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Note The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Local Now is a free, ad-supported streaming service delivering local content to viewers across connected devices. They are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own backend services and content-management integration for their streaming platform, focusing on seamless content delivery and privacy-first architecture. Responsibilities Design, build, and operate backend services that abstract our content management system and serve content to client apps across many device platforms Define and evolve API contracts for cross-platform client consumption, including content metadata, playback manifests, ad-decision endpoints, and personalization signals Partner with the CMS vendor and internal stakeholders to integrate, troubleshoot, and extend content workflows end-to-end Implement privacy-first patterns server-side consent propagation, data minimization, DSAR plumbing, and PII handling at the platform layer Instrument the platform for observability and operational analytics — error rates, latency, content-availability, and ad-decisioning performance Work with frontend, platform, and ad-tech engineers to ensure the backend evolves in step with what clients and monetization actually need Contribute to architecture review, code review, and the broader engineering bar of the team Skills 7+ years of backend engineering experience building production services at scale Strong proficiency in C# and .NET Core, along with Go, Kotlin, Python, TypeScript/Node, or similar, and the discipline to write services that are maintainable years from now Experience integrating with third-party SaaS platforms — particularly those that own a critical part of the user-facing experience (CMS, identity, billing, ad-serving) Solid grasp of API design, distributed-systems patterns, caching, queueing, and the operational realities of running services in production Deep experience with ad tech ecosystems, including server-side ad insertion (SSAI) with MediaTailor, beaconing, and integrating Ad SDKs such as The Trade Desk (UID2) and SpringServe Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including IaC patterns and secure-by-default service deployment Awareness of privacy, security, and compliance considerations as engineering concerns, not legal afterthoughts Excellent collaboration skills; comfortable working with vendors, frontend teams, and product partners simultaneously Extensive experience with SQL, including writing stored procedures, and designing scalable analytics table structures Experience integrating with a media-industry CMS (Quickplay, Brightcove, Vimeo OTT, MediaKind, or similar) Streaming or media-tech background — playback manifests, ad-stitching/SSAI, DRM, content packaging Familiarity with privacy/consent technology (Fides, OneTrust, Ethyca, or similar) and DSAR engineering workflows Experience using AI coding assistants effectively to ship more in less time without sacrificing quality Company Overview Local Now offers free, ad-supported streaming with localized news, weather, live channels, and thousands of on‑demand movies and shows. It was founded in 2016, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https//www.localnow.com.

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