Senior Software Engineer, Automation Engineering

Role Description

NBCUniversal Advertising Products & Solutions (AP&S) is responsible for the product development and project management of NBCUniversal’s full advertising technology suite. From sales support to campaign execution, delivery, and billing, our division services both internal and external customers in support of NBCUniversal’s $7B+ annual advertising business. Together, we’re building the platform that powers the future of advertising at NBCU.

Our Data Collaboration Group, a core part of AP&S, powers the full advertiser lifecycle across insights, measurement, onboarding, activation, and optimization, utilizing various integration pathways including Data Clean Rooms and secure data shares.

Within the Data Collaboration Group, our Engineering & Operations team builds the automation and platform capabilities behind these workflows. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Automation Engineering to join the Engineering & Operations team. Reporting to the Director of Automation Engineering, this role will build AI-enabled automation systems and production-grade software that support NBCUniversal’s data collaboration ecosystem.

The ideal candidate is a strong Python engineer who can design reliable systems, productize repeatable workflows, and build AI agents that help automate complex engineering and operational tasks across data platforms for audience activation, measurement, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related technical field
• Software Engineering: 5+ years of experience building production-grade software using Python, including libraries, services, testing, CI/CD, and code reviews
• AI / LLM Engineering: Hands-on experience building applications using LLMs, RAG, vector databases, prompt engineering, or frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar tools
• Agentic Systems / Automation: Experience designing AI-enabled workflows, reasoning agents, tool-using agents, or complex automation systems
• Data Platforms: 3+ years of hands-on experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, or similar technologies
• Systems Design: Strong understanding of production system design, including observability, reliability, scalability, performance tuning, and operational support

Requirements

• Exposure to data clean room concepts or platforms such as Snowflake Clean Rooms, Databricks Clean Rooms, LiveRamp, Habu, or similar technologies
• Experience with advertising technology, audience activation, campaign delivery, reach and frequency, attribution, incrementality, or reporting workflows
• Snowflake SnowPro Core Certification, Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate, or similar cloud/data platform certification

Benefits

• 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.

Salary Range

$140,000 - $180,000 (bonus eligible)