Staff Software Engineer, Data Products

Fox Sports Interactive Media, LLC
Los Angeles, CA, United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
$143,000.0 - $190,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Continuous Integration Decision Support Systems Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language) Machine Learning Software Engineering Cloud Platform System Large Language Models
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Multi-Agent Systems Multi-Cloud Live Streaming Graphql Databricks Microservices

Job description

As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a pivotal technical leadership role in building next-generation AI-driven applications, services, and tools that create automatic highlights. Your past experience in digital media and video will be instrumental in building dynamic workflows and orchestrations for both live and VOD (Video on Demand) content.

Your expertise in multi-cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, and Databricks will be crucial in our distributed computing landscape. We work on cutting edge projects using AI that includes building conversational agents using LLMs, generating automatic highlights, contextualizing videos and articles at scale, driving live storytelling, powering bleeding edge consumer products

WHY JOIN US?

  • Innovative Environment: Build AI-powered systems that directly impact revenue and business performance.
  • Collaborative Culture: Partner with product, data, and business teams to shape next-gen workflows.
  • Career Growth: Work on high-visibility initiatives with strong ownership and advancement opportunities.
  • Impactful Work: Help redefine how data and AI drive decision-making in a core business function., * Design and implement scalable AI/ML-driven applications that generate and manage assets for live streaming and VOD.
  • Build intelligent orchestration layers that integrate AI systems, models, and services.
  • Develop agent-based and retrieval-driven systems to power automation and decision support.
  • Prototype new approaches and productionize solutions that drive measurable business impact.
  • Collaborate closely with product, data, and business stakeholders to define and deliver solutions.
  • Instill high engineering standards while operating in a fast-paced, iterative environment.
  • Mentor and support other engineers on the team.

Requirements

  • Balanced Skill Set: Ability to assess and understand complex systems quantitatively and qualitatively, coupled with high emotional intelligence (EQ) to act as a product ambassador.
  • Superb Communication: Exceptional communication skills to cultivate strong working relationships, communicate effectively, write meticulously, and give outstanding presentations to both technical and creative audiences.
  • Business Translation: Ability and passion to translate business objectives into actionable analyses and analytic results into business and product recommendations.
  • Entertainment Passion: A passion for TV, movies, and defining the future of entertainment., * Experience in Software Engineering, Data Science, or ML Engineering.
  • Strong background in live media streaming and handling VOD content.
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems and scalable architecture.
  • Familiarity with modern AI techniques, including LLMs and retrieval-based systems.
  • Experience designing APIs (REST or GraphQL) and microservices.
  • Experience working in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Databricks.
  • Ability to work efficiently and deliver in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.

NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEALBREAKER

  • Experience with agent orchestration frameworks or workflow engines.
  • Proficiency in Python, Java, or similar languages.
  • Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code.

If you’re excited about applying AI to transform business workflows and drive real revenue impact, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits & conditions

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 $143,000.00-190,000.00 annually. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, 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.

About the company

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.

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