Engineering Manager, Cloud-Native Media Platform

Stadium Scene; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

NBCUniversal in New York is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the multidisciplinary team responsible for the cloud-native VOD encoding platform and related media engineering capabilities. You will own engineering execution, technical direction, production reliability, and team development across software and media engineering.

The role combines platform development, codec innovation, and operational excellence to deliver secure, scalable media-processing services for Peacock and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing or formally leading software engineering teams.
• Experience evaluating software architecture, APIs, and distributed systems; hands-on with Go, Python, or Java preferred.
• Experience delivering across multiple workstreams and roadmaps.
• Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms.
• Strong understanding of video codecs and streaming formats (H.264, HEVC, AV1).
• Experience with FFmpeg or equivalent media frameworks.
• Knowledge of video quality metrics (VMAF, SSIM, PSNR).
• Excellent communication and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a multidisciplinary team of software and media engineers.
• Own execution of the media processing platform roadmap with clearly scoped initiatives.
• Provide technical direction and architecture oversight for cloud-native services.
• Define and evolve engineering standards for APIs, testing, CI/CD, and production readiness.
• Establish service-level objectives, metrics, and incident-response practices.
• Drive adoption of new codecs, HDR formats, and AI-assisted media processing.
• Mentor engineers through coaching, hiring, and performance management.
• Foster experimentation with proofs-of-concept and data-driven decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Go

Python

Java

Communication

Strategic planning

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

FFmpeg

WebVTT

TTML

IMSC1

Job description

NBCUniversal in New York is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the multidisciplinary team responsible for the cloud-native VOD encoding platform and related media engineering capabilities. You will own engineering execution, technical direction, production reliability, and team development across software and media engineering.

The role combines platform development, codec innovation, and operational excellence to deliver secure, scalable media-processing services for Peacock and