Software Engineer

Job Description

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
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 Disney's 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 maximize 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

Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels – including streaming, linear, and theatrical – so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business.

Disney's Supply Chain Ingest team is seeking a Software Developer who is sharp, motivated and will help build the technology backbone for our current and future products. The team is responsible for the end-to-end technology needed to acquire video-on-demand, rich metadata, live, and linear content from over 1000 streaming providers and deliver the highest quality streaming services to tens of millions of users. As a part of this team, you would use technologies like React(js), SpringBoot(java), Redis, Kafka and AWS resources such as S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Elasticache, Elasticsearch, etc.

Responsibilities:
• Champion engineering best practices to write well constructed and easy to maintain code while collaborating with product managers and other team leads to deliver business functionality.
• Propose robust solutions for the content management platform services and interfaces.
• Design well-architected solutions and build iteratively into systems while maintaining the best agile practices; and write defensive and robust tests.
• Communicate status with peers and/or managers and present views and opinions patiently.
• Partner with project management to release and launch production quality software, lead a project from vision to completion.
• Mentor other developers on the team on standards, process, and best practices.

Basic Qualifications:
• A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience, and proficiency in Javascript and Java.
• Expertise with core Computer Science fundamentals, including Object-Oriented programming, data structures and algorithms (hashing, trees, graphs, search etc.)
• Fundamental understanding of relational, key-value document, and graph databases
• An enjoyment for going deep on performance tuning, and a love of owning a problem end-to-end.
• A desire to relentlessly pursue innovative ways on how to tackle problems and improve systems.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Curiosity for streaming Video-on-demand, and Live Event delivery software and infrastructure
• Experience with Distributed Systems and Event-driven Architecture
• Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Passion for Live Sports, News, and Data!

The hiring range for this position in California is $112,600 to $151,000 per year. 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.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gw37bn-3-136-17-118-42 in your application.