Sr. Software Engineer

Overview:

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

The Product & Data Engineering team is responsible for end to end development for Disney’s world-class consumer-facing products, including streaming platforms Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, and digital products & experiences across ESPN, Marvel, Disney Studios, NatGeo, and ABC News. The team drives innovation at scale for millions of consumers around the world across Apple, Android, Smart TVs, game consoles, and the web, with our platforms powering core experiences like personalization, search, messaging and data.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.

• Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

Job Summary:

The Content Experience Delivery team builds systems that provide data at scale to teams across Disney Streaming. We implement reliable, high-request services that deliver data that helps power user experiences for Disney Streaming clients including Hulu, Disney+, Star+ and ESPN+, across web, mobile, and living room devices. We are looking for a software engineer who wants to build and operate these critical services that support all Disney Streaming users!

You'll join a hardworking group of engineers who build and manage systems that publish data to Disney Streaming's internal and edge-facing services - ultimately powering Disney Streaming clients running on smart TVs, smartphones, gaming consoles, FireTV, Apple TV, Roku, and others.

We're passionate about data - just like you! You'll apply your experience working with large distributed data, messaging systems, API's, and databases to construct distributed, large-scale services for Disney Streaming.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

• Actively participate in daily stand-ups and other scrum ceremonies.

• Design new solutions and drive alignment across engineering and product teams.

• Break down project work into tasks with reasonable time estimates.

• Prioritize work within a project to deliver on the most necessary or urgent requirements.

• Be an effective communicator within and across teams.

• Collaborate efficiently with product management, technical program management, operations, and other engineering teams to capture requirements, drive implementation, and provide transparency.

• Write code to implement new features or optimize existing services.

• Determine the most efficient means to sufficiently test new code: unit tests, integration tests, performance tests, etc.

• Effectively execute on-call responsibilities such as deployments, monitoring, and investigating incidents.

• Use logs, monitoring tools, and work with developers to determine root causes across distributed components.

• Perform code reviews for members of the team, bearing a sense of responsibility for approved code.

• Coach and mentor other specialists on the team to ensure that all software utilizes Disney Streaming and industry best practices.

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

• 5+ years of related experience crafting large-scale, highly available Java services utilizing various database and messaging technologies.

• Strong programming skills in Java and other object-oriented languages.

• Experience using caching technologies.

• Strong understanding of the design principles and patterns for object-oriented languages.

• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc).

• Experience building web services.

• Experience with functional programming patterns.

• Experience with asynchronous programming patterns.

• Experience deploying and scaling within a cloud infrastructure.

• Able to define, document, and communicate backend architectures.

• Experience using source control systems and CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong communication skills and a desire to share your knowledge with team members and others across Disney Streaming.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with messaging technologies.

• Experience mentoring team members on industry best practices.

Required Education:  

• Bachelor’s 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 Santa Monica is $138,900 to $186,200 per year, In San Francisco is $152,100 to $203,900 and in NYC/Seattle is $145,400 to $195,000. 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.