Sr Software Engineer

Sr Software Engineer

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Technology is at the heart of Disney's 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 Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's 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 you'd love working here:

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

Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.

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 Disney's linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney's 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 Disney's EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams.

Role Overview

The Content Platform Engineering team is responsible for the early lifecycle of media playback, facilitating systems for content title origination and greenlighting, distribution planning, metadata management, localization, and scheduling across platforms. We also drive the consolidation and automation of duplicative tooling across Disney's multiple acquisitions to continually improve the way we deliver media.

As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will:

• Define platform capabilities, designing and implementing a diverse suite of products and services that advance Disney's media supply chain.
• Innovate a world class content platform to support content delivery for brands such as Disney plus, ESPN+, Hulu, ABC, Marvel and Star Wars, powering the some of the most watched entertainment content

Responsibilities:

• Building scalable, maintainable, and well-tested software solutions which are flexible to meet the requirements of multiple customers and stakeholders.
• Collaborate with other software engineers and cross-functional teams
• Work independently to design, build, test, and deploy high quality software solutions
• Provide technical guidance and evangelize best practices.
• 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
• Partner with stakeholders to refine requirements, and propose solutions to problems that span multiple teams
• Contribute to cross-functional troubleshooting of complex issues as needed
• Troubleshoot issues and fix defects
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews

Basic Qualifications

• BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent
• 5+ years related experience designing backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment.
• Experience with common backend technologies such as Java, GraphQL, REST APIs, microservice architectures, async programming
• Experience with Spring Framework
• Experience with architecture and delivery of high volume, cached, fault tolerant, multi-threaded scalable systems
• Experience with a wide range of data store technologies such as MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Postgres, and DynamoDB
• Experience with Cloud-based technologies such as AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, SQS, Step Functions, and Fargate
• Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Docker, Gitlab-CI, Terraform/Cloud formation, and Jenkins
• Experience in Agile/Scrum methodology
• Team player with strong oral and written communications skills
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
• Expertise with full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous work experience in media distribution
• Experience working with vendor teams to deliver high quality results
• Knowledge of performance testing and application profiling
• Strong curiosity about how Disney delivers the Magic and a desire to be a part of it
• Expert in Java
• Expert in AWS, Azure, or GCP

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $141,900 to $190,300 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also 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.

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we're blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world's most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

Disney's ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.