Company Description
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.
Here you can be your authentic self. As a company uniquely positioned to educate, entertain and empower through our platforms, Comcast NBCUniversal stands for including everyone. Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, coupled with our Corporate Social Responsibility work, is informed by our employees, audiences, park guests and the communities in which we live. We strive to foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where our employees feel supported, embraced and heard. Together, we’ll continue to create and deliver content that reflects the current and ever-changing face of the world.
Job Description
NBC Universal’s Technical Operations Enterprise Product team builds products and services to organizations throughout NBCUniversal including Ad Sales, Broadcast Operations, NBC Digital, NBC News, NBC Sports, Cable Entertainment brands and local TV stations. The Enterprise Product team span 6 key verticals: Content Management, Content Sales and Finance, Scheduling and Distribution, Ad Sales, Ad Technology and Integration, Data and Analytics, and Linear Distribution. Within the Ad Technology and Integration team, we are ultimately responsible for evolving our mission-critical digital ad tech stack to enable monetization of NBCU’s billion-dollar digital ad sales portfolio.
In addition, we are responsible for continuously monitoring our production environments to ensure the optimal end-user video ad experience across our STB, OTT, desktop and mobile platforms. We constantly strive to innovate and discover new ways in which we can optimize our overall business processes by implementing new tools, systems and/or processes to help manage and grow NBCU’s Digital business.
The Ad Technology and Integration team is looking for a highly collaborative engineer to manage ad integrations on NBCUniversal’s O&O and partner streaming media applications. This role will be responsible for evaluating the approach and solutioning ad integrations on NBCU’s ad serving platforms, DTC streaming applications and off domain partner apps. The Product Integration Lead will serve as an internal consultant and subject matter expert on backend ad technology, ad serving systems integration and architecture, and will work alongside the Product Owner and Product Architecture teams to validate business requirements for technical feasibility. This role will work very closely with the product, brand engineering and QA departments to ensure that ad integrations go smoothly and meet the high standards of the NBCUniversal portfolio. This role would report to the Manager, Ad Technology and Integration.
- Act as a subject matter expert on NBCU’s ad server integrations across its digital entertainment, sports, and news websites and apps
- Responsible for leading ad integration activities across platforms
- Work with ad product and central/brand tech teams to dictate ad implementation best practices and influence application and player design as it relates to advertising
- Responsible for baseline ad systems configurations for new mobile apps
- Responsible for troubleshooting and debugging ad issues on pre-release builds to help facilitate and unblock QA execution
- Responsible for documenting ad-related features and tech stacks across related ad integrations
- POC and solution new advertising features and products on mobile endpoints
- Understands the complexities and inherent limitations of the ad technology ecosystem and various streaming devices
- Responsible for bridging the gap between Ad Sales product and QA; helping to operationalize test cases to ensure features can be effectively tested
- Keep up to date with new specifications, technologies, and industry initiatives
- Collaborate and cross-train teammates on other squads who specialize in other endpoints (Desktop, OTT, etc)
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems, or relevant experience
- Experience with ad serving systems, dynamic ad insertion and related workflows
- Knowledge of streaming media including experience with streaming video players, ABR streaming techniques, Content Delivery Networks, etc.
- Experience troubleshooting technical issues, running Charles sessions, evaluating web traffic and event triggers
- Experience with RESTful APIs to connect mobile applications to back-end services
Preferred Qualifications:
- Detail-oriented; highly meticulous and process-oriented ability to quickly learn new technologies and apply those learnings to projects/implementations
- Flexible self-starter who enjoys exploring new technology
- Demonstrated ability to own projects end-to-end with minimal supervision and guidance
- Knowledge of Freewheel ad server
- Knowledge of GAM ad server integrations
- Experience/knowledge of various ad integration techniques (server side vs. client side)
- Excellent written, verbal, visual/presentation and interpersonal communications skills
- Team player dedicated to excellent customer service for internal and external customers
Remote Workers: 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. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $110,000 – $145,000
Additional Information
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