Remote Sr. Software Engineer

Description:

• NBCUniversal is a leading media and entertainment company that creates and distributes world-class content across various platforms.
• The company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Video Encoding and Delivery team with Fandango at Home.
• The role involves contributing to systems that ingest, encode, package, and deliver premium video content for millions of users across VOD, AVOD, and Live workflows.
• The focus will be on developing and optimizing video ingestion, encoding, packaging, and validation services to ensure efficient, secure, and reliable video delivery across a wide range of devices and platforms.
• The position is critical for ensuring high-quality, reliable video delivery and involves building infrastructure that supports content readiness and streaming performance.
• The engineer will collaborate closely with the Principal Engineer and other teams to evolve the cloud-based media pipeline.
• This is a hands-on role suitable for an experienced backend or media systems engineer who values clean, maintainable code and thrives in high-performance, distributed environments.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in software development, with strong expertise in Python and Java.
• Practical experience with video delivery technologies, including ingestion pipelines, encoding, packaging, validation, DRM, and encryption is required.
• Familiarity with streaming protocols and manifest formats such as DASH, CMAF, and HLS is essential.
• A strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (AWS) and containerization technologies (Kubernetes, Docker) is necessary.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, Git workflows, and automated testing strategies is expected.
• Strong communication skills are required to work effectively across technical and operational domains.
• Candidates should be proactive problem-solvers with a keen eye for diagnosing and resolving edge-case playback and packaging issues.
• A passion for learning and staying current with evolving video standards, cloud practices, and secure delivery models is important.
• Experience working in a distributed team across time zones and disciplines is preferred.
• Proficiency in scripting or additional languages such as C, C++, or Bash is a nice-to-have.

Benefits:

• This position is fully remote, allowing employees to work from their residence.
• Candidates will have the opportunity to be part of a pivotal time as NBCUniversal transitions to a new publicly traded company, Versant.
• The company provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees, ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities or disabled veterans throughout the application and recruitment process.