Sr. Staff Software Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer who will provide technical leadership across our core engineering experience teams.

In this role, you will articulate a vision and drive execution regarding cloud resource automation and operations. You will participate in designing and building new cloud technologies and an API management system. This role includes working in consultation with the Engineering Experience teams, the broader NBCU developer population, and engineering leadership to deliver the best services, tools, and processes.

A key aspect of this role is working with engineering teams and leadership to ensure development teams are appropriately equipped with the knowledge, skills and tools required to perform their job effectively. The ideal candidate is innovative and interested in building new technologies while teaching others along the way.

Requirements

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education, experience, and training in Computer Science or a related field.
• 12+ years of experience in public cloud infrastructure and tools, software development, and automation.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure-as-Code Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or an equivalent.
• Strong, proven proficiency with AWS, especially with core services such as Lambda, and ECS; experience with AWS best practices and familiarity with a broad range of AWS tools and services.
• Ability to provide mentorship to grow the technical skills and careers of others with consideration of their career stage and personal trajectory
• Passion for DevOps culture, automation, and modern tooling
• Ability to communicate effectively depending on the audience technical teams, business teams, and leadership teams

Desired Characteristics:

• Basic familiarity with cloud platforms Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP); ability to navigate and understand fundamental tools and concepts within these environments is a plus
• Experience in end-to-end API Gateway development, particularly Kong.
• Strong networking skills and F5 BIG-IP and Cloudflare experience are highly desirable.
• Experience with modern build strategies, continuous integration, unit testing, static analysis, and automated integration tests required. Continuous delivery experience preferred. Tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions preferred.
• Experience delivering software using an agile development process
• Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills to effectively connect with both business and technical teams
• Ability to work and participate in a team with an open and collaborative style of communications
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a cross-functional team

Additional Requirements:

• 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.

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: $145,000 - $210,000 (bonus eligible)

We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.