Software Developer

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY Fox Corporation Under 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 Software Developer (Fox Cable Network Services, LLC; Los Angeles, California) Write performance rendering code that can work on low-spec devices with as little memory usage as possible; build innovative product features to help our users discover and consume content; work on our open source shared user interface (UI) components library; improve the video playback experience across different platforms and utilize innovations in browsers (Progressive Web Apps (PWA)); build infrastructure for staging and production; optimize the data processing pipeline; improve backend service monitoring and optimization to decrease API response time and increase system availability; build next generation of infrastructure as code, making it reproducible and durable; maintain production components, debug, test, and fix concealed issues, which affect production services; investigate, design, and develop the next generation machine learning data pipeline to provide an error free and vast data source for the machine learning team to build better user experiences; use strong communication skills (verbal and written) to work with the product and design teams to understand end-user requirements, formulate use cases, and translate these into a pragmatic and effective technical solution. The position permits telecommuting pursuant to company policy. Education Requirements Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or related field. Experience Requirements Three (3) years of experience in the position offered or related occupation. Skills with the following required developing Content Management System features (including planning, analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, testing, and maintaining Matrix and User Device Services) to enable users to access content; programs or scripts using programming languages (including JavaScript, React, HTML and CSS) to optimize video viewing experience; developing code to improve video playback across platforms; working with open-source shared user interface (UI) to develop and maintain content facing application programming interface (API); operating browser internals (including networking and Rendering Cycle); building infrastructure to develop video and operate video playback; and programming using Typescript. To Apply Any interested applicant may click on the APPLY NOW button above to apply for this position. 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. Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $349,442.09-384,386.30 annually. This role is also eligible for 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. View more detail about FOX Benefits. Apply To This Job

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