Sr. Software Engineer

Company Description

NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We’re a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to all NBCUniversal digital applications in sports and technology within our three groups: Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Betting, Gaming & Emerging Media.  

At NBC Sports Next, we make playing sports better through innovative technology and immersive experiences for athletes, coaches, players and fans. We equip more than 30MM players, coaches, athletes, sports administrators and fans in 40 countries with more than 25 sports solution products, including SportsEngine, the largest youth sports club, league and team management platform; GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; GolfPass the ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, and coaching, tips; TeamUnify, swim team management services; GoMotion, sports and fitness business software solutions; and NBC Sports Edge, a leading platform for fantasy sports information and betting-focused tools.  

At NBC Sports Next we’re fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology that provides the ultimate in immersive experiences.  

Golf fuses the team behind products and services like GolfNow, TeeOff and GolfPass, which better connects golfers and golf facilities around the world through innovative solutions like cloud-based golf course management and SmartPlay contactless technology and services that create optimum golfing experiences.  

Job Description

NBC Sports Group, a division of NBC Universal, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our Platform Engineering team. 

The Platform Engineering group specializes in developing features for various NBC Sports properties. These features power our customer facing applications and extend services to golfers, golf facilities around the world and more. We provide only the best equipment, offer competitive pay, great benefits, and the opportunity to know each day that you truly made a difference in the lives of sport participants around the world.

At NBCUniversal, we believe in the talent of our people. It’s our passion and commitment to excellence that drives NBCU’s vast portfolio of brands to succeed. From broadcast and cable networks, news and sports platforms, to film, world-renowned theme parks and a diverse suite of digital properties, we take pride in all that we do and all that we represent. It’s what makes us uniquely NBCU. Here you can create the extraordinary.

Job Duties

• Develop highly available, high volume, and feature rich applications.
• Work directly with Product Managers, Product Owners, User Experience, Quality Engineers, Principal Engineers, and Operations teammates to define, create, enhance, maintain, and deploy applications.
• Constantly use best practices by building APIs, creating and maintaining unit tests, applying modern frameworks and design patterns, actively reducing technical debt, and continuously delivering by merging/releasing consistently to the mainline branch.
• Complete complex tasks with minimal amount of oversight or supervision.
• Occasionally plan, design, and estimate software engineering efforts.
• Lead design and architecture discussions with other engineering teammates.
• Guide and contribute towards evolving the application architecture.
• Help others to learn and grow in their skills.

Our Technical Stack

• C#
• Git, TFS
• MS SQL, Mongo, Elastic
• Docker

Qualifications

All candidates must meet the qualifications below: 

• 6 or more years professional software development experience in c#.
• 3 or more years professional software development experience in MS SQL or T-SQL equivalent.
• Experience in a collaborative team environment delivering scalable, secure, and highly available SaaS applications
• Experience working in a continuous integration environment.
• Ability to write high-quality, modular, maintainable, and secure code. 
• Experience with testing best practices, including unit and integration tests.
• Ability to work well within a team environment and be self-starting and self-sufficient.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent training or experience.

Desired qualifications are as follows:

• Experience with developing high-volume applications.
• Experience with message broker software (ie RabbitMQ).
• Experience with .net core
• Experience with docker / kubernetes
• Thrives in a collaborative team environment.
• Experience with RESTful APIs and HTTP protocols.
• Exhibits a deep respect for the craft, and values building software sustainably by using modern techniques and industry best practices.
• Experience breaking monoliths into domain specific micro services.
• Experience with object-oriented design, ability to apply software patterns, and consuming event-driven applications using REST APIs within a microservice architecture.
• Ability to communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with other teammates of different software disciplines and technical skill sets.

Interested candidates must:

• Submit a resume/CV through www.nbcunicareers.com to be considered.

Additional Requirements:

• Must be willing to adhere to all Company COVID-19 workplace safety policies and protocols

• In select work settings or where jurisdictionally mandated, must submit an attestation disclosing your COVID-19 vaccination status and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or adhere to enhanced protocols.

Additional Information

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