Senior Product Engineer

Hi Team,

Sumit Candidates that should have Entertainment Industry experience will be pushed on the top.

Location:

Glendale, CA area

Spotlight call will be scheduled Tuesday, April 14th

Onsite 3 days per week. 2nd choice 100% remote for candidates outside of Glendale, CA area.

Must haves:

o Strong Java backend experience (Spring Boot). This is the Core expertise

o Cloud-based development tools (e.g., Cursor/Claude).
• Demonstrated experience using Cursor and/or Claude for end-to-end feature

development, including code planning, generation, and debugging.

End Client:
Walt Disney Studios

Work location:

Glendale, CA

INTERNAL NOTES:

Title:

Senior Product Engineer

Ideal

Start Date:

ASAP

Duration of Assignment: 5+

Pay rate: $85-89/hr on W-2

Eligible for OT? NO

Hours/Days of Week ( specify N for normal): NORMAL

Culture / Dress Code:
Business Casual

Top 3 skills sets needed:
Strong Java backend experience (Spring Boot), Cloud-based development tools (e.g., Cursor/Cloud).

Interview Schedule/Availability:
Telephone followed by zoom

Misc. Info:
Must give last four SSN, Birth mm/dd and email address

Make sure to answer these questions:

Please add the candidate's Middle Initial.

IF it says above that the role has OT, please put in the OT (1.5) rate and DT (2) rates next to the regular rate.

Has this candidate been submitted by us to Disney in the past?

If so, is the attached resume new or the same one we used last submittal?

Have they interviewed for Disney in the past:

Have they worked for Disney in the past:

As a Contractor or as a FTE?

When and who was their manager?

EXTERNAL

JOB DESCRIPTION:



We are looking for a Senior Product Engineer who is dedicated to help us implement high
- quality applications used in the development and production of film and direct-to-consumer

content. As part of this role, you would also be integrating these applications with other

third-party applications using APIs, gRPC, and using MCP (Model Context Protocol) to

connect AI models to external tools and data.

We're a casual shop that values passion, community involvement and exceptional software.

If this is you, we want you to join our team.

What Makes This Role Unique

This is a backend engineering role with end-to-end feature ownership. You're a seasoned

backend engineer-comfortable with APIs, databases, system architecture, and complex

integrations-who uses AI development tools (Claude, Cursor, etc.) to deliver complete

features without depending on frontend specialists.

You'll work alongside a frontend specialist who maintains UI standards and handles

complex interface challenges, but you're self-sufficient for your feature work. Whether it's a

standard CRUD interface, a complex dashboard with real-time data, or an interactive

workflow, you use AI tools to bridge the frontend gap and ship production-quality features

from database to UI.

This isn't about being a traditional full-stack engineer-it's about being a backend expert

who leverages modern AI tooling to deliver complete product features autonomously.

You will be part of the team creating the next-generation internal systems for movie and

direct-to-consumer creative development and production. You should be comfortable being

part of a cross-functional team and working with a diverse group of business stakeholders

and technologists.

Your key responsibilities will be:

Analysis & Design

• Gather requirements with stakeholders, Product Owners, and Business Analysts.

• Collaborate with UX/UI Designers.

• Design complex web components, software, and database objects.

• Establish and document development standards, procedures, and deployment

processes.

• Evaluate and recommend third-party tools and integrations.

• Work with infrastructure teams on environment setup and CI/CD pipelines.

• Write technical specifications and project estimates.

Development & Testing

• Design and develop backend services, APIs, and data models.

• Develop complete features-from backend APIs and data models through AI-assisted

frontend implementation-according to UX/UI requirements.

• Ensure production-quality, standards-compliant, cross-browser UI using AI

development tools.

• Integrate web interfaces with backend services.

• Integrate applications with third-party…