Engineering Manager, Video Software Engineering

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. 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

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 Video Software Engineering team is looking for Engineering Managers to grow and develop our engineering talent and build inclusive, high-performing teams.
• Engineering Managers work closely and collaboratively with teams across Peacock technology to deliver high quality streaming service.
• Engineering Managers drive technical initiatives in partnership with senior engineers across multiple teams, including testing, resiliency, and performance.
• Day-to-day collaboration with all Playback Services teams (Live/Linear, VOD, Video Player etc.) for Video KPIs on Peacock application
• Build dashboards and automation for the NBCUniversal Video Operations team
• Manage relationships between multiple internal teams
• Own and create a data lake for end to end video delivery
• Collaborate with teams building Peacock applications, ensuring optimal integration of the video players

Role Responsibilities

• Work closely with Engineering/Product/Project Management and Backend Technology Services teams to build highly scalable/reliable video infrastructure, including various configurations, routing policies/tools, and services to manage Video KPIs
• Develop software solutions based on operations; collaborate and confer with colleagues, studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes, investigating problem areas, following the software development lifecycle
• Determine operational feasibility by evaluating analysis, problem definition, requirements, solution development, and proposed solutions
• Document and demonstrate solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code
• Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming Deliver on product roadmaps, incrementally with a high level of quality
• Drive technical initiatives in partnership with senior engineers across teams Constantly search for improvements in process, improve software delivery and operational processes
• Grow the team by attracting diverse talent that can push technical boundaries and where individuals recognize that team success is more important than individual success.
• Support, coach and develop high performing engineers through regular 1:1s, continuous feedback and relationships with others
• Mentor individuals to embrace diversity and help building an inclusive and flexible workplace
• Continuous improvement; proactively suggest changes to the process to enhance efficiency as the team evolves

Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field
• Ability to integrate into a large agile development project and manage rapid development cycles
• Hands-on experience with our tech stack; namely Golang, JavaScript, or Angular
• Expertise in reviewing code alongside developers and engineers with an eye on ensuring consistent and repeatable solutioning
• Experience in a JIRA / Confluence environment
• Experience managing headcounts and other organizational leadership tasks
• Cross-functional collaboration skills; preferably with multiple technology lines-of-business
• 2 years of Engineering Management experience, prior software development experience at senior level

Desired Qualifications

• Understanding of how a high performing team of engineers operates
• Understanding of deadlines, constraints and scope of delivery and experience working with the business partners to ensure the right balance between these are met; setting expectations and handling risks early
• Being an analytic problem solver with a strong sense of autonomy, but with an open collaborative approach to getting the job done.
• Interest in promoting an inclusive team culture where engineers of diverse backgrounds can grow
• Committed to quality in every assignment, large or small
• Transparency, selflessness, and authenticity
• Past use of Agile/Scrum/Kanban or similar collaborative tools

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: $130,000 - $190,000; bonus and long-term incentive eligible

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 [email protected].