Senior Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer

New York, New York

Hybrid role (Contract-to-hire)

$65 - $80 per hour

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join a centralized Data Platforms team within a Fortune Broadcast Media & Entertainment organization in New York, NY. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in developing backend services and core platform components that power an enterprise-scale data platform. This hands-on engineering opportunity is ideal for professionals seeking to build a strong foundation in software engineering while advancing expertise in platform systems, infrastructure, and operational tooling. You will work in a collaborative environment focused on learning, mentorship, and technical growth, supporting high-impact data and content delivery use cases.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using Node.js and TypeScript
• Support the development of modular, service-oriented architecture for data ingestion, transformation, and access
• Integrate platform services with data contracts, schema validation, metadata, lineage, and governance systems
• Write clean, testable code with an emphasis on unit and integration testing
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows
• Participate in design and code reviews, learning and applying engineering best practices
• Debug and troubleshoot issues in development and production environments
• Collaborate with engineers across platform, data, and governance teams

WHAT YOU BRING

• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript (or similar backend technologies)
• Understanding of object-oriented design, basic design patterns, and API/service development
• Experience building or contributing to backend services or distributed systems
• Familiarity with testing practices, including unit and integration testing
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and modern development workflows
• Strong willingness to learn, ask questions, and take ownership of work
• Comfortable working in a collaborative, fast-moving environment

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

• Opportunity to build a strong technical foundation on an enterprise-scale data platform
• Hands-on exposure to backend systems, platform engineering, and data infrastructure
• Ability to grow into broader platform ownership and technical responsibility over time
• Collaborative engineering environment focused on learning and mentorship
• Experience supporting high-impact data and content delivery use cases