Media Tech – Software Engineering Internships – Summer 2026

Media Tech – Software Engineering Internships – Summer 2026

NBCUniversal is one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies. We create world-class 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 ad-supported streaming service. We produce and distribute premier filmed entertainment and programming through Universal Filmed Entertainment Group and Universal Studio Group, and have world-renowned 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 NBCUniversal's 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 well-capitalized company will have significant scale as a pure-play set of assets anchored by leading news, sports and entertainment content. The spin-off is expected to be completed during 2025.

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.
• At our Universal City office interns will have access to the NBCUCommutes program, which provides fully subsidized transit passes to full-time lower lot employees, good for unlimited rides on all Metro bus and rail, such as the Metro Red Line.

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 Universal City, CA.

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. More information on this pipeline program can be found at nbcunicareers.com.

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:

• SAP Enterprise Engineering : We're in the SAP Enterprise Engineering Team currently supporting our legacy SAP ECC platforms as well as working on building our S/4 HANA system as part of Project Keystone. The intern will support building features or RICEFW's using SAP ABAP, UI5 and using SAP's BTP platform for different services using Gen AI, building Reporting solutions using data from different sources including SAP, and creating Technical Architecture and Specification documents.

• Platform Engineering : We are seeking a motivated SAP BTP Intern with a keen interest in Cloud Platform Integration (CPI) and Cloud Application Programming Model (CAPM). The intern will support real-world cloud integration scenarios and application development projects under the guidance of experienced SAP BTP developers and architects. This is an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge SAP Business Technology Platform services and gain hands-on experience in enterprise integration and application development.

• PDEX Engineering Experience : This intern would help our APIGateway team (PDEX org) to standardize, analyze, and maintain our API traffic across apps at NBCU. This role would provide exposure to multiple development teams across the business as well as cyber security and identity. The intern will create and maintain a central API catalog, collect and standardize OpenAPI specifications from various teams, build a reference guide for developers on how to request and use tokens for edge-protected APIs, analyze log data for JWT failures, schema violations, and latency trends and build dashboards showing API traffic metrics, and work with the API Gateway team to build and document automated pipelines for their services.

• Infrastructure Enterprise, IT : NBCU is looking for an IT individual to work closely with the Infrastructure Enterprise Analytics leadership. The current requirement is to collect and report Infrastructure data of servers, databases, web/app services, and storage devices. This data will be used to provide insights of allocated capacity and utilization of infrastructure to application portfolios.

• PDEX Emerging Tech : The intern will be an integral member of the Prism AI CORE team, engaging in a diverse range of projects that leverage cutting-edge technologies to enhance our AI capabilities across NBCU. They will interact with other engineering teams across Prism as well as the wider Operations and Technology org. They will also support users of the AI Gateway, one of the AI CORE services that supports engineering teams across Studios, Parks, News, and Ad Sales.

• GND Automation & Reliability : The intern will be exposed to the Global Network community and some of our stakeholders in Production Engineering. We have a number of exciting projects planned for the coming year, including the continued development of additional features in Mario, as well as extensive work on creating our own Observability platform to replace SevOne. This platform will feature an open Observability architecture with a homogeneous data lake.

Qualifications

Basic Requirements:

• Must be actively enrolled in a degree-granting program at an accredited institution during the entire duration of the program. Spring 202