Role Overview
Fox Corporation is seeking an experienced Backend Software Development Engineer (Java) to join its engineering team on-site in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. In this core backend engineering role, you will design, implement, and operate scalable, resilient, and high-throughput backend services powering direct-to-consumer digital platforms across FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, and Tubi. You will take end-to-end ownership of systems engineering, build low-latency APIs, integrate modern AI/LLM capabilities into backend workflows, and ensure robust distributed system performance in production.
Core Responsibilities
- API & Service Development: Architect, implement, and maintain high-throughput, low-latency backend microservices and APIs meeting strict reliability benchmarks.
- Distributed Systems Design: Execute high-level and low-level architectural designs for resilient, fault-tolerant, and observable cloud-native distributed systems.
- Data Modeling & Persistence: Design data access patterns and manage performance trade-offs across relational and NoSQL database layers.
- AI & LLM Integration: Embed modern AI capabilities, large language models (LLMs), and prompt-driven backend workflows into core platform services.
- Performance & Cost Optimization: Profile and tune backend services for latency, throughput, memory efficiency, and cloud operational costs.
- Code Quality & Ownership: Deliver well-tested, maintainable code, conduct rigorous peer code reviews, and drive engineering excellence across development cycles.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Educational Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
- Professional Experience: 4 to 8 years of backend software development experience building and deploying production-scale applications.
- Programming Proficiency: Strong programming expertise in backend technologies, with a strong focus on Java.
- Cloud & Infrastructure: Practical hands-on experience designing and operating services in cloud environments (AWS or equivalent).
- Databases & Architecture: Solid understanding of relational and NoSQL databases, data modeling, data structures, and distributed systems algorithms.
- AI Integration Capabilities: Practical familiarity integrating AI systems, LLM-based APIs, and automation workflows into backend software stacks.
About Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation produces and distributes culturally significant content through some of the world’s leading brands, including FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX Television Stations, and Tubi Media Group. Across its portfolio, Fox builds and operates scalable digital platforms serving millions of consumers globally across web, mobile, and connected TV devices.