Senior Privacy-First Backend & CMS Platform Engineer

Allen Media Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Allen Media Group's Local Now team is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own backend services and CMS integration for the Local Now streaming platform. You will collaborate with an experienced backend group to extend platform services and harden CMS integration across devices.

The role emphasizes privacy-first architecture, API design, and observability, with responsibilities spanning backend design, deployment, and working with ad-tech and vendor teams to ensure scalable, compliant delivery.

Qualifications

• 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 (CMS, identity, billing, ad-serving).
• Solid grasp of API design, distributed-systems patterns, caching, queueing, and production realities.
• Deep experience with ad tech ecosystems, including SSAI with MediaTailor and beacons.
• Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure) with IaC and secure deployments.
• Awareness of privacy, security, and compliance as engineering concerns; strong collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services that abstract the CMS and serve content to client apps across devices.
• Define and evolve API contracts for cross-platform client consumption, including metadata, manifests, and signals.
• Partner with CMS vendor and internal teams to integrate, troubleshoot, and extend content workflows.
• Implement privacy-first patterns server-side: consent propagation, data minimization, DSAR plumbing, and PII handling.
• Instrument the platform for observability and analytics: error rates, latency, availability, ad decisioning.
• Coordinate with frontend, platform, and ad-tech engineers to align backend with client needs.
• Contribute to architecture and code reviews and raise the engineering bar for the team.

Skills

Backend engineering

C# & .NET Core

Go

Kotlin

Python

TypeScript/Node

CMS integration

AWS / GCP / Azure

SQL

Tools

MediaTailor

The Trade Desk

Brightcove

Vimeo OTT

MediaKind

OneTrust

Job description

Allen Media Group's Local Now team is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to own backend services and CMS integration for the Local Now streaming platform. You will collaborate with an experienced backend group to extend platform services and harden CMS integration across devices.

The role emphasizes privacy-first architecture, API design, and observability, with responsibilities spanning backend design, deployment, and working with ad-tech and vendor teams to ensure scalable, compliant delivery.