Software Engineer II

Summary

Join NBC Sports Next as a Software Engineer II and contribute to the development and maintenance of highly interactive, user-friendly applications. You will collaborate with a team of engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders to design, build, and deploy scalable and secure SaaS applications. This fully remote position requires at least 3 years of experience in software engineering, proficiency in relevant technologies (Angular, TypeScript, Ruby on Rails, etc.), and a strong understanding of software development best practices. The ideal candidate is a self-starter, a team player, and possesses a deep respect for building sustainable software. NBC Sports Next offers competitive pay, great benefits, and the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of sports volunteers worldwide.

Requirements

• 3 or more years of professional experience
• 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 also be self-starting and self-sufficient
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent training or experience

Responsibilities

• Develop highly interactive, user friendly, 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 coding small, utilizing short lived branches, using feature toggles, building APIs, creating and maintaining unit tests, applying modern frameworks and design patterns, actively reducing technical debt, and continuously delivering by merging/releasing daily to the mainline branch
• Complete complex tasks with minimal amount of oversight or supervision
• Routinely plan, design, and deliver software engineering efforts
• Discuss design and architecture with other engineering teammates
• Contribute towards evolving the application architecture
• Help others to learn and grow in their skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Endless intellectual curiosity
• 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 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

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Great benefits
• Fully Remote