Lead, Software Engineer

BUILD SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF 

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: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, Disney Parks, and Experiences and Products. 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.

How will you contribute to our magical experience?: 

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally. 

Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

The Lead, Software Engineer will be responsible for: 

•  Design and build robust software applications, utilizing software engineering expertise to deliver high performance solutions.
• Lead a team of engineers responsible for performing analysis and building applications ensuring a successful operator experience for delivering content to end users.
• Design and build robust software applications, utilizing software engineering and machine learning expertise to deliver high performance solutions. 
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product and engineering, to identify opportunities, business impact and technical requirements.
• Act in people supervisory capacity and serve as a technical leader, setting best practices and leading architectural discussions within the team.
• Mentor, empower, and provide career growth opportunities for team members.
• Prioritize tasks within a project to deliver high value initiatives, while anticipating and mitigating potential risk wherever possible.
• Create and manage key engineering health KPIs through regular monitoring in a scalable way as systems and products expand.
• Provide on-call rotational support as needed.

What we need from you to be part of this story:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Advanced level of English.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in backend development and proficient with one or more general purpose programming languages (Python, Java, Javascript, etc).
• Desire to work in a start-up, fast-growth, or rapid-change environment.
• Problem-solving skills to identify the root cause.
• Experience with Scala Programming language or experience with functional programming (is a plus).
• Experience with AWS technologies and cloud infrastructure (is a plus). 
• Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git (is a plus).
• Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker. Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.). (Is a plus).

Additional Information: 

At Disney, we believe it takes great people to create the memorable experiences, products and services our consumers know and love. We are a team of storytellers and hire under equal opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability and gender identity. We foster a corporate culture of belonging and inclusiveness, which empowers our staff and company to thrive. At Disney, everyone has the opportunity to speak up and participate, grow and share ideas.

“You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.” Walt Disney