Lead Software Engineer - Ad Platforms

2 Months ago • 7 Years + • Full Stack Development • $152,000 PA - $223,600 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Ad Serving Engineering team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to build, enhance, and maintain their high-performance digital advertising platform. Responsibilities include writing and reviewing code, defining software designs in a microservices environment, enhancing system observability, delegating tasks, and translating product requirements into technical implementations. The platform handles video on demand, live TV, and interactive ads across Disney's online properties. The role requires strong Java skills, experience with SpringBoot, non-relational databases, and cloud platforms like AWS. On-call support is a requirement.
Must have:
  • 7+ years software engineering experience
  • Advanced Java proficiency
  • System design & implementation knowledge
  • Microservices architecture experience
  • Collaboration and communication skills
Good to have:
  • SpringBoot and Spring projects
  • Non-relational databases (DynamoDB)
  • Redis/MemCache, Apache Kafka/Kinesis
  • AWS or other cloud platforms
  • Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes
  • Ad Tech industry experience

Job Details

Job Summary:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology (DEEP&T), 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.

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

Ad Serving Engineering organization within Disney Entertainment and ESPN organization is fully responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Digital Advertising Platform. The platform is charged with the qualification, delivery, and tracking of Digital Advertising campaigns (Video on Demand, Live TV, and innovative interactive ads) across all of Disney online properties, including Hulu and ESPN+.

In addition, Ad Serving teams collaborate in the development of supporting components, such as anti-ad fatigue systems, impression counting pipelines, and ad experience flows. We also work on integrations with critical services responsible for the correct pacing, targeting, and selection of ads.

As a Lead Software Engineer of our team, you will apply your knowledge and skills to help us deliver scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software.

On a daily basis you should bring:

  • A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems.

  • Demonstrated ownership for the projects delivered by your team and department

  • Knowledge of system design and implementation best practices to guide and mentor

  • A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast paced environment

  • A proven ability to work with product teams to translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations, as well as the ability to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health

  • A keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services

  • Kindness and pragmatic optimism.

  • Your unique view and experience

Responsibilities

  • Writing and reviewing a lot of code and tests

  • Available for a weekly-rotating On-Call support schedule

  • Reading requirements documentation from Product and translating into implementation tickets, and leading the team through execution

  • Defining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high throughput, low latency microservices environment

  • Enhancing systems’ observability with proper metrics, monitors and alerts

  • Delegating tasks to team members, when needed.

Basic Qualifications

  • BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience

  • Advanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading, profiling

  • Demonstrable analytical / problem solving skills

  • Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications

Comprehensive experience with:

  • SpringBoot and related Spring projects

  • Non-relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB

  • Redis and/or MemCache

  • Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis

  • AWS or other cloud platform

  • Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes

  • Ad Tech industry

Additional Information

#DISNEYTECH


The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $152,000 - $204,100 per year, in Seattle, WA is $159,500-$213,900, and in San Francisco, CA is $166,800-$223,600. 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.

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