Senior, Software Engineer
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10127502 Location Buenos Aires, Argentina Business The Walt Disney Company (LATAM) Date posted Sep. 26, 2025Job Summary:
BUILD SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF
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.
How will you contribute to our magical experience?
This team is responsible for the management of Live and Linear airings across the Disney+ and Hulu spaces. This means ingesting airings as CNF from Metal, managing linear schedules to ensure no gaps or overlaps between airings on a single channel, contract resolution for blackout or features such as replay/lookback, as well as tools for the management of airings, live events, and stream health and fallback logic.
The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for:
- Craft web applications specific to the managing of live and linear scheduling for the DTC services.
- Manage AWS infrastructure supporting the EPG and scheduling ecosystems.
- Work on improving system scale and throughput for handling high concurrency.
- Contribute to a culture of collaboration and innovation.
- Build quality products.
- Provide on-call rotational support as needed.
What we need from you to be part of this story:
Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
6+ years developing software products.
Experience in programming with Java or any other Object-oriented programming language.
Advanced level of English.
Experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure.
Media player integration in web apps.
Knowledge of web accessibility and standards.
Familiar with async programming (promises, async/await, etc.).
Understanding of concurrency and threading.
Skilled in Git, CI/CD, Jenkins, Docker (is a plus).
Experience with messaging systems (Kafka, Kinesis, SQS) 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
About The Walt Disney Company (LATAM):
The Walt Disney Company Latin America is the leading family entertainment company in Latin America and has been present in the region since the 1940’s when Walt Disney traveled to Brazil, Argentina and Peru with several artists. As a result of that journey, the Company’s sixth animated film “Saludos Amigos” premiered in Río de Janeiro in 1942.
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 that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. 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 TWDC Argentina S.A., which is part of a business we call The Walt Disney Company (LATAM).