Sr Product Software Engineer II

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The Ad Platform Engineering organization within Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is responsible for building enhancing and operating a high-performance distributed microservice-based digital advertising platform. This platform powers billions of real-time ad decisions daily across Disneys video-on-demand and live TV properties including Hulu Disney ESPN and more.

Within Ad Platform Engineering the Programmatic teams build and maintain Disneys programmatic advertising suite of products and services that comprise Disneys Real-time Ad Exchange (DRAX). DRAX is an award-winning proprietary supply-side platform (SSP) that enables programmatic deal configuration and integrates demand from multiple third-party sources into Disneys ad server in real time.

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As a Full-Stack Senior Product Software Engineer II you will collaborate with cross-functional partners and engineering teams on the design and implementation of innovative products and features contributing to the evolution of user-centric advertising at scale. Youll exercise technical ownership provide peer mentoring and ensure our systems are robust observable and future ready.

On a daily basis you should bring:

A passion for building and owning mission-critical systems.

A growth mindset with a willingness to mentor and learn in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

A commitment and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems.

An understanding of micro-service encapsulation and loose coupling and why they are important.

An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk.

A pragmatic approach to solving engineering challenges at scale.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Design build and support scalable microservices and user interfaces for Disneys Ad Platform leveraging Java and modern front-end frameworks.

Collaborate with product UX and engineering peers to deliver features that enhance user-centric advertising.

Translate user stories into actionable engineering tasks with ownership from development through deployment.

Mentor and support teammates through code reviews documentation and informal guidance (no direct reports).

Improve system observability by implementing metrics monitoring and alerting solutions.

Participate in on-call rotations as part of our commitment to operational excellence.

Champion best practices in code quality automated testing and agile workflows.

Understanding and using automated tools (AI) while adhering to company policy.

Basic Qualifications

5 years of hands-on software engineering experience.

Proficiency with Java and related frameworks (Spring Boot ORMs etc..).

Experience with ReactJS or modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g. Vue Angular) and willingness to learn new technologies as needed.

Strong background in relational databases (MySQL Postgres) including schema and query design.

Experience working with RESTful APIs microservices and distributed systems.

Strong foundation in computer science principles including data structures and algorithms.

Strong problem-solving communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in ad tech.

Experience with programmatic advertising or real-time bidding platforms.

Experience with:

Spring Boot and related Spring projects.

Cloud platforms such as AWS.

Modern DevOps tools such as Terraform Docker and Kubernetes.

Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka AWS Kinesis and/or SNS/SQS.

Required Education

BS/MS in Computer Science Engineering or equivalent experience.

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