Sr Software Engineer

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.

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+… ABC… etc.

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

Content Platforms & Operations is responsible for the development and ongoing advancement of the technical and operational functions driving the worldwide distribution and monetization of Disney’s linear networks and theatrical content. This includes Disney’s media supply chain and storage, network and theatrical distribution operations, media localization, network transmission and origination, and more. The global team also plays a critical role as the primary collaboration point for Product & Technology with Disney’s EMEA, APAC, and LATAM regional business teams.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will use your skills in coding, Dev Ops, and data technologies to design, implement, and test scalable solutions that enhance our diverse suite of products and services. You will help build and innovate a world‑class content platform to support content delivery for brands such as Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, ABC, Marvel and National Geographic. You will collaborate in a fast‑paced environment to drive application architecture, code quality, and ensure we are building the right solutions for our users.

• Develop, test, and deploy high‑quality application code.
• Provide technical guidance and evangelize best practices.
• Contribute and review code, set standards, and work with engineers to ensure product and design specifications are met.
• Ensure fundamental platform performance, scalability, and resiliency.
• Partner with stakeholders to refine requirements and propose solutions that span multiple teams.
• Maintain a deep understanding of core systems and their upstream and downstream dependencies.
• Mentor junior engineers on the team.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Motivated self‑starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies. Can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well‑reasoned explanations.
• Enjoy working within a team setting of engineers of varying experience.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in a geographically distributed team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise with full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc.
• Experience implementing and supporting high‑volume web systems or large transaction systems in a highly distributed environment.
• Knowledge of performance testing and application profiling.
• Digital and media asset management background.
• Agile/Scrum development experience.
• Strong curiosity about how Disney delivers the Magic and a desire to be a part of it.

• Java
• Spring
• Cloud technologies (AWS EC2, Kinesis, SNS, S3, Lambdas, etc.)
• Common backend…