Senior Software Engineer - Activation

22 Hours ago • 5 Years + • Backend Development • Full Stack Development • $138,200 PA - $203,900 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Activation team at Disney seeks a Senior Software Engineer to build and maintain data products serving as a data sharing platform. This role requires expertise in building scalable, fault-tolerant data products for real-time and batch data delivery using AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Airflow, Spark, Scala, Python, SQL, and Java. Responsibilities include participating in large-scale programs, building components of the data platform, improving performance and scalability, code reviews, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with various teams. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and be passionate about building systems to process data at scale.
Must have:
  • 5+ years software development experience
  • 5+ years Python, Scala, or Java experience
  • 2+ years Spark experience
  • Strong SQL skills (ETL)
  • Experience with Docker/containerization
  • Airflow or equivalent scheduler experience
  • Strong software design principles
  • Mentoring and leadership experience
Good to have:
  • Experience with testing tools (pytest, junit)
  • QA or QE experience

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

Commerce, Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company.

Our Activation team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer with a strong technical background who is passionate about building systems to process data at scale that unlocks capabilities across software and data disciplines. This role involves building and maintaining our Activation Data products which serve as the data sharing platform. The role requires expert knowledge of building scalable, fault-tolerant data products to ensure the reliable delivery of both real-time and batch data. Our tech stack includes AWS, Databricks, Snowflake, Airflow, Spark, and languages include Scala, Python, SQL, and Java.

Responsibilities

  • Be a part of a team of big data and backend engineers to deliver high value projects

  • Participate in organization-wide large-scale programs representing the team and our stakeholders

  • Build components of large-scale data platform for real-time and batch processing, and own features of big data applications to fit evolving business needs

  • Participate in building next generation service platform on cloud-based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming data applications, and continuously improve performance, scalability and availability

  • Participate in code reviews and evangelize best practices. 

  • Advocate the best engineering practices, including the use of design patterns, CI/CD, code review and automated test

  • Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of junior team members

  • Collaborate with program managers, product managers, SDET, and researchers in an open and innovative environment

Basic Qualifications

  • Minimum of 5 years of related software development experience

  • Minimum 5 years’ experience with Python, Scala, or Java.

  • Minimum 2 years’ experience with Spark

  • Strong experience with complex SQL development related to extract, transform, and load processes.

  • Familiar with Docker and/or containerization technologies.

  • Familiar with Airflow or equivalent schedulers.

  • Strong software design principles

  • Experience mentoring and leading junior engineers.

  • Experience collaborating with product managers and program managers across the organization.

  • Experience with testing tools, such as pytest, junit, or equivalent. 

  • Experience with QA or QE is a plus

Required Education

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.  

Additional Information

#DISNEYTECH


The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $138,200 to $177,300 per year, in Seattle, WA is $145,400 to $195,000 per year, San Francisco is $152,100 - $203,900 nd in New York, NY is $145,400 to $195,00 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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