Platform Engineer – Backend, CMS Integration

Allen Media Group

Senior Platform Engineer responsible for backend services and CMS integration for Local Now. Collaborating with a strong backend team to enhance the streaming platform architecture.

Posted 5/21/2026full-timeAtlanta • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKotlin.NETNode.jsPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and operate backend services that abstract the content management system.
Define and evolve API contracts for cross-platform client consumption.
Partner with the CMS vendor and internal stakeholders to integrate, troubleshoot, and extend content workflows end-to-end.
Implement privacy-first patterns server-side.
Instrument the platform for observability and operational analytics.
Work with frontend, platform, and ad-tech engineers to ensure the backend evolves in step with client needs.
Contribute to architecture review and code review.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.
Experience integrating with third-party SaaS platforms.
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.
Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Awareness of privacy, security, and compliance considerations.
Excellent collaboration skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health benefits
Flexibility with remote work options
Equal opportunity employer

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Hard Skills & Tools

C#.NET CoreGoKotlinPythonTypeScriptNodeAPI designdistributed-systems patternscaching

Soft Skills

collaboration