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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Software Engineer - **Company:** Nbcuniversal Media, LLC - **Location:** Stamford, CT, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $120,000.0 - $170,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Architectural Patterns, Microsoft Azure, Content Delivery Networks, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, Fault Tolerance, Python (Programming Language), Scrum Methodology, Reliability Engineering, Akamai, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, Workflow Management Systems, Datadog, Google Cloud, Cloud Platform System, Autoscaling, System Availability, Delivery Pipeline, Git, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Cloudflare, Video Streaming, Docker - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/F401D09F1CD640E3924B526C04865E3E/job/ ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience. * 3+ years of professional software engineering experience, including hands-on development in Go (preferred) or Python. * Experience deploying and operating applications in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) using containers and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes. * Strong understanding of CI/CD workflows and experience using Git-based repositories, automated testing frameworks, and build pipelines. * Practical experience with Site Reliability Engineering concepts such as reliability targets (SLIs/SLOs), auto-scaling, distributed systems reliability, or incident response. * Familiarity with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban). * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including ability to articulate design decisions and collaborate with distributed teams., * Experience working with CDNs (e.g., Akamai, CloudFront, Fastly, Cloudflare) or streaming media delivery systems. * Understanding of video streaming technologies such as HLS, DASH, manifests, origins, or content routing. * Experience building systems that support global scale, multi-region deployments, or high availability architectures. Hybrid: This position currently has a hybrid schedule, which requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week. The Company reserves the right to change in-office requirements at any time. ## Description You'll collaborate daily with colleagues across the US, UK and beyond - excellent communication skills are essential. Our team specializes in large-scale Multi-Content Delivery Network design and operations, performance telemetry and analytics, selection & interfacing with content origins via multiple workflows - dynamic ad insertion, manifest manipulation and integrating new player technologies., * Design, develop, and maintain high-performance software systems and features-primarily in Go-used to deliver world-class video content at massive scale for brands like Peacock, SkyShowtime, Showmax, and NOW/WOW. * Build reliable, testable, and user-focused services supporting key streaming workflows, such as VOD, live events, linear channels, dynamic ad insertion, and manifest manipulation. * Participate in thoughtful and consistent code reviews that promote high code quality, clear architectural patterns, and healthy engineering culture. * Partner closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to architect systems that are highly available, resilient, performant, and fault-tolerant across multiple regions. * Leverage observability tooling (metrics, logs, traces) and performance analytics to detect issues proactively and drive fast, data-driven root-cause analysis. * Contribute to the design and evolution of multi-CDN strategies, routing logic, and origin workflows that ensure exceptional global streaming performance. * Collaborate daily with engineers across the US, UK, EU, and Africa-requiring clear communication and strong documentation skills. * Influence technical direction, system architecture, and best practices as a senior member of the Content Delivery Engineering team. ## Related Videos - [What the Heck is Edge Computing Anyway?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/593-what-the-heck-is-edge-computing-anyway) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [DevOps at Netflix](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/270-devops-at-netflix) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) - [Navigating the Corporate Jungle: Life as a Developer in a large Company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/621-navigating-the-corporate-jungle-life-as-a-developer-in-a-large-company) ## Related Articles - [How Much FAANG Companies Actually Pay Software Engineers in 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/230-how-much-faang-companies-actually-pay-software-engineers-in-2025) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Best Countries for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/267-best-countries-for-software-engineers) - [The Best Software Developer Blogs to Read](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/156-the-best-software-developer-blogs-to-read) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)