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Job Description
This is an opportunity to play a critical role in the digital evolution of the NBC News Group, specifically in the support of our Direct to Consumer products for NBC News Digital, such as CNBC Pro and Jim Cramer’s Investor Club.
- As a Senior Manager of Software Engineering, you will partner with the Product, Operations, Design, and Editorial teams to bring NBC News Digital content to life. You will be a significant influence on our product roadmap, bringing a technical and strategic perspective. You will be a steward of both our technical and overall culture. We are looking for a technical leader to manage software engineers working on a variety of technical systems for NBCUniversal News Digital.
- You have experience managing complex technical projects and/or leading a team of engineers. You release early and often, and you’ve put the systems in place to do that safely and reliably. You know the business impact of your work. You are an excellent debugger of problems.
- This role will report into the Director of Engineering (Direct to Consumer).
- Manage a team of software engineers working anywhere in our stack e.g. front end rendering layers, our content management systems, APIs, etc.
- Partner with product managers, technical program managers and business stakeholders on a cross-functional team to drive projects forward, provide leadership, and communicate vision to the team
- Manage technical risk and promote responsible innovation
- Hire the best talent for your team, set expectations, manage performance of your reports
- Bring and support technical vision that aligns with product and business goals
Be accountable for the overall planning, execution, and success of complex projects
Qualifications
Qualifications
- 8+ years’ experience in software development or related field(s)
- 2+ years recent experience of technical leadership and/or people management
- BS (or higher, e.g., MS, or PhD) in Computer Science or related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics), or equivalent technical experience
- Comfortable with a variety of languages and frameworks and willing to learn new ones
- Successful track record of on-time delivery of projects
- Excellent debugger and problem solver
- Thoughtful and compassionate leader
- Strong communication skills
- Must submit an attestation disclosing your COVID-19 vaccination status and, if partially or fully vaccinated, submitting your vaccination record no later than 7 days following commencement of employment.
- Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at the commencement of employment or must undergo regular COVID-19 testing if Company determines your job position requires accessing an NBCUniversal worksite.
- Must be willing to adhere to all Company COVID-19 workplace safety policies and protocols.
Additional Information
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. NBCUniversal will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with relevant legal requirements, including the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative For Hiring Ordinance, where applicable.
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