Video Player Architect - Live Broadcast & OTT Excellence

NY 411; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NBCUniversal in New York is seeking a Full Time Video Player Architect to architect scalable playback workflows for Live Broadcast, Sports, TV News, and Technical Operations. You will design, document, and validate architectures in collaboration with engineering and product teams.

The role requires hands-on experience with major media playback frameworks, strong communication skills, and the ability to translate business needs into technical designs.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in video player architecture or 4+ years in video player development.
• Hands-on with a major media playback framework (e.g., MSE, AVFoundation).
• Strong verbal and written communication for technical and business audiences.
• Ability to translate business needs into architecture design.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, resilient, high-performance video player workflows for live events and VOD playback.
• Create and maintain workstream designs, diagrams, and interface contracts for cross-team alignment.
• Collaborate with engineering to translate design intent into implementable plans and acceptance criteria.
• Stay current on streaming protocols and emerging technologies to apply them to your area.

Skills

Video player architecture

Video playback development

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

NBCUniversal in New York is seeking a Full Time Video Player Architect to architect scalable playback workflows for Live Broadcast, Sports, TV News, and Technical Operations. You will design, document, and validate architectures in collaboration with engineering and product teams.

The role requires hands-on experience with major media playback frameworks, strong communication skills, and the ability to translate business needs into technical designs.