Senior Software Engineer

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Company Description

SPORTS NEXT

NBC Sports Next is where sports and technology intersect. We’re fueled by our mission to innovate, create larger-than-life events and connect with sports fans through technology. We’re a subdivision of NBC Sports and home to leading technology platforms and digital applications for Youth & Recreational Sports; Golf; and Emerging Media.

At NBC Sports Next, 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; SportsEngine Play, the first ever streaming service for youth and amateur sports, GolfNow, the leading online tee time marketplace and provider of golf course operations technology; and GolfPassthe ultimate golf membership that connects golfers to exclusive content, tee time credits, instructional content and more.

FANDANGO

Over the past twenty years, Fandango has built a network of direct-to-consumer digital brands, where 50 million+ fans unite to celebrate their love for movies, TV and streaming.  We take pride in serving fans throughout their entertainment journey from content discovery to theatrical moviegoing to watching at home. Our portfolio includes leading online movie ticketer, Fandango, which tickets for more than 31,000 U.S. movie screens; world-renowned entertainment review site, Rotten Tomatoes; and Fandango at Home (previously known as Vudu), the on-demand streaming service offering the industry’s best selection of 4K UHD titles and more than 250,000 new release and catalogue movies and next day TV shows.

Job Description

Fandango is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and development of our next-generation content delivery pipeline for external partners, including cable operators, broadcast affiliates, vMVPDs, and OEMs. Reporting to the Director of Video Delivery Engineering, you will be the technical lead building robust, scalable infrastructure to manage the preparation, packaging, and delivery of content for linear and on-demand distribution.

This role is critical in modernizing how we deliver movie and TV assets from our Fandango at Home platform to a wide ecosystem of partners, with particular focus on CableLabs ADI specification compliance, metadata integrity, delivery tracking, and reliability at scale.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain automated pipelines for packaging and distributing video content to MVPDs, linear broadcast partners, and digital platforms.
• Ensure full compliance with CableLabs ADI 1.¹⁄₁.2 specs, including correct asset hierarchy, metadata generation, and delivery packaging.
• Design systems to handle linear scheduling metadata, slate content, trick files, blackout rules, and region-specific constraints.
• Integrate with third-party delivery systems (e.g., Aspera, Signiant, S3, SFTP), and build monitoring for SLAs, throughput, and partner-specific success metrics.
• Automate reconciliation workflows, including delivery receipts, QC validation (e.g., checksum, mediainfo), and error remediation.
• Collaborate with Video Encoding, Platform Engineering, and Partner Operations to translate partner specs into executable, repeatable delivery templates.
• Work with business stakeholders and ops to onboard new partners, define spec mappings, and ensure timely fulfillment of content delivery obligations.
• Create robust observability dashboards, real-time alerting, and delivery performance reporting for internal and external visibility.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of engineering experience in video delivery, broadcast operations, or media tech infrastructure.
• Strong working knowledge of CableLabs ADI 1.¹⁄₁.2 specification, metadata packaging, and related partner compliance workflows.
• Experience with file-based delivery workflows for MVPDs, vMVPDs, or syndication partners.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java, and a track record of building backend systems with high reliability and automation.
• Familiarity with video codecs and containers (e.g., MPEG-2, H.264, ProRes, MPEG-TS), as well as slate, trick play, and blackout file handling.
• Deep understanding of partner delivery SLAs, with a bias toward automation, fault tolerance, and long-term scalability.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; able to work closely with technical and non-technical teams to ensure flawless execution.

Bonus Points For

• Experience with delivery to platforms like Comcast, Spectrum, Verizon, Cox, or Dish.
• Familiarity with EMA specifications, Common Metadata, and other industry-wide content metadata schemas.
• Experience building systems for linear scheduling, EPG integration, or broadcast tape replacement workflows.
• Background in content protection (DRM, watermarking) and entitlement-based delivery systems.

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.

Additional Information

As part of our selection process, external candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with an NBCUniversal employee at one of our locations prior to a hiring decision. 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.

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Although you’ll be hired as an NBCU employee, your employment and the responsibilities associated with this job likely will transition to Versant in the future. By joining at this pivotal time, you’ll be a part of this exciting company as it takes shape.

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