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Senior Manager, Software Engineering Full-time Business Segment: Versant DTC Sports & Entertainment Company Description VERSANT, a forthcoming independent publicly traded media company, will emerge from Comcast Corporation's spin-off, encompassing major cable networks, digital platforms, and entertainment assets. Expected completion is during 2025, subject to standard conditions. Our Sports & Entertainment Digital Products division is committed to innovating and creating extraordinary experiences through technological connectivity. We serve millions across entertainment platforms, reaching over 50 million movie and TV enthusiasts through trusted digital brands like Fandango, Rotten Tomatoes, and Fandango at Home. We are seeking a Senior Manager, Backend Engineering to lead comprehensive re-platforming of core backend services while maintaining uninterrupted production system operations. This is a hands-on technical leadership role involving team management, mentorship, and driving design implementations for high-scale, high-availability systems. The Senior Manager will guide modernization of APIs and microservices powering transactional video-on-demand, electronic sell-through, personalization, search, and payment infrastructures while preserving legacy service stability. Key Responsibilities Hands-On Technical Leadership - Serve as technical lead providing guidance in Java development - High-performance service design - Database schema and distributed data management - Microservices and API platform architecture - Participate in architectural and code reviews - Collaborate with Product Management to align technical solutions Re-platforming & Modernization - Lead backend service re-architecture to cloud-native infrastructure - Define technical roadmap for evolving legacy systems - Balance operational stability with modernization objectives Business Continuity & Reliability - Ensure 24/7 availability and performance during re-platforming - Maintain strict SLAs across millions of users - Implement best practices for rollback and phased transitions Team Leadership & Development - Manage and mentor high-performing engineering team - Drive resilience and continuous improvement culture - Establish clear ownership boundaries Strategic Impact - Create KPI dashboards measuring re-platforming progress - Align backend evolution with organizational goals - Influence long-term architectural direction Qualifications - 8+ years backend engineering experience - 3+ years management experience - Proven success leading large-scale modernization initiatives - Deep expertise in Java, distributed systems, microservices - Strong database and systems architecture background - Exceptional leadership and communication skills - BS/MS in Computer Science Fully Remote: This role is expected to be performed from a non-NBCUniversal worksite. NBCUniversal provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants without discrimination.