Software Engineer

Job Description

Disney+ is the Disney-branded streaming service featuring an incomparable collection of content from its brands and franchises recognized and respected all over the world including Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar, Disney, and NatGeo. Our combined Hulu and Disney team is looking for hardworking team players, who will thrive upon the legacy of Disney and Hulu, embrace unconventional thinking, and who are passionate about contributing to The Walt Disney Company's direct-to-consumer (DTC) experience.

We are making major enhancements to our Entitlements and Location services to serve a unified platform and invest in features like VPN detection, PPV and custom user packages.

This position might be right for you if:
• You want to help us build high scale services with multiple consumers
• You're a curious and efficient engineer who wants to feel empowered to help define the direction of development and work side-by-side with some of the brightest minds in our organization
• You enjoy working with other brilliant engineers in a challenging but supportive environment, learning from others and sharing your expertise with them

Responsibilities:
• Design core, backend software components for the Entitlements and Location platforms
• Collaborate with other Service and Data engineers and external engineering teams to evaluate and design appropriate solutions to effectively meet Product requirements
• Build and manage code in AWS using CloudFormation or Terraform
• Evaluate new or existing technologies and products for implementation, considering costs, usability, compatibility and scalability
• Create technical documentation and runbooks for reference and reporting purposes
• Use a mix of technologies including Java, Python, Scala, Kafka, Kinesis, Redis, MySQL and an array of AWS native services
• Collaborate with other team members (including product owners, TPMs, and other stakeholders) to achieve product and business requirements
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources

Basic Qualifications:
• 2+ years of experience building internet-scale web or services applications
• Experience in a Java and alternative JVM application development environments (Scala/Kotlin)
• Familiarity with the AWS environment, including ECS (Docker), S3, EC2, Lambda, CloudWatch
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code such as Terraform, CloudFormation
• Understanding of software development fundamentals
• Familiarity with writing unit, integration and functional tests
• Familiarity integrating with service APIs and/or SDKs
• Understanding of agile processes software team with version control & project management tools (e.g. Github, SVN, Jira, Basecamp)
• Creative and inventive problem solving
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and a team-focused approach towards software development.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Familiarity with AWS Serverless technologies
• Experience in Scala or Python
• Knowledge of these database solutions, DynamoDB, MySQL/Aurora, Redis Elasticache, MongoDB, Cassandra
• Experience building scalable, fault-tolerant, high-uptime systems

About Disney Streaming:

Comprised of the Company's international business units and various direct-to-consumer streaming services, Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution (DMED) aligns technology, media distribution and advertising sales into a single business segment to create and deliver personalized entertainment experiences to consumers around the world.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business segment we call Disney Streaming.

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r7jo3q-18-116-8-110-42 in your application.