Sr Software Engineer

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

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.

Commerce, Data & Identity (CDI) provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company. 

About The Role

The Cloud Cradle team within the Data organization at DEEPT is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to help drive the next phase of data platform innovation. In this role, you’ll develop critical tools and services that empower dozens of engineering and analytics teams to harness data for informed decision-making and operational excellence. Your work will play a key role in scaling the largest streaming service by providing robust engineering solutions that deliver observability, data lineage, quality, logging, and alerting—ensuring consistent and reliable data across the organization. We're focused on building products to manage access, cost, data lifecycle, data metadata, secrets and cloud automation. If you're passionate about data engineering, thrive in a collaborative environment, and are excited to make a broad organizational impact, we invite you to join our team of world-class engineers.

Responsibilities

• Implement mission-critical applications, services, and libraries using Java, Python, and AWS technologies

• Build reusable components that encapsulate complex business logic and integrate across various systems with guidance from Leads and Architects

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to align technical strategies with business objectives.

• Ensure operational excellence by delivering high-quality, maintainable, and performant systems.

• Champion agile/scrum methodologies, actively participating in ceremonies and driving continuous improvement across the team.

• Engage with stakeholders and end users to understand requirements, prioritize initiatives, and deliver value through both innovation and iterative enhancements.

• Establish testing strategies and design test suites to cater to unit, integration and regression tests covering backward and forward compatibility.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation to support data governance, system integrity, and long-term maintainability.

• Define, promote, and document internal standards and best practices related to code, configuration, naming conventions, partitioning strategies, and system design.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.

• Minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including work on large-scale projects.

• Proven expertise in algorithmic problem-solving and system design.

• Proficient in at least one programming language, with strong preference for Python or Scala.

• Proficiency in cloud platforms, preferably AWS, or equivalent cloud technologies.

• Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions for automated deployment.

• Strong Hands-on experience with Graph Database like Neo4J or Neptune

• Solid foundational programming skills with the ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.

• Familiarity with latest tech stack in building API’s using GraphQL, AWS AppSync and Postman

• Ability to manage and contribute to multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Enthusiastic about exploring emerging technologies and contributing to proof-of-concept initiatives.

• Enjoys tackling complex technical and business challenges with agility and creativity.

• Deep passion for automation, data-driven solutions, and innovative technology development.

• Prior experience designing and building scalable, internet-facing platforms and distributed systems.

• A strong portfolio of work, including GitHub repositories or notable open-source contributions, is a plus and highly valued.

Additional Information

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The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $138,900.00 to $186,200.00 per year, in Seattle, WA is $145,400.00 to $195,000.00 per year and in San Francisco, CA is $152,100.00 to 203,900.00 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.