Full-Time Manager, Software Engineering

NBCUniversal is seeking an experienced Manager, Software Engineering with over 7 years of technology expertise, including a minimum of 3 years in a managerial capacity. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of systems architecture with an emphasis on cloud environments, coupled with robust knowledge and practical experience enhancing operational workflows. Additionally, the candidate should exhibit a positive mindset, driving initiative, capability to dive deep into technology issues, and a commitment to striving for excellence in quality.

As a member of NBCUniversal's Video Platform Development Team, you will manage software technology used for delivering NBCUniversal’s premier Entertainment, News, and Sporting events across our broadcast environment! We manage a portfolio of on-air scheduling applications which facilitate integrations between advertising, marketing, research, planning, and real time playout and control automation systems.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of software engineers, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to ensure the successful delivery of projects.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, design, engineering groups, and quality teams to define project requirements, scope, and timelines.
• Drive the long-term architectural vision and strategy for software solutions, considering industry trends and projecting future needs.
• Oversee the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performance software systems. Ensuring measurement and alerting is in place to deliver on reliability expectations.
• Champion best practices in software engineering, including agile scrum methods, test driven design, and documentation standardization.
• Adopt AI concepts and controls into team members daily practices.
• Drive and optimize software methodology to improve efficiency, productivity, delivery, and adoption by stakeholders.
• Exhibit a positive mindset and dive deep into technology issues to help the team troubleshoot challenges effectively. Unblock obstacles.
• Maintain knowledge breadth of industry trends and emerging technologies, evaluating their potential impact on the business, and advising on adoption strategies.
• Focus on budget impact and create proposals based on project scoping, cost-benefit analyses, return on investment, build vs buy, and level of effort assessments.

Basic Requirements:

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of hands-on experience in software development and engineering.
• 3+ years of proven leadership experience in managing software engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to build teams and produce engineering products in complex corporate structures on time and within budget.
• Deep understanding of the product, engineering, and test roles & responsibilities that make up a software delivery team.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing architecture solutions for both on-premises and cloud environments.
• Strong expertise in cloud platform.
• Focus on long range planning and how to drive immediate implementations towards destination architecture goals.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor engineering teams, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Results-oriented and self-motivated.

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