverables, and code review practices
• Manages audits on code and documentation from developers
• Collaborate with Architects and Product/Project Managers to contribute to detailed project estimations, project statuses, and risk mitigation for technical deliverables
• Collaborate with a team of fellow engineers to design and develop features from inception to completion
• Participate in scrum ceremonies
• Perform peer code reviews
• Write high-quality code to meet customer requirements and create meaningful unit tests with a test-driven mindset
• Aligns with the team by following common standards for development tools/platforms/methodology/controls to ensure efficiency, quality, and consistency in application development
• Participating in technical discussions for evaluating new technologies/platforms/solutions to solve for complex technical/business requirements; influence overall architecture and technology decisions with the goal of simplifying/reducing technology sprawl

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience with Scala and Play framework
• Familiarity with RDMS and NoSQL databases: MongoDB, Cassandra, Teradata, Oracle, MySQL
• Good understanding of Object-Oriented programming methodology, Micro-services architecture, API, and related patterns
• Knowledge of authentication frameworks and security
• Experience with Automation testing
• Experience with Continuous Integration/Deployment (DevOps)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with using AWS (Lambda/Step functions, EMR, ECS, ECS/EKS)
• Minimum of 4 years of experience working in Agile environments
• Experience with Git/GitHub/GitLab
• Experience with Application Performance Tuning
• Experience integrating with third-party applications and data sources: 

Note: 

• This position will require work overtime and on weekends during key business cycles
• Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee’s residence.

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 - $155,000.

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 An