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We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our global theme park destinations, consumer products, and experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through our powerhouse film and television studios, including Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Focus Features, and the four global television studios under the Universal Studio Group banner, and operate industry-leading theme parks and experiences around the world through Universal Destinations & Experiences, including Universal Orlando Resort, home to Universal Epic Universe, and Universal Studios Hollywood. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. 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We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.\nAs a member of the Global Video Engineering - Live team, you will play a key role in delivering the quality and reliability of the live encoding and packaging space, ensuring consistency and quality against KPI. You will build solutions, test integrations, document workflows, assist in deployments, and monitor performance, working with the technical operations group and other technical teams to ensure consistent 24x7 monitoring. You will work closely with key vendors, developing solutions side by side, and you will embrace diversity as part of an inclusive and flexible workplace.\nPrimarily you will:\nDesign, develop, and maintain high-performance software systems and features, primarily using Go, to support large-scale video streaming platforms such as Peacock and NOW/WOW.\nBuild and maintain live and linear video streaming pipelines using in-house and third-party tools, focusing on video encoding, packaging, and content delivery.\nSupport live events and linear channels, helping ensure reliable and high-quality streaming experiences.\nCollaborate with Engineering Managers and Principal Engineers to develop solutions that improve video delivery and enhance audio and video quality.\nWork closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams to build reliable, scalable, and resilient services across multiple regions.\nMonitor system performance using metrics, logs, and traces to identify issues, troubleshoot problems, and improve service reliability.\nManage and maintain cloud-based services and content delivery systems.\nContinuously improve code quality, system performance, and development processes.\nWhat’s in it for you?\nWorking for a well-known, globally leading Media Streaming organization\nExposure to high-level business professionals in a variety of departments and geographic locations\nOpportunity to work and grow your career in fast-paced environment\n Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field\n5+ years’ experience in software development and web technologies.\nProficiency with languages such as Java, Go, Python, JavaScript\nExperience in building real-time, large-scale, low latency distributed systems\nUnderstands CI/CD pipelines and large-scale deployment\nDeep understanding of OO Design Principles and Patterns.\nEmbrace open-source technologies\nTechnical experience with cloud-based technologies, specifically within architecture/infrastructure (AWS)\nUnderstanding of TDD, ATDD and BDD and approaches\nUnderstanding of containerization as it relates to Cloud (Kubernetes, Docker)\nKey understanding of technology principles and work methods (Agile, Scrum, etc.)\nHybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. 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