Sr Software Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 16, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 15, 2026. NBCUniversal scores B on the Alion truth index.
NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. 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. Visit www.nbcuniversal.com for more information.
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As a Senior Software Engineer focused on Agentic, LLM-powered applications, you will design, develop, and optimize intelligent systems and autonomous agents. You will work across the full stack of agent development - from prompt engineering and LLM integration to observability, orchestration, and cloud-native deployment. This role requires deep technical expertise with Python, modern LLM frameworks, and AWS services, along with hands-on experience building reliable, scalable AI-driven systems.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable data and application services supporting AI-driven solutions
- Build and maintain workflow orchestration, integration, and automation capabilities across enterprise platforms
- Develop and optimize backend services, APIs, and microservices using modern cloud-native architectures
- Evaluate and implement emerging technologies to improve system reliability, performance, and developer productivity
- Implement monitoring, observability, and operational tooling to ensure platform health and application performance
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and participate in Agile ceremonies
- Perform peer reviews and contribute to engineering standards and best practices
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Expertise in Python and relevant libraries
- Strong fundamentals in algorithms, distributed systems, and cloud-native design
- Experience building and consuming REST APIs and event-driven systems
- Strong knowledge of AWS services including Lambda, ECS, S3, DynamoDB, API Gateway
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills
- Self-directed, ability to multi-task, sharp analytical abilities, excellent communication skills
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with vector databases and embedding pipelines
- Experience with real-time or streaming platforms such as Kinesis or Kafka
- Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker
- Experience with reinforcement learning or agentic evaluation frameworks
- Results-oriented, high energy, self-motivated
- Experience with LangGraph or similar agentic frameworks
- Some knowledge of LLM model integration and tuning
- Hands-on experience with observability tools such as LangSmith or LangFuse
- Experience developing MCP Servers
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: $120,000 - $160,000.
We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.
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