Software Engineer II - Java Backend
Postuler maintenant Postuler ultérieurement Job ID 10133694 Emplacement Bristol, Connecticut, États-Unis Entreprise Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date de publication 29/10/2025Résumé du poste:
Disney Entertainment & 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:
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 Software Engineer II , you will work on services that sit at the heart of our fan engagement platform, ensuring low-latency, high-reliability data delivery at scale. These systems are used to drive highly personalized and rewarding user experiences across a broad spectrum of Disney products including ESPN, ESPN Direct to Consumer, ESPN Fantasy, Hulu, Disney+, Marvel, ABC News and National Geographic.
You will collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, and platform teams to enhance system performance, build resilient APIs, and enable a seamless fan experience across millions of users. This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about building systems that scale.
Role Location: This is a Hybrid role requiring 4 days onsite (Monday-Thursday) in the following office locations:
Bristol, CT
Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
Collaborate with other teams to develop estimates, roadmaps, and workflow processes to achieve strategic company objectives
Execution, design, implementation, and maintenance of technical projects that anticipate the needs of the business for years to come
Solve unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business
Write efficient, reliable, and testable code
Review, analyze, and optimize code for readability, reliability, and performance
Design and implement automated code and system tests
Instrument, monitor, and support live operations of systems your team owns
Troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across company platforms
Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment
Work autonomously with minimal technical supervision
Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:
Basic Qualifications
3 years of relevant professional experience
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Motivated self-starter with the desire to learn and adapt to new technologies
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
Expert understanding of Java programming language, Spring framework, and Maven dependency management
Expert understanding of API design and distributed web service architecture
Experience designing and implementing SQL and NoSQL databases
Experience designing and implementing event streaming services
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s Degree in Computer Science
Experience designing and implementing custom application metrics and monitoring dashboards
Experience with containerized cloud hosting
Experience leveraging cloud platform services
Experience with many of the following:
Amazon Web Services ecosystem
Optimized Cassandra database implementations
Optimized Kafka implementations
Unit, integration, and load test frameworks
Analysis of application performance inside a JVM
Experience with React UI framework
Sur Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
Chez Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, nous allions imagination et innovation pour réinventer la manière dont les gens vivent et interagissent avec les histoires et les produits les plus appréciés au monde. Notre travail est extrêmement vaste et complexe. Nous créons des expériences incroyables, transformons l’avenir des médias et créons des produits et des plateformes qui rapprochent les gens du monde entier des histoires et des sports qu’ils aiment.
Chez Disney, notre capacité à associer une technologie de classe mondiale à une créativité sans pareille nous rend uniques. C’est l’essence même de notre passé, de notre présent et de notre avenir. Nous sommes des narrateurs et des innovateurs. Des créateurs et des bâtisseurs. Des artistes et des ingénieurs.
Sur The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, ainsi que ses filiales et sociétés affiliées, forme l’une des principales entreprises internationales diversifiées de divertissement familial et de médias. Elle comprend trois secteurs d'activités essentiels : Disney Entertainment, ESPN et Disney Experiences. Depuis ses modestes débuts en tant que studio de dessins animés dans les années 1920 jusqu’à son statut de référence actuel dans le secteur du divertissement, Disney poursuit fièrement sa tradition de création d’histoires et d’expériences exceptionnelles pour tous les membres de la famille. Les histoires, les personnages et les expériences de Disney touchent les consommateurs et les visiteurs du monde entier. À travers nos activités présentes dans plus de 40 pays, nos employés et cast members collaborent pour créer des expériences de divertissement appréciées à la fois au niveau universel et local.
Le poste est rattaché à Disney Streaming Technology LLC , qui fait partie d’une entreprise que nous appelons Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
Disney Streaming Technology LLC est un employeur qui souscrit au principe d’égalité des chances à l’emploi. Les candidat(e)s seront pris(es) en considération pour un emploi sans distinction de race, de religion, de couleur, de sexe, d’orientation sexuelle, de genre, d’identité de genre, d’expression de genre, d’origine nationale, d’ascendance, d’âge, d’état matrimonial, de statut militaire ou d’ancien combattant, d’état de santé, d’informations génétiques ou de handicap, ou de tout autre motif interdit par la loi fédérale, étatique ou locale. Disney défend un environnement commercial où les idées et décisions de tous et toutes nous aident à grandir, innover, créer les meilleures histoires et être pertinents dans un monde en évolution constante.