Software Engineering Internships – Academic Year 2025-2026
If you think all the fun only happens in summer, think again! As an NBCUniversal Academic Year intern, you’ll get immersed in exciting work, experience our unique NBCU culture, and feel the real support and guidance for 2 whole semesters. 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 our internships being paid, we will also offer the following for our Academic Year interns: Paid time off for mental health, school exams, and personal holidays. Robust networking, learning and development opportunities. Complimentary Peacock subscription during your internship. Free admission to Universal Parks to use during your internship. Academic Year Recruitment Timeline: April 21 – May 9: Applications Open (may close early due to applicant volume) Early May – Mid June: First round video interviews Mid June – Mid July: Second round interviews Throughout July: Selected candidates receive offers Academic Year Internship Program: Applications Close: May 9th at 11:59pm ET. Pro Tip: Submit your application as soon as possible – applications could close earlier due to applicant volume! Program Dates: September 15, 2025 – April 17, 2026 Time Commitment: 16-24 hours per week. Exact schedule to be determined based on business need. We will do our best to accommodate course schedules. Format: Opportunities listed will be fully virtual. 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. Operations & Technology: (O&T) is a $1B operating cash flow ($1.5B FCF) division of NBCUniversal. The group functions as a global shared service within NBCUniversal performing critical functions including Media, Broadcast and Studio Operations & Production, Content Supply Chain, Information Technology and Engineering, as well as Cyber Security. The group operates from numerous locations around the world, including New York, New Jersey, Los Angeles, Denver, Connecticut, and London. Areas of placement may include, but are not limited to: Corp Tech Data & Analytics Engineering: The Corp Tech Data and Analytics Engineering team is responsible for building and supporting all Data and Analytics solutions for Financial Services and HCM operations at NBCUniversal. This team supports all divisions of NBCU and provides the intern with the opportunity to observe the entire operations of NBCU as a unified entity. Additionally, the team consolidates financial data across corporate and divisional levels. By collaborating with this team, the intern gains valuable exposure to the back operations of a large organization. Business Technology Platform Engineering: We are the SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) team. This is a Horizontal team that manages Integration and Cloud applications related to SAP. The intern will support writing & integrating source and target using SAP CPI platform, as well as automating certain business process steps. GND Network Ops & Wi-Fi: Our small group manages and maintains the NBCU Wi-Fi infrastructure around the company. We're part of the greater global network team of about 60 engineers and operational staff around the company. There are 2 employees in LA and 2 in NYC. Network engineers in general are located mostly in LA, NYC, and the UK. There are a few smaller groups within Denver, Stamford, and Miami and many more that are fully remote. The Wi-Fi team manages all global NBCU properties except for UDX. The intern will support automating and making dashboards to help monitor the Wi-Fi network better. GND Automation & Reliability: Although we're in the Network organization, our team is more on the DevOps/Software side of Engineering because our primary focus is developing software, which includes both front-end and backend development to enable the Network Engineering community to engineer, deploy, and operate the network fleet at scale. The intern will assist the team in developing our front-end UI as well as back-end code architecture!