What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer II - NBC Sports Next position at NBC Universal?
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Company Description
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.
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.
SPORTS NEXT
NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We're fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology. We're a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to leading technology platforms and digital applications for Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Emerging Media.
At NBC Sports Next, we equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine , the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; SportsEngine Play , the first ever streaming service for youth and amateur sports, GolfNow , the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; and GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, instructional content and more.
Job Description
NBC Sports NEXT Youth Sports is looking for a passionate Software Engineer II to join our team.
As a Software Engineer II, you will...
Qualifications
Desired Characteristics
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. Applicants in the Minneapolis area have the option of working out of our Minneapolis office space. We strive to create a remote and hybrid friendly work environment, giving our employees the flexibility to choose what works best for them.
Further information
Salary range: $90,000-100,000
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. 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.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .
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.
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.
SPORTS NEXT
NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We're fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology. We're a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to leading technology platforms and digital applications for Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Emerging Media.
At NBC Sports Next, we equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine , the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; SportsEngine Play , the first ever streaming service for youth and amateur sports, GolfNow , the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; and GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, instructional content and more.
Job Description
NBC Sports NEXT Youth Sports is looking for a passionate Software Engineer II to join our team.
As a Software Engineer II, you will...
- Design scalable, performant, secure, and highly available systems.
- Develop in a Continuous Delivery environment where you will ship code to production daily.
- Write modular and maintainable code with unit tests.
- Implement strategies for standardizing design patterns across the Youth and Recreational Sports platform to accelerate development velocity across the team.
- Own your work, leave it all on the field.
- Help influence and prioritize work toward efficient iterations.
- Be part of a cross-functional team and participate in all facets of the SDLC.
- Produce schematics and diagrams.
- Identify common bottlenecks and blockers, advocate for mitigation.
- Help engineering and product leadership to expand high-level strategies into actionable work.
- Prioritize and reduce technical debt and developer friction to ensure our system is modern, fast, and easy to work with.
- Provide recommendations and advocate for best practices including testing, code quality, operations, frameworks, tooling and performance.
- Work with other engineers through code reviews, pair programming and guilds.
- Use metrics and logging to triage production system issues with your team.
Qualifications
- Minimum of 3 years experience as a software engineer
- Have a foundation in modern coding practices from which you are ready to contribute from and ready to grow upon
- Angular or Ruby on Rails, or both technologies
- Ability to write quality, modular, maintainable, secure and testable code
- Familiarity with testing best practices including unit and integration tests
- Have a team-oriented attitude and intellectual curiosity
Desired Characteristics
- Effective in a highly collaborative cross functional team environment using Git and GitHub Pull Request workflows
- Experience in a continuous delivery environment
- Exhibit a deep respect for building software sustainably using modern techniques and industry best practices
- Ability to build consensus and a collaborative team environment
- Ability to use data to drive decision making
- A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or equivalent) is awesome, but not required
- Bonus points if you have familiarity with our expanded Technology Stack: Ruby, Linux, Amazon Web Services, Github, MySQL, Javascript, Node.js, Nx, Serverless, Typescript
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. Applicants in the Minneapolis area have the option of working out of our Minneapolis office space. We strive to create a remote and hybrid friendly work environment, giving our employees the flexibility to choose what works best for them.
Further information
Salary range: $90,000-100,000
Additional Information
As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. 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.
If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to .
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Salary : $90,000 - $100,000
