Sr Product Software Engineer

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Sr Product Software Engineer

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Job Description:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Technology is at the heart of Disneys past present and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers product developers designers technologists data scientists and more all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disneys media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products enhance storytelling and drive velocity innovation and scalability for our are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Companys media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think youd love working here:

1. Building the future of Disneys media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media advertising and distribution businesses for years to come.

2. Reach Scale & Impact: More than ever Disneys technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans connections with the companys brands and stories. Disney. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC Newsand many more. These products and brands and the unmatched stories storytellers and events they carry matter to millions of people globally.

3. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disneys linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disneys media supply chain and storage network and theatrical distribution operations media localization network transmission and origination and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disneys EMEA APAC and LATAM regional business teams.

Job Summary:

As a Sr Product Software Engineer you will play a meaningful role working across Rights and Avails Management supply chain applications building and supporting capabilities and taking ownership of the technical design and implementation of medium-sized projects and features.

This position might be a great fit if you:

• Are a curious and efficient engineer who wants to help shape the direction of development and collaborate closely with some of the brightest minds in our organization.

• Thrive in an agile collaborative environment where teamwork and innovation are valued.

In this role you will focus on the systems that govern and track the rights & availability of TWDC media for use in 1st party products such as Disney and 3rd party digital media sales. You will collaborate closely with multiple internal and external teams to enable robust data integration capabilities.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Maintain a deep understanding of our core systems and how they interact with upstream and downstream dependencies. Contribute and review code set standards and work with engineers to ensure product and design specifications are met.

• Responsible for fundamental platform performance scalability and resiliency. Influence and contribute to department technical strategy and planning. Research learn and evangelize widespread adoption of new technologies and architecture patterns

• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.

• Lead cross-functional troubleshooting of complex issues as needed. Any other duties needed to help achieve Business Objectives

Basic Qualifications:

• 5 years of professional experience in a software engineering role.

• Strong expertise in SQL including database objects relational database concepts stored procedures query optimization and data modeling.

• Proficient in Java and JVM languages with hands-on experience in Spring Boot Spring Data Spring Integration and other Spring frameworks.

• Solid experience across the full software development lifecycle including continuous integration unit and integration testing functional testing code reviews and documentation.

• Experience designing building and integrating APIs.

• Design develop and maintain responsive web applications using TypeScript CSS3 and modern front-end development practices to deliver high-quality user experiences.

• Knowledge of OAuth authentication authorization and access management.

• Practical experience with AWS services such as S3 RDS messaging VPC Cloudformation/Terraform and related infrastructure.

• Strong understanding of data integration concepts and workflows.

• Experience with event-driven architecture (EDA) and publish/subscribe messaging patterns (e.g. Kafka RabbitMQ SNS).

• Experience in monitoring and maintaining application health and performance.

• Skilled in applying object-oriented and functional programming principles to solve real-world software engineering problems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous work experience in media distribution.

• Comfort and experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Co-pilot Amazon Q Developer or Claude Code.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a team environment.

• Effective time management with the ability to break down complex problems into manageable tasks.

• Familiarity and experience with Agile methodologies.

• Experience collaborating with teams located across the globe.

• Strong curiosity about how Disney delivers the Magic and a desire to be a part of it .

Required Education:

• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Software Electrical or Electronics Engineering or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience.

The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles is $144100.00 to $193200.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates 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.

Job Posting Segment:

Content Platforms & Operations

Job Posting Primary Business:

CO - Monetization Platforms

Primary Job Posting Category:

Product Software Engineering

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City State Region Postal Code:

Glendale CA USA

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Date Posted:

Required Experience:

Senior IC