Software Engineer

Job Description

The Media Group at NBCU supports a powerhouse collection of consumer-first brands including Peacock, NBC, Bravo, NBC Sports, and NBCU International. With unequalled scale, our teams make the most out of every opportunity to collaborate and learn from one another. We’re always looking for ways to innovate faster, accelerate our growth and consistently offer the very best in consumer experience. But most of all, we’re backed by a culture of respect. We embrace authenticity and inspire people to thrive.

Responsibilities:

• Liaise with product owners and stakeholders to review acceptance criteria and technical specifications.
• Provide active contribution towards key design decisions and implementation.
• Collaborate with engineers to help develop effective test plans and strategies.
• Write and execute test cases (manual and automated) for backend, API and playback.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure quality is considered at every stage of the lifecycle.
• Own defect management and perform knowledgeable analysis of the testing results to perform root cause analysis.
• Effectively utilize applicable testing tools and be proactive in improving team tech stack.
• Work toward increasing operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Software Quality Engineering in related industry.
• 2+ years of experience in test automation at a coding level.
• Strong understanding of testing methodologies, test practice and terminology at all SDLC and STLC phases.
• Strong communication, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Experience using test management tools such as Zephyr, Qmetry or TestRail and project management/defect logging tools such as JIRA or GitHub.
• Strong knowledge of proxying and debugging tools (Charles, Fiddler, or similar).
• Excellent trouble-shooting skills with the ability to analyze logs and detect root cause of the issue.
• Working knowledge of video testing on web, mobile and OTT devices.
• Understanding of video packaging, encoding and delivery.
• Experience with video and audio codec testing.
• Solid knowledge of API testing and tools like Postman, SoapUI, Insomnia, etc.
• Experience working on Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud infrastructure like AWS.
• Understanding of cloud-based video streaming ecosystem.
• Understanding of Ad insertion, video encryption and advanced video features is a plus.
• Experience of test automation frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Cypress, Playwright) and associated design patterns.
• Proficiency in programming and scripting languages, Java preferred.
• BDD testing using Cucumber JVM.
• Proficiency in versioning control, PR standards, best practices in maintaining quality code for automation scripts.
• Continuous efforts to maintain comprehensive test coverage and to increase automation coverage vs manual.

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.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $105,000 - $145,000.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. NBCUniversal's policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran and require support throughout the application and/or recruitment process as a result of your disability, you have the right to request a reasonable accommodation. You can submit your request to [email protected].