Lead Software Engineer

Job Description

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming our media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to enhance flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you'd love working here:
• Building the future of Disney's media: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
• Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
• The Product & Data Engineering team is responsible for end to end development for Disney's world-class consumer-facing products, including streaming platforms Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, and digital products & experiences across ESPN, Marvel, Disney Studios, NatGeo, and ABC News. The team drives innovation at scale for millions of consumers around the world across Apple, Android, Smart TVs, game consoles, and the web, with our platforms powering core experiences like personalization, search, messaging and data.

As a member of Interactive Platform Engineering team within the Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Division you will be part of a fast paced, passionate team that builds and maintains complex, high throughput systems for handling user generated content. These systems support flagship Disney products including Disney+, ESPN Fantasy Football, Marvel and ABC News. You will assist in the design, development, test and deployment of high-quality software solutions. You will be challenged to help the team efficiently maintain, enhance, and scale platforms that serve millions of Disney users every day. You will apply excellent interpersonal skills while collaborating with both technical and product teams to gather new system requirements and then apply your shown development chops in the delivery of innovative solutions for those requirements. You will be challenged to work at traffic volumes very few engineers ever approach… and you will be rewarded by a job you love!

Job Summary:

As a Lead Software Engineer on the Interactive Platform Engineering team you will participate in the design, development and testing of very high throughput, low latency user generated content systems. These systems are used to drive highly personalized and rewarding user experiences across a broad spectrum of Disney products including ESPN Fantasy Football, Marvel, ABC News and National Geographic.

Responsibilities:
• Java development / automated testing
• maintenance and support
• design/planning/mentoring
• be responsible for the overall design of complex, high throughput software platforms
• apply your pragmatic and shown software skills to deliver elegant solutions to business critical problems
• lead cross functional development projects spanning multiple teams including platform, client and product
• demonstrate your passion for technology by solving unique challenges within the industry
• rely on your sense of ownership and professional pride to deliver high quality, low maintenance software
• leverage strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with various technical and product collaborators
• partner with tech leaders to help grow and mentor fellow engineers
• feed your appetite for learning new skills and technology as part of the larger DEE organization

Basic Qualifications:
• Minimum 7 years of relevant professional experience
• Expert understanding of the Java programming language and object-oriented programming
• Self-starter with shown ability to deliver high quality software in a pragmatic fashion
• Shown ability to solve challenging technical problems
• Ability to learn new technology and/or complex systems
• Highly motivated to mentor and help grow other engineers
• A technical leader for business critical projects spanning multiple teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred qualifications:
• 7+ years of professional experience
• Master's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science
• Hands on experience with Cassandra or other NoSQL DBs
• Full stack / front end engineering experience
• Hands on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Experience working on highly scalable real time software platform

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The hiring range for this position in CT, CA, and WA is $149,300-$209,600. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

About Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) provides the technological backbone and product development for Disney's two media business units, while helping to keep the company at the vanguard of innovation – enabling the Company to continuously leverage technology to enhance storytelling and creativity, while delivering scalability, flexibility, and efficiency for its businesses.

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

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. 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.

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