Sr Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer role on Disney Entertainment and ESPN’s Content Platform Engineering team, building backend systems that support Disney’s media supply chain and content delivery platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define platform capabilities by designing and implementing a diverse suite of products and services for Disney’s media supply chain
• Innovate and build a content platform supporting content delivery for Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, ABC, Marvel, and Star Wars
• Build scalable, maintainable, and well-tested backend software solutions for multiple customer and stakeholder requirements
• Collaborate with other software engineers and cross-functional teams
• Design, build, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions independently
• Provide technical guidance and evangelize best practices
• Maintain deep understanding of core systems and how they interact with upstream and downstream dependencies
• Contribute to code reviews and set standards to ensure product and design specifications are met
• Own fundamental platform performance, scalability, and resiliency
• Partner with stakeholders to refine requirements and propose solutions spanning multiple teams
• Contribute to cross-functional troubleshooting for complex issues
• Troubleshoot production issues and fix defects
• Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews

What you will build

• Early lifecycle systems for media playback, including content origination and greenlighting
• Distribution planning, metadata management, localization, and scheduling
• Backend products and services that support media supply chain and content delivery platforms

Requirements

• BS Computer Science or related technical discipline (or its equivalent)
• 5+ years related experience designing backend architectures and delivering backend applications in production
• Experience with backend technologies including Java, GraphQL, REST APIs, microservice architectures, and async programming
• Experience with the Spring Framework
• Experience designing and delivering high volume, cached, fault tolerant, multi-threaded scalable systems
• Experience with data stores including MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Postgres, and DynamoDB
• Experience with cloud technologies including AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, SQS, Step Functions, and Fargate
• Experience with build and deployment technologies including Docker, GitLab CI, Terraform / CloudFormation, and Jenkins
• Experience with Agile / Scrum methodology
• Team player with strong oral and written communication skills
• Motivated self-starter who can learn and adapt to new technologies
• Expertise across application development lifecycle, including unit testing, code reviews, and documentation best practices
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail

Technologies

• Java, GraphQL, REST APIs
• Microservice architectures, async programming
• Spring Framework
• MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Postgres, DynamoDB
• AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, SQS, Step Functions, Fargate
• Docker, GitLab CI, Terraform/CloudFormation, Jenkins

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous work experience in media distribution
• Experience working with vendor teams to deliver high quality results
• Knowledge of performance testing and application profiling
• Curiosity about how Disney delivers the Magic and desire to be part of it
• Expertise in Java
• Expertise in AWS, Azure, or GCP

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary: USD 144,100 - 202,400 per year
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
• Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits

Location: Seattle, WA (onsite)