Senior Product Software Engineer - Ad Platform (Audience Team)

Job Summary Senior Product Software Engineer – Ad Platform (Audience Team) – Req ID: 10151600. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more. The Audience team is part of Ad Platforms, with a mission to help advertisers reach the right audience and deliver personalized, optimized experiences tailored to customer needs and interests. The Audience Platform offers a unified solution for audience data exchange and enrichment, as well as high‑concurrency, low‑latency audience targeting services powered by advanced data technologies. Responsibilities Build components of a large‑scale data platform for real‑time and batch processing, and own features of big data applications to fit evolving business needs. Build next‑gen cloud‑based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming data applications, and continuously improve performance, scalability, and availability. Contribute to the best engineering practices, including the use of design patterns, CI/CD, code review and automated testing. Chip in ground‑breaking innovation and apply state‑of‑the‑art technologies. Contribute to all aspects of the software lifecycle: design, experimentation, implementation, and testing. Collaborate with team members to develop software architectures that are robust, fault‑tolerant, and cloud‑native. Possess AWS managed‑service solution design and implementation experience. Reason logically and creatively, identifying problems, drawing valid conclusions from the data available, and developing effective solutions while applying creative thinking in the design and development of high‑performing data applications. Collaborate with fellow engineers to keep the team’s technology radar and architecture principles aligned to the industry and the needs of our users. Deliver multiple projects utilizing an Agile methodology. Take a high ownership, self‑sufficient, hands‑on position on the team to collaborate and drive quality, maintain application stability. Write complex programs, analyze code changes and suggest improvements. Check‑in valuable, clean code on a daily basis that adds new features and capabilities. Investigate and resolve any production issues from end user to persistence layer and work to prevent them. Work with leads, product managers, and managers to ensure that all project deliverables are on time and of high quality. Collaborate with other service teams. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training Basic: Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Engineering, or another technical field. Hold 5+ years of experience in software engineering in a large enterprise environment using Java, Python, JavaScript, including familiarity with modern frameworks and platforms (e.g., Spring, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka). Demonstrated experience working with relational databases, SQL, and newer NoSQL data stores as well as event‑streaming platforms. Demonstrated ability with cloud infrastructure technologies, including Terraform, K8S, Spinnaker, IAM, ALB, etc. Have a strong interest in open‑source technology. Knowledge of building highly available and scalable services. Passion about technologies and openness to interdisciplinary work. Possess good communication skills and enjoy mentoring and helping others to succeed as a team. Care about your craft and have opinions about the “right” way to do things with technology. Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related technical discipline is desirable. Previous work experience in advertising industry‑based applications. Experience working with vendor teams to deliver high quality results. Knowledge of performance testing and application profiling (Gatling, JProfiler). Strong curiosity about how Disney delivers the Magic and a desire to be a part of it. Compensation The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, California is $141,900 to $190,300 per year; Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400; and SanFrancisco, CA is $155,400 to $208,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long‑term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered. #J-18808-Ljbffr 5014 Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC