Lead Software Engineer - Identity

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • Full Stack Development • $152,200 PA - $223,600 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Lead Software Engineer in the Identity organization, you'll simplify and streamline services, making technical and architectural decisions, and influencing the roadmap. You'll lead design, development, testing, deployment, and support of microservices and lambdas in a multi-region cloud environment. Responsibilities include promoting Agile methodologies, mentoring engineers, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring consumer-facing APIs are stable, performant, and secure. The role involves working with Disney's various platforms, including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Parks, contributing to high-traffic, globally replicated systems. Experience with JVM languages (Java, Scala, Kotlin), cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), and Agile methodologies is crucial.
Must have:
  • Lead design, development, and deployment of microservices
  • Promote and support Agile methodologies
  • Mentor engineers
  • Collaborate with stakeholders
  • JVM languages (Java, Scala, Kotlin)
  • Cloud provider experience (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Good to have:
  • Scala, Cats, Cats Effect, ZIO, http4s
  • OOP and FP best practices
  • AWS, Terraform, IaC

Job Details

Job Summary:

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.

Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.


Job Summary

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be responsible for driving a mission to simplify and streamline services throughout the Identity organization. You will be empowered to make technical and architectural decisions, and to influence the roadmap for your squad and the wider team, working in partnership with your peers across Product, Program Management and Engineering.

You will contribute to and be part of an engaging, dynamic and inclusive engineering organization, grounded in scrum and agile practices, CI/CD, great collaboration, delivering solutions grounded in quality and motivated by a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.

Identity Engineering delivers Consumer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) capabilities across The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) including but not limited to: D+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Parks. Identity Engineering squads build and run high-traffic and globally replicated systems which form an integral and visible part of every user’s journey at Disney properties.

The Identity Platform Consolidation squad is responsible for making sure consumer-facing application programming interfaces (APIs) are stable, performant, and can meet the broad needs of the business, while maintaining modern security standards. We are a mission-driven team working with squads throughout Disney to collaborate on improved solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
  • Minimum of 7 years related work experience.
  • Lead the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of stateful microservices and lambdas in a multi-region cloud environment.
  • Promote and support Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban; leading regular ceremonies such as stand-up, retrospectives and sprint planning when needed.
  • Mentor engineers within your squad (and beyond!) to help them improve their technical ability and build their profile within and outside of the organization.
  • Collaborate with your squad, Product Managers, Designers, QA, Operations, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.

Basic Qualifications

  • Familiarity with at least one of the following Java Virtual Machine (JVM) languages: Java, Scala, or Kotlin.
  • Familiarity with at least one of the following cloud providers: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Compute (GCP), or Microsoft Azure.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with the Scala programming language and popular frameworks such as: Cats, Cats Effect, ZIO, and http4s.
  • Familiarity with both object oriented programming (OOP) and functional programming (FP) best practices.
  • Familiarity with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, and infrastructure as code (IaC) best practices.
  • A willingness to learn and experiment with new technologies.


The hiring range for this position in New York, NY and Seattle, WA is $159,500.00 to $213,900.00 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $166,800.00 to $223,600.00 per year, and in Santa Monica, CA is $152,200.00 to $204,100.00 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.

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