Act Two Consultant

This is a Full Time Job

Responsibilities
The Act Two career relaunch program at NBCUniversal is a 6-month paid, fixed-term role for experienced professionals returning to the workforce after taking time off for personal reasons such as caregiving. The program is open to women and men who have at least 5 years of professional experience and have been out of the paid workforce (in an office/ corporate environment) for at least two years to focus on caring for a child or another dependent. If you meet these criteria, we welcome you to apply.

At NBCU, we appreciate the skills you can offer, the diverse perspective you can provide, and the contributions you will make. We understand that while careers may pause, talent doesn't. Our Act Two program offers you a chance to revamp your skills, gain new experience and get professional development support through our partnership with Path Forward.

The CNBC Digital Technology team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build software solutions across CNBC's Digital Platform. The Sr. Software engineer role focuses on Frontend development. The role requires hands-on software development skills, deep technical expertise across the entire software delivery process, from content generation to delivery.

Here's how to tell if you're who we're looking for:
• You have a strong passion for new technologies and driving innovation.
• You get excited about collaborating with team members to produce results.
• You deliver high quality, production ready code.

You're interested in expanding your skillset and never stop learning

Qualifications/Requirements
• Experience building web frontend beyond just prototypes. Hands on coding experience building clean, fast WEB pages and components.
• Hands on experience building applications in React-Redux a strong plus
• Skills styling web applications using CSS 2/3, SASS
• Experience with one or more technologies such as ReactJS, Redux, SASS, ES6, JSX, Babel, Apollo GraphQL and NodeJS technologies.
• Experience working on large scale, high traffic websites a plus.
• Solid understanding of core programming principles and design patterns.
• Experience building mobile web applications

Desired Characteristics

• BS degree or higher in Computer Science with a minimum of 3 years of engineering experience.
• Good Communication skills (verbal and written) with an ability to work in a highly collaborative environment
• Good organizational skills with the ability to track and prioritize numerous tasks
• Proactive personality with a proven track record of following through, exhibiting ownership, and delivering on responsibilities

Your Day to Day Includes:
• Hands-on software development building frontend web applications
• Working closely with your peers in product and design to ideate on our projects and roadmaps
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation
• Participating in meaningful and thorough code reviews
• Collaborating with the team to ship new features quickly
• Helping to improve code quality by writing unit tests.