Senior Backend Developer - Remote, United States - Fox Corporation

    Fox Corporation
    Fox Corporation Remote, United States

    Found in: Talent US C2 - 2 weeks ago

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    OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

    Fox CorporationUnder 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

    Fox Corporation is looking for a self-motivated Senior Back-end Developer to join our New York Consumer Platforms & Engineering team. As a Senior Back-end Developer, you will engage in the development of highly available cloud-based services, including API services, back-end frameworks, and administrative tools for Fox digital properties. You will also be an advocate for development best practices, including TDD, Pair Programming, and CI/CD, have a passion to keep learning the latest technologies, and create forward-thinking solutions. Working along with our Project and Product Management teams, our developer teams integrate into the full process of design and implementation.

    Our premiere Platform is the digital foundation of all Fox brands and their Web/Mobile/OTT properties. We love what we do and we're looking for passionate, talented people to help us lead, grow, and achieve our goals. Joining Fox Corporation is a singular opportunity to be part of a highly successful, dynamic team that has transformed the way people get their information.

    ABOUT YOU

  • Your passion for learning is contagious, and you look for opportunities to try new approaches or use new technology in order to solve unique problems
  • You look to engage in agile software methodologies, including practices from XP and Lean into your daily behaviors; unit tests are your way of life, not a nice-to-have
  • You enjoy engaging in conversation software design and can communicate your ideas and concepts to other team members for collaboration and feedback
  • You are able to review sequence diagrams and turn code design into testable application that meets given acceptance criteria

    • A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Utilize TDD to implement unit tests on new development, and implement E2E testing with automation in mind
  • Optimize applications for maximum speed, scalability, and security
  • Drive the development of our enterprise Content Management System using OOP and decoupled architectures
  • Integrate with custom Node-based microservices that power our CMS and APIs
  • Mentor other developers on our team
  • Work directly with other Business Units and participate in project planning
  • Participate in code design and architecting

    • ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGIES WE USE:

  • AWS: EC2, Lambda, RDS, Elasticsearch, S3, SQS, Kinesis
  • PHP
  • JavaScript, Typescript
  • MySQL, DynamoDB
  • Docker
  • GitHub
  • Jira

    • WHAT YOU WILL NEED

  • Strong understanding of Javascript, TypeScript, PHP
  • Proficiency with WordPress development, with focus on plugin development and architecture.
  • 8+ years professional experience; Enterprise systems preferred
  • Write maintainable and scalable code that implements OO design patterns
  • Familiarity with implementing middleware, custom routing, and proxies
  • Experience with mentoring developers, completing code review and managing production releases.
  • Understanding of code design and architecture; Focusing on extensible clean code and TDD

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    #foxtechPursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is: $121, ,500.00 annually for California, Washington, New York City and Westchester County, NY. $101, ,700.00 annually for Colorado. 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.