Sr. Software Engineer at NBCUniversal
New York, NY
$120,000–$170,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role on the Content Delivery Engineering team, focused on building and maintaining large-scale video streaming infrastructure that serves millions of viewers across multiple international platforms. Day-to-day work centers on Go-based software development, multi-CDN architecture, manifest manipulation, and observability — in close coordination with an SRE team. Best suited to engineers with solid cloud deployment experience and an interest in high-availability media delivery systems.
Senior level · 5+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,500 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,600–4,550
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
Go (Golang) is the primary language called out in the responsibilities; the qualifications list 'Go (Golang) and/or Python', making either acceptable — both are captured as required with each as an alternative for the other.
Cloud infrastructure is required; AWS and GCP are listed together as acceptable options — AWS is captured as primary with GCP as an alternative.
Kubernetes and Docker are listed together as containerization options; both are captured as required with each as an alternative for the other.
Agile (Scrum/Kanban) is listed under qualifications but framed as 'familiarity with', which signals a lower bar — treated as preferred.
CDN/streaming media experience is explicitly described as 'advantageous or full training can be provided', making it optional — treated as preferred.
The role is hybrid (minimum four days per week in-office in New York City), so it is not fully remote.
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