About This Role
Developing and maintaining scalable backend services and APIs is the primary focus of this engineering role, which involves extensive use of AWS serverless development. The position suits a developer with technical leadership skills and a passion for code quality, who will also mentor junior developers and contribute to architecture discussions.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain scalable backend services and APIs using TypeScript on AWS serverless platforms (Lambda, SQS, RDS, Step Functions)
- Lead technical discussions and collaborate with cross-functional teams on architecture, design, and implementation strategies
- Create detailed workflow diagrams and technical documentation to support development and operations
- Debug and resolve production issues using AWS CloudWatch logs, Datadog, and other monitoring tools
- Conduct code reviews and mentor junior developers, promoting coding best practices and quality standards
- Build OpenSearch indexes to support robust natural language search functionality
- Leverage AI tools to assist in development, code review, validation, and test generation
- Maintain and improve unit test coverage across services
- Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and reliability
- Understand and apply CI/CD concepts with tools like GitHub Actions
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Expertise in AWS serverless technologies: Lambda, SQS, RDS, and Step Functions
- Proficiency in TypeScript
- Strong knowledge of both Object-Oriented and Functional Programming
- Experience debugging with AWS CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar tools
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions and produce workflow diagrams
- Strong experience mentoring and performing code reviews
- Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions
- Ability to scale and tune services for performance and reliability
- Familiarity with npm private packages and modern package management
- Understanding of relational, NoSQL, and caching database types
- Experience building OpenSearch indexes
- Hands-on experience using AI tools to accelerate development and review processes
- Commitment to unit testing with high coverage
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
Nice to have:
- Additional experience in Python or Java
- AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Developer
– Associate)
- Familiarity with infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform)
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker, ECS, or EKS
- Background knowledge of media digital supply chains
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- A 401(k) plan
- Paid time off
- Other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents
About the Company
Fox Corporation produces and distributes content through brands including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations and Tubi Media Group. The company empowers creators to develop culturally significant content and builds an organization that thrives on creative ideas, operational expertise and strategic thinking.
