Fox Corporation
ad tech
StaffBackendEngineer
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“Staff Backend Engineer at Fox Corporation. Skills: distributed systems, backend services, ad delivery, pacing, JVM languages, Akka technologies, big data or streaming frameworks, technical leadership. design and operate distributed backend services that determine when, where, and how ads are delivered across partner applications. implement and evolve algorithms for pacing, planning, and optimization”
What You'll Achieve.
systems that touch billions of impressions and shape the next generation of personalized advertising; effective, well-paced ad outcomes; high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems; long-term scalability; correctness, observability, and operational excellence; simplify, modernize, and scale systems as demand grows; high-quality, scalable solutions; production health
Industry & Context.
Identify architectural bottlenecks and lead efforts to simplify, modernize, and scale systems as demand grows
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Extensive experience designing and building scalable distributed systems using JVM languages (Scala Java or Kotlin acceptable), Deep expertise with relational databases (e. g. , Postgres), caching systems (e. g. , Redis), messaging/streaming platforms (e. g. , Kafka or Kinesis), Proven ability to build and operate near real-time, high-performance, fault-tolerant services, Experience working with big data or streaming frameworks such as Apache Spark or Flink, Demonstrated technical leadership, including driving architecture decisions and influencing cross-team systems, ownership mindset with a pragmatic approach to delivering high-quality, scalable solutions
Nice to Have
Experience operating large-scale distributed systems using Kubernetes, Terraform, and related infrastructure tooling, hands-on experience with Akka technologies, including clustering and distributed coordination in production, Experience in ad tech, including ad serving, targeting, delivery, or measurement systems
What You'll Do.
design and operate distributed backend services that determine when
and how ads are delivered across partner applications
implement and evolve algorithms for pacing
continuously improving the scalability
and efficiency of our ad delivery platform
and evolve large-scale
low-latency distributed systems that power ad delivery and pacing
primarily using Scala
Set technical direction for critical Ad Delivery services
balancing long-term scalability with immediate business needs
Lead API and service development with a focus on correctness
and operational excellence
Identify architectural bottlenecks and lead efforts to simplify
and scale systems as demand grows
Prototype and validate new approaches
bringing successful innovations into production at scale
Own production health by driving incident prevention
and continuous improvement across the Ads Delivery stack
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work closely with Machine Learning, Data Science, and Ad Serving teams to implement and evolve algorithms; Drive cross-functional initiatives with ML, Data Science, and Ad Serving teams to improve pacing, planning, and optimization systems; mentorship of senior and mid-level engineers
Process & Methodology
driving architecture decisions, driving incident prevention
Full Job Description
_**OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY**_ Fox Corporation 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. ## _**JOB DESCRIPTION**_ 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. AdRise is FOX's core ad tech platform, built to unify streaming and linear advertising across Tubi, FOX Sports, FOX News Media, and FOX Entertainment. Before AVOD became an industry standard, AdRise helped power Tubi's growth from the ground up by developing real-time ad delivery and dynamic targeting infrastructure that scaled to serve millions. That same tech foundation is now fueling FOX's cross-portfolio monetization strategy. We are rebuilding the ad stack for video by optimizing server-side delivery, building ML-driven targeting systems, and enabling content-personalized ad experiences that respond to what viewers actually watch. From real-time decisioning to data collaboration with AWS and Snowflake, we are creating a smarter, more dynamic ad tech ecosystem. The problems are complex, the visibility is high, and the platform is built for impact. If you want to work at the center of streaming monetization on systems that touch billions of impressions and shape the next generation of personalized advertising, this is your platform. _**ABOUT THE ROLE**_ The Ads D
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