Staff Software Engineer

Summary

Join NBCUniversal as a Staff Software Engineer and lead the development of innovative AI-powered systems and solutions. This role focuses on proving the business value of AI foundation models across various business units and bringing this value to production rapidly. You will design, build, and support APIs and web frontends, integrate LLMs, and work with diverse database technologies. The position requires extensive backend or full-stack development experience and a deep understanding of ML practices related to foundation model integration. This is a fully remote position with competitive compensation and benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, paid leave, and tuition reimbursement.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in backend or fullstack development, demonstrated through a comprehensive portfolio and related experience
• Proven capability to bring a basic application from idea to delivery without requiring support from others
• Experience with Python for application development, cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), database systems, and SQL
• Experience with the Python ecosystem, including tools for build, test and deployment
• Deep understanding of ML practices as they relate to foundation model integration (e.g., tooling and instrumentation, feature/model selection, RAG patterns) and some fine-tuning, deep learning, and training / algorithm insight
• Ability to think critically about ambiguously stated problems, decipher user preferences versus hard requirements, and effectively use online and onsite resources to find appropriate solutions
• Understanding of API backends with practical experience in integrating and consuming APIs in front-end projects
• Ability to be agile (lowercase a), quickly incorporating feedback and adjusting to changing priorities
• Ability to visualize architecture of a proposed system or service, draw it out, socialize it, and build it

Responsibilities

• Create new business logic, leveraging RESTful API standards and best practices and patterns on the backend of our systems
• Deploy and maintain databases and storage for our applications in both SQL and NoSQL styles
• Design features that extend from the application user interface to underlying APIs
• Uphold high standards of code quality through rigorous testing, adherence to code standards, and common sense testing
• Have worked well with data scientists, business analysts and machine learning infrastructure to connect the dots between business and technology partners
• 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 as well as ensuring cross-device and browser compatibility
• Create documentation for developers as well as business users to help them understand our products
• Work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team within a matrixed organization, leveraging strong interpersonal skills to navigate system complexities and deploy solutions efficiently
• Deploy to cloud-based platforms and troubleshoot application, cloud, and configuration issues when necessary
• Utilize tools for code & test generation to dramatically accelerate the delivery of features and components you create

Preferred Qualifications

• Competent working in secured internal network environments and complex cloud networks setups
• Familiarity with integrating large language models and AI-generated content technologies into applications
• Familiarity with the development ecosystem evolving around LLM integration, such as langchain
• 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

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• A variety of other discounts and perks