Lead Software Engineer, Scala

1 Month ago • 7 Years + • DevOps • Full Stack Development

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Job Description

The API Registry team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is seeking a Lead Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience in Scala. You will be involved in planning, scoping, solution architecting, software design, and implementation of the API Registry platform. This platform enables software teams to take a contract-first approach to development, reducing time to market, defect rates, and integration friction. You will work with cloud-native, commercial, and open-source tools and frameworks to solve complex business needs, provide platform support to internal users, and contribute to CI/CD pipelines. This role is based in Seattle, Washington; Bristol, Connecticut; Glendale, California; or New York, New York.
Must have:
  • 7+ years of Scala experience
  • RESTful service experience
  • CI/CD platform integration
  • BS Computer Science or related field
Good to have:
  • OpenAPI and Smithy experience
  • Java or Kotlin experience
  • Security best practices experience
  • AWS experience
  • Experience with specification languages like OpenAPI and Smithy
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Job Summary:

Department/Group Overview: 

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.

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.

This role is in the API Registry team, part of the Engineering Services organization.

Engineering Services designs, builds, and sustains technology that powers DE&E Technology’s worldwide content production and distribution platforms. In doing so, they contribute to a series of cross-functional services and technologies, including Quality Assurance, Data Analytics, Software Development, Broadcast Infrastructure, and Networking & Security.

The API Registry team’s mission is to enable all software teams to take a contract first approach to development. This is an approach to API design and maintenance that solves the common problem of specifications and implementations drifting over time, and it does so while reducing levels of boilerplate code across the board and increasing joy.

Job Summary: 

The API Registry is a location and set of workflows used for collaboration on, validation, and sharing of specifications. It is used in conjunction with both pre-existing and internally developed code generation toolkits to enable development teams to more easily develop services using the contract-first methodology, reducing time to market, defect rates, and cross-service integration friction.

The Lead Software Engineer is involved in planning, scoping, solution architecting, software design, and implementation, leveraging cloud-native, commercial, and open-source tools and frameworks to solve complex business needs:

  • Builds solutions for problems of sizable scope and complexity, which have been successfully deployed for customers/users.
  • Provide support to platform users related to platform onboarding, issue resolution, ad hoc code debugging, and platform bug fixes.
  • Builds and enhances Continuous Integration and Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: 

  • Writes code that establishes and enhances frameworks, typically for software programs and systems that have little or no precedent.
  • Reviews code for readability, maintainability, testability, and clear usability.
  • Leads in project proposal, architecture, and design. Contributes to architecture design and implementation of assigned projects and may lead in the effort.
  • Provides integration and platform support to internal users and teams.

Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: 

Basic Qualifications  

  • 7 years of intermediate to advanced coding experience with one or more of the following programming languages: Scala.
  • Experience writing, maintaining and deploying RESTful services.
  • Experience integrating with CI/CD platforms and tool chains such as GitHub, Artifactory, Gitlab, and Jenkins.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with specification languages such as OpenAPI and Smithy.
  • Experience with one or more of the following programming languages: Java, Kotlin.
  • Experience applying security best practices to application, system, and public cloud infrastructure.

Experience with:

  • Amazon Web Services-based infrastructure and management including some of: Route 53, ALB, EC2, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Lambda, VPC, ECS, EKS, IAM, S3, etc.

Required Education   

  • BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent.

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, Washington and New York NY is $156,300 to $209,600 per year and in Burbank, CA and Bristol CT is $149,300 to $200,200 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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$149.3K - $209.6K/yr (Outscal est.)
$179.4K/yr avg.
Glendale, California, United States

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About The Company

From classic animated features and exhilarating theme park attractions to cutting edge sports coverage, and the hottest shows on television, The Walt Disney Company has been making magic since 1923, creating unforgettable stories that connect with audiences around the world. And we’re just getting started!

The key to our success…. The Cast, Crew, Imagineers and Employees who honor Disney’s rich legacy by stretching the bounds of imagination to create the never-before-seen, bringing unparalleled entertainment experiences to people of all ages. Begin a career that delivers unparalleled creative content and experiences to audiences around the world and just imagine the stories you could be part of…

What is #LifeAtDisney like? It’s a series of magical moments with cast members and employees developing and telling our stories in the most innovative ways. Whether it’s a day spent as a Disney VoluntEAR, or celebrating the release of a new interactive experience, retail product or movie, our days are filled with the knowledge that we are creating entertainment experiences the whole family can enjoy. Follow @DisneyCareers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for a peek behind-the-curtain, and discover how you could connect to a world of stories with Disney!

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