Sr. Staff Data Engineer

Company Description

NBCUniversal is one of the worlds leading media and entertainment companies. We create worldclass 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 adsupported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have worldrenowned theme parks and attractions through Universal Destinations & Experiences. NBCUniversal is a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

Our impact is rooted in improving the communities where our employees, customers, and audiences live and work. We have a rich tradition of giving back and ensuring our employees have the opportunity to serve their communities. We champion an inclusive culture and strive to attract and develop a talented workforce to create and deliver a wide range of content reflecting our world.

Comcast NBCUniversal has announced its intent to create a new publicly traded company (Versant) comprised of most of NBCUniversals cable television networks, including USA Network, CNBC, MSNBC, Oxygen, E!, SYFY and Golf Channel along with complementary digital assets Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, GolfNow, GolfPass, and SportsEngine. The wellcapitalized company will have significant scale as a pureplay set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spinoff is expected to be completed during 2025.

Job Description

As part of the global Operations & Technology organization, the Data & Analytics team is focused on data and analytics strategies for the future. We support NBCU’s vast portfolio of brands from broadcast, cable, news, and sports networks to film studios, worldrenowned theme parks and a diverse suite of digital properties. We take pride in providing NBCUniversal with data to advise and shape strategic business decisions.

The Data & Analytics team at is looking for a passionate Sr Staff Data Engineer who’s looking to build the next generation of data solutions while working with internal stakeholders, other data engineers, data scientists, and other technologists across one or more of our main subject areas. The Sr Staff Data Engineer role is right for you if you’re a subject matter expert in designing and developing great data models and can maintain the fine balance of business acumen and deep technical knowledge. Here you can create the extraordinary. Join us!

Responsibilities:

• Lead the process of building and designing data models that derived from multiple sources i.e., Manipulating data, flat files, and raw information into cohesive data sets for our stakeholders to easily use and incorporating the results into actionable insights
• Implement appropriate design patterns while optimizing performance, cost, security, and scale and end user experience
• Collaborate with business leaders, engineers, and product managers to understand data needs.
• Interface with other technology teams to extract, load, and transform data from a wide variety of data sources using cloudnative data engineering principles
• Become a subject matter expert for data engineering related technologies and designs
• Coach and guide others within the D&A organization to build scalable pipelines and semantic data models based on foundational data engineering principles
• Participate in development sprints, demos, and retrospectives, alongside releases and deployment
• Build and manage relationships with supporting IT teams in order to effectively deliver work products to production
• Transform large volumes of complex data into digestible bits to enable technicalnontechnical end users make data driven decisions while optimizing the user experience and adhering to branding standards
• Act as a subject matter expert in the design and recommendation of data modeling methodologies and approaches
• Remain up to date with latest data standards, systems and future forward tools and languages

• Qualifications

  • 12+ years of progressive experience in data engineering, warehousing, data modeling and development building of data and analytics products
  • 10+ years of experience with SQL, data modeling, ETLELT development principles, cloud development, and data warehousing concepts
  • 8+ years of experience in a businessfacing analytical role and proven track record of related success
  • 8+ years of experience with data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, MicrosStrategy, andor related)
  • 8+ years working with data modelling and semanticvirtualization layer tools (DBT, AtScale, etc)
  • Knowledge of cloud technologies such as AWS, GCP, andor Azure
  • Knowledge of data modeling, management fundamentals and data storage principles
  • Experience in building data pipelines using PythonSQL or similar programming languages
  • Demonstrated experience in Airflow, Luigi or similar orchestration engines

  • Desired Characteristics:

    • Powerful Storytelling with large, complex datasets
    • Strong experience in SQL, DB and ELT tools such as Snowflake, Redshift
    • Experience or previous exposure to federated query engines (Trino Starburst)
    • Familiarity with cloud solutions and cloud storage (AWS S3, GCS, Azure Data Lake Storage)
    • Mediafocused Strong working knowledge of media including broadcast TV, digital, and mobile
    • Communicator – You have excellent verbal and written skills with the ability to communicate ideas effectively across all levels of the organization, both technical and nontechnical
    • Actionoriented – Youre constantly figuring out new problems and are regularly showing results with a positive attitude, always displaying ethical behavior, integrity, and building trust
    • Strong understanding of Agile principles and best practices

    • Additional Requirements:

      • Fully Remote: This position has been designated as fully remote, meaning that the position is expected to contribute from a nonNBCUniversal 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: $150,000 $185,000 (bonus eligible)

        We are accepting applications for this position on an ongoing basis.

        Additional Information

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