Sr. Software Engineer

Our Media Group 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.Meet Peacock, NBCUniversal’s new, wildly entertaining streaming service that combines timeless shows and movies with timely news, sports and pop-culture.​We’re growing our team of smart, hungry, and upbeat doers who crave the chance to build something new at the epicenter of content, tech, and culture.The Peacock Sports & Entertainment group is looking to add a software engineer to the team of engineers to deliver high-quality user experiences across the NBC branded websites and apps. You will become a part of a team that builds and supports sites and services for both web and mobile, delivering content to millions of users.The Peacock Sports & Entertainment team builds dynamic applications using cutting-edge technology to deliver performant applications, focusing on user experience. We are looking for a dynamic team player who is an owner, accountable and passionate about technology. You will be working on high-visibility applications serving millions of users for industry-leading sporting and entertainment events, such as the Super Bowl, Olympics, Saturday Night Live and America’s Got Talent. If you relish having your efforts on display for millions of users - this is your opportunity.You will have a leading role, influencing API development, architecture, while optimizing performance, scale, and resiliency. Every member of the team works with a wide degree of creativity and latitude. What the team doesCreates and maintains services delivering under load for high traffic sites and applications across the branded NBC Universal ecosystem.Builds and extends Content management systems, APIs, microservices, and machine learning subsystems that integrate to display rendered data with personalized services for our users.Collaborates with product and other internal teams to drive innovation and improvements across the stack, including video delivery and user experience.Explores new technology, pushing the quality and speed capabilities of the systems, running POCs, and balancing innovation with system performance and resiliency.Supports major consumer-facing live events, including Olympics, Super Bowl and other selected high-traffic events across NBC. ResponsibilitiesEngineer performant systems that power the end-user experiencesReview the code from other team members to ensure scalability and adherence to best practicesContinuously learn, improve, and optimise processes and ways of workingCollaborate both internally and externally across the broader technology organization to ensure sensible and consistent standards are defined and implemented.Build performant and scalable streaming apps for responsive web and living room platformsCollaborate with product and project team members to ensure timely delivery of quality releasesTriage and fix bugsProvide feedback and coaching for software engineers within and across teams