Software Engineer II - Java

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. 

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s 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 execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

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 User Foundations team builds critical User Capabilities that are shared across all experiences on the streaming services: Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ and Star+. We implement reliable, high-throughput services and pipelines for gathering information about our users, and delivering personalized experiences. We're a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative and fun team, and are looking for someone who can slot right in and start delivering from day 1.

Job Summary:

We are looking for a Java Software Engineer who is passionate about developing high performance platforms. To be successful in this role, you need effective communication and collaboration skills, a passion for learning and trying new things, and a strong foundational understanding of programming and computer science. As a member of our team, you will apply your knowledge and skills to help us deliver scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software.

Responsibilities

• Participate in daily-standups and other scrum ceremonies
• Develop software designs and specifications using the Java programming language
• Test code through various means: unit tests, integration tests and performance tests
• Contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of scalable microservices in a multi-region cloud environment
• Be a champion for engineering excellence
• Become and stay an expert in current and emerging technologies and tools
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for our tier-1 critical services facing millions of users worldwide.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• 3+ years of software engineering experience developing Java APIs.
• Experience working with Relational Databases.
• Fluent in Java programming language.
• Understanding of message based distributed, scalable, and resilient systems.
• Desire to work in a start-up, fast-growth, or rapid-change environment.
• Experience working on a diverse workplace.
• Problem-solving skills to identify the root cause and implement the fix.
• Solid communication skills – written, and oral.
• Ability to be flexible, adapting to changing priorities.
• Experience transforming requirements into software design, documentation and software.

Preferred Qualifications

• Spring Boot and related Spring projects
• Non-relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB
• Redis and/or ElastiCache
• Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
• Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with at least one of the following cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience building, testing, and tuning distributed systems
• Fluent in multiple programming languages and an expert in at least one of: JavaScript, Python, Java

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $114,900 to $154,100. 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.