Sr. Software Engineer, Tech Lead

Job Description

Disney Streaming Services (DSS) is looking for a thoughtful and creative Senior Software Engineer/Tech Lead to join the Offer Services team.

The Growth Lifecycle engineering group is responsible for orchestrating the customer flow and integrating with various other backend services during signups for Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu.
We own and support many tier-1 services that need to be highly available in all regions.  We are a fast-paced and fast-growing team, where you will have influence over the technical direction and architecture for the services and tools built by the team. You will also have an opportunity to learn about the international landscape and challenges in the area of billing,
payments, subscriptions, offers, and promotions as our streaming services launch around the world over the next few years.

Responsibilities:

What you'll do

• Design and implement tier-1 microservices in Java and Scala.

• Work on tech design for various initiatives and projects as per business needs.

• Participate in Agile methodology and SCRUM processes such as Sprint Planning, Backlog grooming, Daily Standups, and Retrospectives with the team.

• Provide on-call support for critical services on a rotational basis.

• Own features/functionality and deliver projects end-to-end with high quality and robust architecture.

• Communicate and work with multi-functional business partners.

• Ramp up on new domains and technologies.

Basic Qualifications:
What to bring

• Experience working with Scala or Java.

• Previous experience taking ownership of features/functionality and delivering projects end-to-end with high quality and robust architecture.

• Ability to dive deep into any technical component as well as understand and drive the overall systems architecture.

• Interest in teaching and mentoring others.

• Experience in designing and implementing large scale distributed systems.

• Knowledge/experience with AWS products and services (EC2, S3, Lambda, DyanmoDB, SQS, RDS, ElastiCache, CloudFront, etc.) or other cloud providers.

• Experience working on relational and/or noSQL databases.

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 5+ years of experience in backend development.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous work with distributed teams.

• Ability to quickly ramp up on new domains and technologies.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with cross functional business partners.

• Functional programming experience.

Required Education

• BS/MS Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with experience in Scala

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r1268y-18-221-197-132-42 in your application.