Senior Platforms Engineer

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox Corporation

Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. We empower a diverse range of creators to imagine and develop culturally significant content, while building an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Platforms Engineer on the Enterprise Platforms Engineering team, you will be a senior level software engineer focused on building and evolving high-impact platform solutions with a strong emphasis on developer experience and hands-on software development. You will design and implement systems that empower engineers to move quickly and safely, reducing friction across the software development lifecycle.

This role requires deep technical expertise and a proven background writing production-grade code in fast-paced development environments. You will work extensively across backend services, serverless and microservice architectures, and internal developer tooling, owning complex technical problems end-to-end. Your contributions will directly improve developer productivity, system performance, and the overall reliability of the platform.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and deliver high-quality, production-level applications across backend services, automation systems, and platform tooling, contributing as a hands-on software engineer in a highly technical, fast-paced development environment

• Design and build platform solutions that significantly improve developer experience and engineering efficiency

• Develop and enhance CI/CD systems to enable fast, reliable, and scalable software delivery

• Build backend automation tools and internal developer platforms that reduce operational overhead

• Design and implement scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP

• Contribute to full-stack application development as needed

• Integrate with third-party SaaS platforms via APIs

• Own and deliver complex technical projects from design through production

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• Prior senior-level software engineering experience in fast-paced, high-performing development environments

• Strong track record of delivering complex technical projects independently

• Strong Python development experience building scalable backend systems and services

• Deep backend development experience with serverless and microservice architectures (e.g., AWS Lambda, ECS, EKS)

• Hands-on experience developing with MongoDB, Redis, and DynamoDB

• Experience with application performance tuning and optimizing system efficiency

• Experience implementing application logging and observability best practices

• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools and modern coding workflows

• Deep hands-on expertise with AWS and GCP cloud platforms

• Proficiency in modern frontend development frameworks such as Next.js or React

• Strong understanding of secure cloud architecture and modern development best practices

• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker

• Regular, on-site attendance at the workplace a minimum of 3 days per week is an essential function of the position. Selected candidate must be able to reliably meet this requirement.

NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER

• Experience developing AI agents or working with AI-driven systems

• Experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD pipeline automation

• Infrastructure as Code experience (e.g., Terraform)

• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration

• Familiarity with SRE practices, including monitoring and observability systems

• Experience working within Agile development environments, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams and participating in iterative delivery cycles (e.g., sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives)

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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $143,000.00-170,000.00 annually. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

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