Senior Software Engineer - Java

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. 

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.

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 member of the News & Entertainment Engineering team, you will build and support the tools, services and distribution APIs that deliver content to our products, including NationalGeographic.com, Marvel.com and the highly rated Marvel Unlimited digital comics app. We are looking for a passionate, impactful technologist who seeks to bring the best out in themselves and those around them—someone who can provide a fresh perspective and innovative insight to our initiatives.

You will be a great fit for our team if you enjoy collaborating with product managers, frontend engineers, and fellow backend engineers to design and implement high-throughput experiences. We are a versatile group that prides itself on creativity, innovation, and the efficient development of high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the design and implementation of multi-layered systems delivering high throughput consumer facing experiences.
• Collaborate & troubleshoot with the rest of the team in the analysis and resolution of hard engineering problems involving high trafficked web application services and APIs. Oversee service performance, scalability, and event planning requirements.
• Provide guidance and enforcement of development practices and processes. Review code and work with junior engineers to ensure product and design specifications are met.
• Research, learn, and evangelize widespread adoption of new technologies and architecture patterns. Influence and contribute to department technical strategy and planning.

Basic Qualification

• BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline and 5+ years relevant industry experience or 11+ years equivalent engineering experience without a BS degree in a technical field.
• Proven Experience with Java and open-source technologies like Spring, Tomcat, MySQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis, GraphQL etc.
• Demonstrated proficiency in developing high volume, cached, fault tolerant, multi-threaded scalable systems.
• Exposure to full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc.
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to work on a diverse scope of software and database projects requiring detailed analysis, creative/practical problem solving. Strong analytical skills as well as solid capabilities for debugging and troubleshooting.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud-based technologies such as AWS EC2, ECS, SQS, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/Terraform, etc.

The hiring range for this position in Glendale, CA is $138,900 to $186,200 per year and in New York, NY is $145,400 to $195,000 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.