Senior Microservices Developer, Platform Engineering

We are looking for a Senior Microservices Developer to join a Platform Engineering team at a large national media organization. This person will help build and modernize backend services that support content delivered to millions of users across web, mobile, streaming, and TV. We’re looking for someone with strong experience in C#/.NET, Azure, microservices, REST APIs, and event-driven architecture. This is a great opportunity for a senior engineer who wants to stay hands-on while taking on technical ownership. You’ll help design new services, modernize legacy content systems, improve engineering best practices, and mentor other developers. You’ll work on high-volume distributed systems and have the opportunity to make a real impact on how the platform is built and scaled. Required Skills & Experience 5+ years of professional backend software engineering experience Strong C#/.NET development experience Microservices architecture Azure Functions / serverless development Azure Service Bus or similar messaging technology Event-driven architecture RESTful API design and development Strong distributed systems fundamentals Experience with reliability, idempotency, concurrency, retries, and failure handling Testing and observability experience Experience mentoring engineers and improving development practices Desired Skills & Experience Docker Kubernetes Terraform Media or streaming experience High-traffic content platform experience Content Management Systems Graph-RAG/content systems experience What You Will Be Doing Tech Breakdown 40% C#/.NET & Microservices 25% Azure / Azure Functions 20% Azure Service Bus & Event-Driven Architecture 15% REST APIs & Distributed Systems Daily Responsibilities 70% Hands-On Development & Technical Design 15% Mentoring & Engineering Best Practices 15% Team & Architecture Collaboration The Offer Competitive compensation based on experience You Will Receive The Following Benefits Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance Vacation Time Additional benefits based on employment type Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future. Posted By: Elizabeth Flint