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 #LI-MQ1 #J-18808-Ljbffr