Software Developer

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

FOX Entertainment

With a legacy spanning more than 35 years, FOX Entertainment is one of the world’s most recognizable media brands and a prolific content producer across its iconic broadcast network and both owned and third-party streaming platforms. Known for its independent, innovative spirit and provocative, groundbreaking storytelling, the company was reinvented in 2019 with the formation of FOX Entertainment. While maintaining its leadership in broadcast television (9-1-1: Lone Star, The Simpsons, The Cleaning Lady, Hell’s Kitchen, LEGO Masters), the company is actively building a portfolio of businesses and library of owned original content. To date, FOX Entertainment’s long-term growth strategy has included the acquisitions of award-winning animation studio Bento Box Entertainment (Bob’s Burgers, The Great North, Krapopolis, Grimsburg), entertainment platform TMZ, and global production studio MarVista Entertainment (The Way Home, Rescuing Christmas), as well as the formation of the culinary and lifestyle content venture Studio Ramsay Global (Next Level Chef, Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars) in partnership with Gordon Ramsay. The company also established its in-house unscripted studio FOX Alternative Entertainment (The Masked Singer, Snake Oil, I Can See Your Voice, Name That Tune), FOX Entertainment Studios (Animal Control) to develop scripted content, and worldwide content sales unit FOX Entertainment Global.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Duties :

As part of FOX User Identity team, Fox Cable Network Services, LLC seeks a Software Developer (Senior Software Engineer), responsible for building and maintaining large and complex projects which involve low latency, highly scalable API microservices that offer user identity and profile capabilities to FOX suite of client applications. Play an essential role in designing, developing, and maintaining secure and scalable software solutions that support user identity and profile management across various applications. Specific duties include: 1) Design and develop systems such as user authentication and authorization, user profile management, email notification services for users, etc., based on FOX's software engineering standards. 2) Identify and troubleshoot any technical issues that arise in the systems owned by the team. 3) Keep abreast of the latest trends and best practices in software development and identity management. 4) Work cross-functionally to ensure seamless integration of identity services into FOX’s large product portfolio. 5) Lead design and architecture discussions, contributing valuable insights from previous experience and academic knowledge. 6) Mentor junior engineers, fostering a collaborative and learning-oriented team environment. 7) Participate in critical support rotations, ensuring the reliability and performance of FOX services. Telecommuting permitted from any location in the U.S.

Job Requirements :

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering or related field, plus three (3) years of software engineering or related software development experience, including experience designing software solutions for web services using microservice architecture; SQL and NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB and Redis; continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) tools such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions; and working with Go programming language.

*Specific skills: Also requires experience or knowledge in the following: 1) Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and related identity and access management (IAM) technology landscape; 2) Knowledge of software design/architecture and tradeoffs related to large scale systems; 3) Experience with Agile methodologies and project management tools such as Jira; 4) Experience using AWS or other cloud providers; 5) Experience using Containers and Kubernetes; and 6) Knowledge of software development life cycle

*Any level of experience or knowledge in the specific skills is acceptable.

Telecommuting permitted from any location in the U.S.

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