VOD Systems Engineer - Cloud + AI Workflows (Hybrid)

Nbcuniversal3; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) and paid leave

Job summary

NBCUniversal’s VOD Engineering team is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and support a highly resilient VOD workflow system delivering content to NBCU streaming platforms. You will partner with Product Owners to translate requirements into scalable, testable solutions and help advance media processing technologies.

The role emphasizes cloud-native development on AWS, API/data-contract design, and collaboration within an agile program.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of software development experience with streaming media, VOD or other media-processing workflows.
• Proficient in Go; Python experience is preferred.
• Experience with web technologies, digital video workflows and operations, and video technology development.
• Experienced in designing and building cloud-based systems, particularly on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy, and support an automated, highly resilient VOD workflow system that delivers content to NBCU streaming platforms.
• Partner with Product Owners to turn requirements into specifications, designs, and testable plans for premium audio/video experiences.
• Design software and system interfaces, including APIs and data contracts, to support a large agile program.
• Design and evolve agentic workflows, including tool integration, orchestration, guardrails, observability, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Manage and maintain cloud-based content delivery and services, primarily on AWS.
• Work with vendors and the Media Engineering team to define requirements and resolve defects.
• Collaborate with teams with transparency and autonomy, ensuring quality across sizes of assignments.
• Foster an inclusive team culture and continuous learning.

Skills

Go

Python

API design

Cloud design

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Job description

NBCUniversal’s VOD Engineering team is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build, and support a highly resilient VOD workflow system delivering content to NBCU streaming platforms. You will partner with Product Owners to translate requirements into scalable, testable solutions and help advance media processing technologies.

The role emphasizes cloud-native development on AWS, API/data-contract design, and collaboration within an agile program.