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Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.
Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company ('Versant') comprised of most of NBCUniversal's cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.
FANDANGO:
Over the past twenty years, Fandango has built a network of direct-to-consumer digital brands, where 50 million+ fans unite to celebrate their love for movies, TV and streaming. We take pride in serving fans throughout their entertainment journey from content discovery to theatrical moviegoing to watching at home. Our portfolio includes leading online movie ticketer, Fandango (https://www.fandango.com/) , which tickets for more than 31,000 U.S. movie screens; world-renowned entertainment review site, Rotten Tomatoes (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/) ; and Fandango at Home (https://www.vudu.com/?from=fnow) (previously known as Vudu), the on-demand streaming service offering the industry's best selection of 4K UHD titles and more than 250,000 new release and catalogue movies and next day TV shows.?
Position Summary:
As a software engineer working on our systems and services, you will work with a talented team of professional engineers to deliver projects and systems critical to Fandango and Sports Next businesses. We expect our engineers to be versatile, collaborative, and enthusiastic about taking on new problems across our businesses as we continue to build great experiences for our customers.
Responsibilities:
Develop, enhance, test, deploy, and maintain software and services in accordance with established SDLC practices for applications/APIs written in C#/node.js
Perform critical code reviews and collaborate with peers on software solutions
Collaborate with Product Managers and Quality Engineers to deliver high quality, high profile software and user experiences
Participate in Agile ceremonies (standups, retros, sprint planning, etc.)
Contribute to design and implementation planning
Troubleshoot issues on local and remote systems
Minimum Qualifications:
BS degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
2+ years of professional experience as a software engineer working in a back end or full-stack capacity
A strong understanding of software design patterns, development practices and principles
1+ year of professional experience in one or more of the following programming languages:
JavaScript/Node
C#/.NET
Java
Experience working and coding with relational databases
Experience working with version control systems (Git or similar)
Working knowledge of common networking, infrastructure, and technical security fundamentals
Preferred / Useful Qualifications:
Experience developing consumer-facing software, especially at scale
Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment
Experience with a variety of data stores: Document databases, columnar data stores, Redis, Elasticsearch, etc.
Experience with cloud technologies and serverless applications (AWS, GCP, Azure or similar)
Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and/or service-oriented architectures
Familiarity with software build, release, deployment, and monitoring tools and practices
Desired Characteristics:
Passionate about software development, problem-solving, and high-quality engineering
Collaborative. Works well in a team. Excited to succeed and to help others succeed
Enthusiastic about expanding one's skillset, learning and leveraging new technologies
Open to new approaches and new ideas
Able to independently solve moderately complex issues in practical ways and knows when to solicit help
Communicates effectively, both verbally and in writing, with peers and colleagues
Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a non-NBCUniversal worksite, most commonly an employee's residence. #LI-Remote
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 AccessibilitySupport@nbcuni.com.
Although you'll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you'll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.
