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Director, Software Engineering & Media Automation - Fox Corporation
Software Engineer
Lead a high‑performing engineering team building scalable media‑automation services for Fox's Direct‑to‑Consumer platforms, leveraging cloud infrastructure, microservices, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the technical roadmap for media automation and streaming services across multiple consumer brands.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a cross‑functional team of software engineers, architects, and DevOps specialists.
- Design and implement scalable, cloud‑native microservices using Python, Java, and C++ on AWS.
- Establish CI/CD best practices, automated testing, and observability using Kubernetes and related tooling.
- Collaborate with product, content, and operations teams to translate business requirements into reliable, high‑performance solutions.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership role delivering large‑scale media or streaming platforms.
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS), container orchestration (Kubernetes), and modern DevOps pipelines.
- Strong proficiency in Python, Java, and C++ for building high‑throughput, low‑latency services.
- Proven track record of architecting and scaling media automation workflows, transcoding pipelines, or content delivery systems.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align technical decisions with business objectives.
Skills
pythonjavacawskubernetes