Senior Software Engineer

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 worldwide.

• Building the future of Disney’s media: Our technologists design and build the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• Reach, Scale & Impact: Disney’s technology and products serve as a gateway for fans to connect with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, ABC and many more influence millions globally.
• Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex technical challenges.

Ad Platforms owns Disney’s industry‑leading ad technology, driving advertising performance, innovation, and value across our sports, news, and entertainment content. Within that organization, the Audience Data and Measurement (ADM) team works to help advertisers reach the right audience and deliver personalized, optimized experiences. The ADM Platform unifies audience data exchange, advertisement measurement, and high‑concurrency, low‑latency audience targeting powered by advanced data technologies.

• Build components of large‑scale data platforms for real‑time and batch processing and own features of big‑data applications to meet evolving business needs.
• Develop next‑generation cloud‑based big‑data infrastructure for batch and streaming applications, continuously improving performance, scalability and availability.
• Contribute to best engineering practices, including design patterns, CI/CD, code review and automated testing.
• Drive ground‑breaking innovation and apply state‑of‑the‑art technologies.
• Participate in all phases of the software lifecycle: design, experimentation, implementation, and testing.
• Collaborate to create robust, fault‑tolerant, cloud‑native software architectures.
• Implement AWS managed‑service solutions.
• Apply logical and creative reasoning to identify problems, draw conclusions from data, and develop effective solutions with creative thinking.
• Align the team’s technology radar and architecture principles with industry standards and user needs.
• Deliver multiple projects using Agile methodology.
• Own high‑ownership, hands‑on roles to drive quality and maintain application stability.
• Write complex programs, analyze code changes, and suggest improvements.
• Submit clean, valuable code daily that adds new features and capabilities.
• Investigate and resolve production issues from end users to persistence layers, and work proactively to prevent them.
• Collaborate with leads, product managers and managers to ensure timely, high‑quality deliverables.
• Work collaboratively with other service teams.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience designing and architecting high‑scalable, secure, and performant big‑data applications using Java, Scala, or Python.
• Proficiency with relational databases, SQL, No
  
  SQL stores, and event‑streaming platforms.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure – Terraform, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, IAM, ALB, etc.
• Strong interest in open‑source technologies.
• Knowledge of building highly available and scalable services.
• Passion for technology and a willingness to engage in interdisciplinary work.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Commitment to craftsmanship and a personal stance on the “right” way to build technology.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Experience in advertising‑industry applications.
• Hands‑on experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Presto, or Kinesis.
• Experience delivering high‑quality results with vendor teams.
• Knowledge of performance testing and application profiling.
• Curiosity about Disney’s magical experience and a desire to…