Senior Backend Engineer
fox com
- London, England, United Kingdom
- London, England, United Kingdom
À propos
JOB DESCRIPTION We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join our Emerging Tech team and build the backend systems powering our multimodal AI platform. You will design and develop scalable APIs, services, and infrastructure that enable content discovery, semantic search, recommendation, and personalization capabilities across various media formats.
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
Own backend services from content curation, to semantic search and content recommendation from design to production deployment
Build and maintain microservices, cloud workflows and data pipelines that serve both internal editorial use-cases and consumer-facing applications
Integrate with model serving endpoints, vector search APIs, and LLM inference services to power AI-driven features
Build reliable, scalable cloud-native backend infra on multi-cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure) with consideration for availability, performance, and cost
Mentor junior engineers, conduct code and design reviews, and take ownership of code quality, test coverage, and documentation
Collaborate with ML engineers, data engineers, and product leaders to craft end-to-end solutions
Ensure all systems adhere to security best practices for compliance with Fox policies on data protection and user privacy
Follow TDD/BDD approach with automated testing (unit, integration, end-to-end) practices to ensure quality
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
Proven track record of backend engineering experience working on production-grade systems in a product-focused organization.
Strong programming skills in TypeScript and/or Python with solid computer science foundation in data structures and algorithms
Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices at scale
Expertise in distributed systems design and architecture with focus on reliability and scaling
Experience with various types of data processing and persisting solutions (Apache Spark, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka)
Cloud platform experience (GCP preferred: Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Workflow, Firestore, AlloyDB, BigQuery)
Experience integrating LLMs and other ML models serving endpoints
Understanding of multi-modal embeddings, vector search, and various similarity/semantic search patterns
Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with ability to understand complex systems
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and infrastructure‑as‑code
Ownership mindset with end‑to‑end responsibility for design, implementation, and production operation
Excellent grasp of SDLC and agility methodology, well versed with challenges in developing and releasing a globally distributed team
NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER
Experience with AI platforms and ML model serving infrastructure (e.g., Vertex AI, SageMaker, or similar)
Experience with media processing pipelines and delivery systems (e.g. new articles, episodes, blogpost, video, podcasts)
Familiarity with vector databases and semantic search systems (e.g. pgVector, Opensearch/Elasticsearch, Pinecone)
Experience with Google Cloud Vertex AI and other AI service (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, ElevenLabs)
Curiosity and enthusiasm for generative AI, LLMs, and Agentic workflows
Open‑source contributions or active participation in the developer community
Learn more about Fox Tech at https://tech.fox.com
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.
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Compétences linguistiques
- English
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