Principal Engineer

Job Description

The Media Group at NBCU supports a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, NBC Sports, and NBCU International. 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.

Responsibilities

• Author, sponsor or steer designs for multi-platform technical solutions across spaces such as content steering and delivery, performance data analytics & decisioning - for deployment across our product portfolio and infrastructure, remaining hands-on during execution and delivery.
• Drive or guide complex technical debate with key management, architectural, design and operational teams throughout Comcast’s businesses and third-party vendors, building relationships to improve our delivery end to end.
• Conduct rigorous, in-depth reviews of existing and planned systems & methods, challenging the status quo, inspiring innovation and managing change.
• Be well-informed and impartial, constructing and leading request-for-proposal processes, delivering associated proof-of-concept design, execution and measurement.
• Enjoy tracking industry trends and maintaining an international, multi-cultural business outlook, with an eye towards aligning talent to initiatives, representing NBCU/GST at industry forums and leading by engineering example, especially under pressure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a relevant field is required.
• Demonstrable experience in an engineering leadership role, 3+ years.
• A successful track record in delivering and maintaining products/services with regional/global web audiences - via streaming over content delivery networks is a bonus.
• A flair for communicating and presenting technical topics in spoken and written English, to diverse audiences.
• Willingness to travel around the USA and Europe for work-related activities.
• Up-to-date knowledge with a range of foundational internet technologies, eg TCP/IP, TLS, HTTP/*, DNS & BGP.
• Effective deployment of SRE to achieve consistent, high-availability technology operations.

Benefits

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

$180,000 - $230,000 (bonus and long-term incentive eligible).

Additional Information

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].