Lead Software Engineer - Data Streaming​/Integration Platforms

Lead Software Engineer – Data Streaming/Integration Platforms

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Location:

Bristol, Connecticut, United States / New York, New York, United States | Business:
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology | Date posted:
May 27, 2026

This is an on‑site role requiring 4 days in‑person at a designated office location. We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to build, enhance, and scale our cloud‑based messaging and integration platforms. In this role, you will design, develop, and support event‑streaming solutions at scale, build and maintain custom microservice‑based applications, and provide platform administration, operational tooling, and enterprise integrations.

• Build, enhance, and support highly scalable, reliable, and cost‑optimized cloud‑based event‑streaming and integration platforms.
• Use Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines to deploy and manage cloud resources.
• Enhance and support Spring Boot/Java microservices for administration and operation of messaging platform.
• Design, develop and support integration services connecting enterprise products and third‑party systems.
• Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and conduct code reviews.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver high‑impact solutions.
• Ensure performance, reliability, and observability across the platforms.
• Champion engineering excellence in areas such as IaC, microservices design, price‑performance optimization, and observability.
• Continuously improve platform automation, monitoring, and self‑service capabilities.

• 7+ years of experience in Software Engineering focused on Java and Infrastructure as Code.
• Extensive hands‑on experience designing and supporting cloud solutions in AWS, including container orchestration with Amazon EKS.
• Advanced proficiency in Terraform for provisioning and automating cloud resources.
• Hands‑on experience administrating, deploying, and optimizing a messaging platform, especially Apache Kafka.
• Proficiency in Spring Boot / Java development with a focus on microservices architecture.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working across teams.
• Comfortable working in a geographically distributed team.

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Familiarity with Amazon Q or similar generative AI‑assistant for cloud development, troubleshooting, and code generation.
• Familiarity with Azure and GCP cloud services, including compute, networking, IAM, and container orchestration.
• Familiarity with multi‑region, high‑availability, or disaster recovery architectures.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, or equivalent work experience.

The hiring range for this position in CT is $155,700‑$208,700 per year and in NY is $159,500‑$213,900 per year. The base pay will be adjusted based on internal equity and candidate’s geographic region, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. 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 other benefits.

Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.

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