Media Tech – Software Engineering Internships – Summer 2026

Media Tech – Software Engineering Internships – Summer 2026

See yourself at NBCU! Be a part of our intern community, a group of curious and passionate trailblazers who we believe are the future of our industry.

The NBCUniversal Internship Program allows students to unlock their potential by contributing to big projects in meaningful ways that matter. To thrive as an NBCU intern, you are ready to bring your passion for media, entertainment, and technology along with your desire to learn each day.

In addition to all of our internships being paid, we will also offer the following for our Summer 2026 interns:

• Paid company holidays for full-time interns.
• Robust networking, learning and development opportunities.
• Complimentary Peacock subscription during your internship.
• Free admission to Universal Parks to use during your internship.
• Access to mental health resources including counseling sessions.
• Financial assistance to offset expenses for transportation and housing may be available on a needs-based basis for eligible in-person interns. More details about eligibility for this assistance will be provided at the time of offer.

Summer 2026 Recruitment Timeline:

November 10 – December 5: Applications Open (may close early due to applicant volume)

Mid November – Late December : First round video interviews

Mid – Late January: Second round interviews

Late January – February : Selected candidates receive offers

Summer 2026 Internship Program:

• Applications Close: December 5th at 11:59pm ET. Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume!
• Program Dates: June 1 – August 7, 2026
• Time Commitment: 40 hours per week. Exact schedule to be determined based on business need.
• Format: Opportunities listed will require an intern to work in New York, NY.

To Apply:

• Submit a one-page resume that outlines your work experience, accomplishments, and your graduation month and year.
• Submit a cover letter that highlights your passion for NBCUniversal, the locations (listed below) you are open to for internships, and your top areas of interest (opportunities listed below).
• Upload a transcript (unofficial transcripts are fine) that confirms your status as an actively enrolled student in a degree-granting program.

Media Tech Internship Program

Here at NBCU, we strive to be on the forefront of leading-edge technology and are seeking a savvy troop of technologists we call Media Tech Interns.

Our Media Tech internship program exposes students to technical opportunities across NBCUniversal's Operations & Technology organizations and serves as the primary pathway for consideration into our Media Tech Associate Program – a challenging two-year rotational program for individuals with a passion for technology. Many of our past interns have gone on to join the Associate Program, which helps participants jump-start their careers by promoting technical breadth through mentorship, networking opportunities, and technical training.

As an NBCUniversal Media Tech Intern, you will gain hands-on experience, allowing you to apply your classroom knowledge to practical situations. We offer a 2-day in-person orientation in our NY office where we bring all interns together to meet each other and various business leaders.

Students will experience firsthand how one of the largest media and entertainment companies in the world operates and delivers strategic, innovative solutions.

Areas of placement may include, but are not limited to:

• Site Reliability - Automation : Our goal is to help teams reduce risk, cost, and manual effort and improve accuracy across NBCU by standardizing and implementing best practices. We provide on-prem and cloud-based development, project consultation, and full-stack automation. Automation Engineering brings deep expertise in systems architecture, process optimization, and automation to every engagement to help teams turn opportunities into lasting improvements.

• Production Application Engineering : The Production Application Engineering team provides services to multiple businesses within the larger NBCU Enterprise, including the architecture and deployment of 2 internal platforms to support live news production - Virtual Production Control Room (VPCR) and NBCU Forge. VPCR leverages public cloud for elastic expansion of resources to deliver live news in markets across the US, reducing the time needed to produce new content for different platforms. Forge is meant to ease the onboarding of vendor solutions into the NBCU ecosystem by building a framework that can be leveraged for different projects without rebuilding the underlying platform.

• Global Network Engineering, WiFi : The Wi-Fi team is part of the NBC Global Network Engineering team which operates all internet connectivity for NBCU internal businesses. We are tasked to install, enhance, troubleshoot, and excel the Wi-Fi network to provide users with a seamless and fast user experience. We are constantly trying to evolve our process, tooling, and methodologies to help accomplish this.

• Production Technology Architecture : The Production Technology Architecture team is a subset of the NBCU Production Engineering team. This group is primarily tasked with designing, implementing and configuring major broadcast production systems such as video routers, IP audio systems, and studios technology. An intern working with this team will be tasked with a large variety of tasks in these efforts, especially focused on the buildout of new control rooms and video control systems for 30 Rock production operations.

• PDEX, Sales & Finance Engineering : The Sales and Finance Engineering team's mission is to build technology solutions that make our Content Sales and Finance operations faster, smarter, and more efficient. An Intern on our team will gain hands-on experience with projects that enable how NBCU delivers and automates the exchange of digital media assets with streaming partners, starting with Amazon Prime Video. This position provides an up-close view of how NBCU systems distribute creative content to Partners through automation, data, and collaboration across business and technology teams.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Must be actively enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited institution during the entire duration of the program. Spring 2026 graduates are not eligible for our Summer 2026 internship program.
• Current class standing of sophomore or above (30 credits).
• Must be presently authorized to work for any employer in the United States and must not require work visa sponsorship from NBCUniversal now or in the future to retain authorization to work in the United States.
• Must be available to work 40 hours per week from June 1 – August 7, 2026.
• Must be willing to work in New York, NY.

For further clarification, candidates currently on any student or exchange visa (e.g. F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, J-1, M-1) are not eligible to apply unless they will be able to change or adjust to another status that grants work authorization without NBCUniversal sponsorship.

NBCUniversal is an E-Verify company, requiring all employees to have an active Social Security number. Any candidate receiving an internship offer must complete I-9 form with Social Security number within 3 days of hire.

Desired Characteristics:

• Students with class standing of junior or above preferred.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above.
• Experience with different program languages such as Python, C#.net, ReactJS, Ansible/Jinja2, or Powershell.
• Understanding of AI concepts.
• Golang proficiency or comparable high level language experience.
• Kubernetes familiarity.
• Understanding of API consumption and data exchange between services.
• Prior Wi-Fi networking and/or RF knowledge is a great asset.
• Understanding of IP networking basics, Linux command line, Windows PowerShell.
• Understanding of general OS Windows 10/11, Linux, and/or MacOS programming skills help.
• Background in television production and technology.
• Programming skills preferably in angular as well as exposure to relational databases and cloud services (AWS/Azure).

The hourly rate for undergraduate student interns