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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer, Sr - **Company:** News Corporation - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Code Generation, Relational Databases, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Object-Oriented Software Development, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Information Technology, Data Analytics, Front End Software Development, Web Api - **Published:** July 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9158a3a8bf1ea028 ## About the Role * 5+ years of experience in software architecture, design and development, with specialty in developing backend APIs or full stack applications * Experience with some modern distributed systems backend languages like Python or Typescript, or any other object oriented language (Go, Rust, Java, etc.) * Good knowledge of distributed systems architecture from one of more cloud providers, preferable AWS, utilizing infrastructure as code * Experience with both relational databases (Postgres, etc.) and document stores (DynamoDB, mongodb) * Experience with frontend web or app application development * Experience building maintainable and scalable systems * Experience with agentic AI code generation a plus * A data-driven approach with strong results and outcome-oriented focus, understanding the value derived from rapidly shipping code and learning/iterating on the results * Strong empathy for our consumers and agents, and a passion for exceeding their expectations * Strong communication and interpersonal skills, connecting directly and effectively with cross-functional technical and non-technical stakeholders at various levels * Ability to decompose complex business problems and communicate solutions succinctly * A passion for learning, continuous improvement, sharing, and working in a team environment * Independent and can manage your own projects and time with ease, all the while setting and managing stakeholder expectations * Bachelor degree in Computer Science / Engineering or related field, or equivalent professional experience ## Description * Use technology to create innovation that delights consumers, and agents, and disrupts the industry * Define work and drive technical decisions for complex features in the consumer and agent facing experiences * Collaborate across functional teams to solve business problems, and lead each step of the product development process: from ideation to release; rapidly prototyping, experimenting and delivering solutions that scale to support millions of users * Connect business and consumer problems to proposed technical solutions. Work with product and other stakeholders to rapidly deliver high-impact value and measure using data * Define and evolve the architecture, design and implementation of consumer and agent facing experiences using clean architecture principles. * Make effective and timely technology choices for implementing solutions, often without complete information. * Drive a stable and scalable architecture using modern patterns to deliver a first-class mobile product. 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