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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