Sr. Backend Engineer, Web3 London, England
Fox Corporation
Full Time
London, England
60000 - 70000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY
Blockchain Creative Labs
Blockchain Creative Labs (BCL), FOX’s Web3 media and creative technology company, is on a mission to forge the future of content creation, distribution and monetization through connecting creators and communities with blockchain technology. Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including the FOX Network and FOX Sports. 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 around blockchain technology. FOX has been responsible for some of the most exciting and disruptive content in entertainment and demonstrated that spirit of innovation once again by moving into the blockchain and Non-fungible Token (NFT) space. By teaming up with Bento Box Entertainment, the Emmy Award-winning animation studio behind hit shows such as Bob's Burgers and The Great North, FOX launched Blockchain Creative Labs in 2021 to offer cutting-edge end-to-end solutions for content creators, IP owners, and advertising partners to leverage the power of blockchain and NFTs to build, launch, manage and sell NFT content and experiences, as well as digital goods and assets.
JOB DESCRIPTION
This role requires 1 - 3 days a week in the London office.
Fox Corporation is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Blockchain Creative Labs engineering team.
We’re looking for engineers who love to ship code and solve complex architecture problems with the latest cloud and web3 technologies. You will be at the heart of the team, responsible for building, deploying and maintaining infrastructure and applications used by a broad range of our customers.
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build, deploy and maintain secure and scalable cloud solutions for highly available digital services
- Work as part of a fast-moving engineering team to drive projects in an agile environment and achieve the best possible technical outcomes
- Stay up to speed with latest cloud services, technologies and patterns to build robust and resilient applications
- Build and integrate tools to automate operational processes
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining highly available web infrastructure and backend applications where uptime and security is the highest priority
- Hands on experience building and designing fault-tolerant applications with a focus on usage of IaC solutions, experience with AWS CDK preferred
- Experience building applications with typescript, python, and scripting languages
- Hands on-experience architecting and building application infrastructure on AWS (using services such as IAM, API Gateway, S3, Dynamodb, EventBridge, AppSync, Step Functions, SQS, SNS, VPC, Lambda) and to inform decision-making about good choices of infrastructure for our applications
- Passion for learning and achieving operational excellence
NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER
- Experience of Web3 is not a prerequisite but the right candidate will have curiosity for this area and apply the technology to solve new problems at scale
- Knowledge of the infrastructure and protocols behind video, broadcast and streaming media systems would be a plus
- Experience building fault tolerant APIs with GraphQL, AppSync experience preferred
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We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.
At FOX, we foster a culture and environment where everyone feels welcome and can thrive. We are deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent across our company. We live in a diverse world, with different ideas and different perspectives that come together to spark new ideas and make great things happen. That means reflecting the diversity of the world around us is critical to our company’s success. We ensure that our viewers, communities and employees feel heard, represented, and celebrated both on screen and off.
Fox Corporation
www.foxcorporation.com
New York, United States
Lachlan Murdoch
Unknown / Non-Applicable
5001 to 10000 Employees
Company - Public
Broadcast Media
2019
