Software Engineer II

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney’s industry-leading ad technology and products – driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney’s sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms.

Job Summary:

We're looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer II to help design, build, and maintain the web applications and services behind Disney's Ad Technology platform. You'll work across the stack – from React-based front ends to Node.js/TypeScript and Go-based services – while also getting hands-on with the CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure that deploy and run them, alongside senior engineers. This role is a great opportunity to grow both full-stack and DevOps skills while contributing to the tools and platforms that support Disney's advertising applications.

Responsibilities:

• Frontend Development: Build and maintain responsive, accessible user interfaces using React, contributing reusable components and improving front-end performance.

• Backend Services: Design, develop, and maintain APIs and microservices using Node.js, TypeScript, and Go, following established patterns and best practices.

• Data & Scripting: Write Python scripts and services for automation, data processing, and internal tooling in support of the broader engineering team.

• Code Quality & Testing: Write unit, integration, and end-to-end tests; participate in code reviews to maintain high standards of code quality and maintainability.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner with product managers, designers, and senior engineers to translate requirements into technical solutions across the stack.

• Documentation: Maintain technical documentation, including API specs, architecture notes, and onboarding guides.

• DevOps & Deployment: Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows, and contribute to infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform) and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS) under guidance from senior engineers.

Basic Qualifications:

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience building full-stack web applications.

• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, with hands-on experience building services with Node.js.

• Working experience with React for building modern user interfaces.

• Exposure to GoLang for building performant backend services.

• Experience writing Python for scripting, automation, or backend development. • Familiarity with RESTful API design, version control (Git), and CI/CD workflows.

• Basic exposure to cloud infrastructure (AWS) and containerization (Docker), with willingness to grow into deployment and infrastructure ownership.

• Strong desire to learn, ask questions, and grow as a full-stack engineer.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and containerized environments such as Kubernetes/EKS.

• Exposure to GraphQL, gRPC, or event-driven architectures. • Awareness of security fundamentals such as authentication, authorization, and secure coding practices.

• Experience with observability tooling (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus) for monitoring full-stack applications.

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipeline tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker).

• Exposure to on-call rotations or incident response for production systems.

Required Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience)

This position is with Disney (India) Private Limited, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

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