Sr. Data Engineer

Sr. Data Engineer role on NBCUniversal’s Content Delivery Engineering (CDE) team, focused on scalable data systems for ingesting, processing, and storing large volumes of data.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain new and existing data systems and pipelines, emphasizing reliability, testability, and ease of use
• Support feature preparation activities including cleansing, discretization, imputation, selection, and generalization for modeling
• Partner with business stakeholders to define business requirements, including KPI and acceptance criteria
• Use big data plus relational and non-relational data sources to access data at the right granularity for analytical projects
• Stay current on relevant data set structures and contribute to upgrades and modifications
• Collaborate with software and data architects to build real-time and automated batch implementations and integrate them into the streaming service architecture
• Maintain consistent peer review practices for code and configuration changes using sensible repository structures and CI/CD pipelined deployments
• Participate in, or lead, design reviews, architectural discussions, and team knowledge-sharing sessions
• Use observability systems and advanced analytics to surface issues, diagnose problems, and implement fixes
• Support development of models, alerts, reports, and visualizations and integrate implementations into the streaming service architecture

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a relevant field
• 5+ years experience with big data: ETL, pipeline building, analysis, and code, with expertise in at least one programming language
• Experience implementing scalable, distributed, highly available, and resilient systems using industry data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, GCP, or AWS
• Skilled with software repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation
• Experience with data visualization tools and techniques
• Strong skills in data processing using SQL
• Experience applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices to ensure scalability and reliability in cloud environments
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies including Scrum and Kanban
• Ability to communicate clearly via design documentation, text, voice, and code across a wide variety of nationalities
• CDN experience for streaming media delivery is advantageous; full training can be provided

Technologies

• SQL
• Snowflake
• Databricks
• GCP
• AWS
• CDNs
• CI/CD
• ETL
• Scrum
• Kanban

Desired Characteristics

• Experience with Snowflake or a similar data service
• Experience with data visualizations
• Experience working with multi-billion record datasets and leading projects spanning data science and data engineering
• Knowledge of enterprise-level digital analytics platforms
• Team-oriented collaboration with aptitude and willingness to learn new methods and tools
• Pride and ownership in work and confident representation of the team across NBCUniversal

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Other discounts and perks

Hybrid Work Schedule

• Hybrid schedule requires contributing from the office a minimum of four days per week
• The company may change in-office requirements at any time

Additional Information

• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at an NBCUniversal location prior to a hiring decision
• NBCUniversal provides equal employment opportunities without regard to protected characteristics
• Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities or disabled veterans
• To request accommodation, contact [email protected]