Senior Software Engineer

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

Job Summary

Job Description

The Product & Data Engineering team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their Acceleration team. This team is responsible for building and enhancing the platform that enables world-class personalization for Disney Streaming platforms. The ideal candidate is passionate about building scalable, secure, and reliable systems, and has experience with technologies like Java, Scala, Data Lakes, AWS Kinesis, AWS ElasticSearch, AWS RDS, Flink, Spark, Python, and Terraform. The role involves designing, developing, and owning backend services, collaborating with other team members, and continuously improving the team's software.
Must have:
  • 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience
  • Proficiency in Java, Scala, or Python
  • Experience building highly scalable services
  • Quality-first mindset with focus on test automation and CI/CD
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills
  • Ability to contribute immediately to both architecture and implementation
Good to have:
  • Experience with AWS or other public cloud platforms
  • Proficiency in data streaming technologies like Spark and Flink

Job Details

Job Summary:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

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:

Acceleration team is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer who will be an outstanding addition to our technology team. The team is responsible for building and enhancing our platform to enable the world class personalization for Disney Streaming platforms. The right person for this role is passionate about building systems that are optimized for scalability, security and reliability. If you are someone who loves simple, performant solutions to ambitious problems and is looking for a role that has significant growth potential, then this is a great role for you.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

  • Design and develop the large-scale, real-time, reliable and globally available platforms.

  • Build robust and scalable micro-services and data pipelines.

  • End to end ownership of backend services: Ideate, review design, build, code-review, test, load-test, launch, monitor performance.

  • Collaborate with other team members (including product owners, TPMs, and other business units) to achieve product and business requirements.

  • Use a mix of technologies including Java, Scala, Data Lakes, AWS Kinesis, AWS ElasticSearch, AWS RDS, Flink, Spark, Python, Terraform.

  • Challenge our team and software to be even better.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience

  • Proficiency with at least one of the following languages: Java, Scala, Python

  • Extensive experience building highly scalable, reliable and maintainable services

  • The quality-first mindset with a focus on test automation and CI/CD

  • Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic

  • The ability to jump into a project and contribute immediately to both architecture and implementation

  • Strive for excellence

Nice to have:

  • Experience with AWS or other public cloud platforms using infractructure as a code approach

  • Proficiency in data streaming technologies such as Spark and Flink

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 LA/Santa Monica is $138,900 - $186,200 and in Seattle/NYC is $145,400 - $195,000, and in Bay Area is $152,100 - $203,900. 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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