Sr. Software Engineer

Qualifications
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain high-performance software systems and features-primarily in Go-used to deliver world-class video content at massive scale for brands like Peacock, SkyShowtime, Showmax, and NOW/WOW.
Build reliable, testable, and user-focused services supporting key streaming workflows, such as VOD, live events, linear channels, dynamic ad insertion, and manifest manipulation.
Participate in thoughtful and consistent code reviews that promote high code quality, clear architectural patterns, and healthy engineering culture.
Partner closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to architect systems that are highly available, resilient, performant, and fault-tolerant across multiple regions.
Leverage observability tooling (metrics, logs, traces) and performance analytics to detect issues proactively and drive fast, data-driven root-cause analysis.
Contribute to the design and evolution of multi-CDN strategies, routing logic, and origin workflows that ensure exceptional global streaming performance.
Collaborate daily with engineers across the US, UK, EU, and Africa-requiring clear communication and strong documentation skills.
Influence technical direction, system architecture, and best practices as a senior member of the Content Delivery Engineering team.

Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
3+ years of professional software engineering experience, including hands-on development in Go (preferred) or Python.
Experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) using containers and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Strong understanding of CI/CD workflows and experience using Git-based repositories, automated testing frameworks, and build pipelines.
Practical experience with Site Reliability Engineering concepts such as reliability targets (SLIs/SLOs), auto-scaling, distributed systems reliability, or incident response.
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to articulate design decisions and collaborate with distributed teams.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience working with CDNs (e.g., Akamai, CloudFront, Fastly, Cloudflare) or streaming media delivery systems.
Understanding of video streaming technologies such as HLS, DASH, manifests, origins, or content routing.
Experience building systems that support global scale, multi-region deployments, or high availability architectures.

Hybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time.
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: $120,000 - $170,000