NBCUniversal
Join to apply for the
Staff Data Engineer
role at
NBCUniversal Company Description NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. 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. Job Description
We are seeking a Staff Data Engineer looking to build the next generation of data pipelines and applications across the development of innovative new systems and solutions using a rapidly changing landscape of emerging technologies, including generative AI and large language models. Your primary focus will be building reliable, scalable, and efficient pipelines for use in LLMs and crafting our vision for LLM analytics. You will be essential in defining the team's strategy, evaluating, and integrating data patterns and technologies, and building pipelines alongside domain experts and data scientists. Responsibilities
Design, build, and scale data pipelines across a variety of source systems and streams (internal, third-party, and cloud-based), distributed/elastic environments, and downstream applications and self-service solutions. Deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices and algorithms. Solid understanding of data modeling, warehousing, and architecture principles. Implement appropriate design patterns while optimizing performance, cost, security, and scale and end-user experience. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and develop efficient data acquisition and integration strategies. Interface with other technology teams to extract, load, and transform data from a wide variety of data sources using cloud-native data engineering principles. Become a subject matter expert for data engineering-related technologies and designs. Coach and guide others within the organization to build scalable pipelines based on foundational data engineering principles. Participate in development sprints, demos, and retrospectives alongside releases and deployment. Build and manage relationships with supporting engineering teams to deliver work products to production effectively. Develop automated tests for your code, ensuring every function, service, and object is compatible with your team's work and with the many systems within the NBCUniversal system portfolio and cross-device and browser compatibility. Create documentation for developers and business users to help them understand our products. Deploy to cloud-based platforms and troubleshoot application, cloud, and configuration issues when necessary. Qualifications
8+ years of experience in a data engineering role, with a strong emphasis on leading data engineering teams. Some working knowledge and curiosity about GenAI technologies, such as LLMs, vector databases, or AI-driven data pipelines. Familiarity with the development ecosystem evolving around LLM integration, such as langchain. Ability to think critically about problems, decipher user preferences versus challenging requirements, and effectively use online and onsite resources to find appropriate solutions. Proven ability to thrive in an agile development environment, adept at incorporating feedback and adjusting to changing priorities. Understanding REST-based APIs, vectorized embeddings, and other Retrieval Augmented Generation AI workload components. Direct experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT development principles, cloud development, and data warehousing concepts. Knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP. Experience in building data pipelines using Python/SQL or similar programming languages. Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or related field. Desired Characteristics
Familiarity with integrating large language models and AI-generated content technologies into applications. Proven adaptability in a fast-paced, evolving technology landscape, with a strong problem-solving ability and quick learning curve. Effective communication skills, capable of working collaboratively across diverse teams and navigating a large, matrixed organization efficiently. Ability to translate business needs into clear technical requirements. Analytical – You have experience in delivering self-service analytics solutions that promote data discovery. Experience with Snowflake, Amazon Web Services, or related cloud platforms a plus. Understanding of big data technology stacks (Hive / Spark etc) is a plus. Additional Requirements
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. 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. Salary range: $130,000 - $170,000. 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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Staff Data Engineer
role at
NBCUniversal Company Description NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class content, which we distribute across our portfolio of film, television, and streaming, and bring to life through our theme parks and consumer experiences. We own and operate leading entertainment and news brands, including NBC, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, NBC Sports, Telemundo, NBC Local Stations, Bravo, USA Network, and Peacock, our premium ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. 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. Job Description
We are seeking a Staff Data Engineer looking to build the next generation of data pipelines and applications across the development of innovative new systems and solutions using a rapidly changing landscape of emerging technologies, including generative AI and large language models. Your primary focus will be building reliable, scalable, and efficient pipelines for use in LLMs and crafting our vision for LLM analytics. You will be essential in defining the team's strategy, evaluating, and integrating data patterns and technologies, and building pipelines alongside domain experts and data scientists. Responsibilities
Design, build, and scale data pipelines across a variety of source systems and streams (internal, third-party, and cloud-based), distributed/elastic environments, and downstream applications and self-service solutions. Deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices and algorithms. Solid understanding of data modeling, warehousing, and architecture principles. Implement appropriate design patterns while optimizing performance, cost, security, and scale and end-user experience. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand data requirements and develop efficient data acquisition and integration strategies. Interface with other technology teams to extract, load, and transform data from a wide variety of data sources using cloud-native data engineering principles. Become a subject matter expert for data engineering-related technologies and designs. Coach and guide others within the organization to build scalable pipelines based on foundational data engineering principles. Participate in development sprints, demos, and retrospectives alongside releases and deployment. Build and manage relationships with supporting engineering teams to deliver work products to production effectively. Develop automated tests for your code, ensuring every function, service, and object is compatible with your team's work and with the many systems within the NBCUniversal system portfolio and cross-device and browser compatibility. Create documentation for developers and business users to help them understand our products. Deploy to cloud-based platforms and troubleshoot application, cloud, and configuration issues when necessary. Qualifications
8+ years of experience in a data engineering role, with a strong emphasis on leading data engineering teams. Some working knowledge and curiosity about GenAI technologies, such as LLMs, vector databases, or AI-driven data pipelines. Familiarity with the development ecosystem evolving around LLM integration, such as langchain. Ability to think critically about problems, decipher user preferences versus challenging requirements, and effectively use online and onsite resources to find appropriate solutions. Proven ability to thrive in an agile development environment, adept at incorporating feedback and adjusting to changing priorities. Understanding REST-based APIs, vectorized embeddings, and other Retrieval Augmented Generation AI workload components. Direct experience with data modeling, ETL/ELT development principles, cloud development, and data warehousing concepts. Knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP. Experience in building data pipelines using Python/SQL or similar programming languages. Bachelor's degree in computer science, Data Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems or related field. Desired Characteristics
Familiarity with integrating large language models and AI-generated content technologies into applications. Proven adaptability in a fast-paced, evolving technology landscape, with a strong problem-solving ability and quick learning curve. Effective communication skills, capable of working collaboratively across diverse teams and navigating a large, matrixed organization efficiently. Ability to translate business needs into clear technical requirements. Analytical – You have experience in delivering self-service analytics solutions that promote data discovery. Experience with Snowflake, Amazon Web Services, or related cloud platforms a plus. Understanding of big data technology stacks (Hive / Spark etc) is a plus. Additional Requirements
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. 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. Salary range: $130,000 - $170,000. 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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr