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Demonstrates expertise in managing and mentoring backend software engineering teams while driving architectural decisions for high-performance APIs and distributed systems. Proficient in establishing engineering best practices and ensuring systems are optimized for scalability, availability, and security.
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Team ManagementBackend Software EngineeringKubernetesRESTful APIsObservability Solutions
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Hard Skills
Backend Software EngineeringHigh-Availability Distributed SystemsRESTful APIsGRPC-Based ServicesKubernetesObservability SolutionsElixirRustAPI GatewaysMetadata Management Systems
Soft Skills
MentoringPerformance ReviewsCollaborationTechnical Leadership
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
Industry Keywords
MicroservicesAPI DesignTraffic RoutingData SanitizationService-to-Service CommunicationDisaster RecoveryAI IntegrationContent LicensingPersonalizationRecommendation Systems
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesDistributed SystemsElixirGRPCKubernetesMicroservicesRust
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Manage and mentor a team of backend software engineers
- Conduct performance reviews, career development planning, and hiring
- Establish engineering best practices for development, code review, and operational excellence
- Promote sustainable on-call practices and production ownership
- Lead the design and evolution of high-performance, client-facing APIs supporting core user experiences
- Architect and maintain distributed microservices running in Kubernetes
- Drive architectural decisions for API gateways, traffic routing, data sanitization, and service-to-service communication
- Ensure systems are optimized for scalability, availability, observability, and security
- Define long-term technical direction for backend infrastructure supporting large-scale events and global traffic spikes
- Oversee metadata management systems, content licensing validation, and availability window enforcement
- Guide third-party data ingestion, normalization, and feed integration across partner platforms
- Lead backend support for integrations with Google, FireTV, Apple, Samsung, Vizio, and others
- Own and evolve unified API gateway and data firewall capabilities
- Establish and improve failover and disaster-recovery strategies
- Partner with Product, Legal, ML, and Client Platform teams
- Support personalization, recommendation, and content presentation capabilities through backend system design
- Provide technical leadership during high-traffic campaigns and major global events
- Establish standards for responsible use of AI-assisted development tools
- Explore AI-enabled system optimization, anomaly detection, and developer tooling improvements
- Ensure AI integration aligns with security, privacy, and compliance requirements
- Supervise Senior Software Engineers, Software Engineers, and Associate Software Engineers
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Five (5) years of experience as a Backend Software Engineer, Software Engineer, or related occupation
- Experience designing and operating high-availability distributed systems serving large-scale production traffic
- Experience building and maintaining RESTful APIs and gRPC-based services
- Experience working with Kubernetes in production environments
- Experience implementing observability solutions, including logging, metrics, and monitoring systems
- Experience with Elixir
- Experience with Rust in backend services
- Experience designing API gateways, proxy services, or data firewall systems
- Experience building metadata management systems and content platform services
Benefits
Comp & perks- Flexible Time Off Policy for all salaried/exempt employees
- Twelve weeks of paid parental bonding leave within the first year of birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster placement, in addition to applicable government leave programs and FOX’s short-term disability policy
- Monthly wellness reimbursement for all full-time, regular employees
- Vacation and sick time for US-based non-exempt Tubi employees
- FOX Employee Benefits for the majority of US employee benefits