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Sr Product Software Engineer


Job Location:

Santa Monica, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 141900 - 181200
Posted: 6 October 2026 (4 days ago)
Application Deadline: 3 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Posting Title:

Sr Product Software Engineer

Req ID:

Job Description:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology were reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the worlds most beloved stories while also transforming Disneys media business for the future. Whether thats evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency or delivering Disneys unmatched entertainment and sports content every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think youd love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

  • Building the future of Disneys media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disneys 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.

Lifecycle Messaging

  • Lifecycle Messagings mission is to create and deliver scaled customer centric multi-channel messaging experiences across the customer journey that drive impact in the form of engagement revenue growth customer delight & brand trust. Our platform the Unified Messaging Platform helps us to inform engage and delight our guests.

Job Summary:

  • Design and implement tier-1 microservices in Java
  • Design core backend software components for the Unified Messaging Platform
  • Implement asynchronous processes to run in the cloud for various data transformation operations.
  • Work on tech design for various initiatives and projects as per business needs.
  • Be involved in code reviews and architecture reviews for team members.
  • Participate in Agile methodology and SCRUM processes such as Sprint Planning Backlog grooming Daily Standups and Retrospectives with the team.
  • Provide on-call support for critical services on a rotational basis.
  • Own features/functionality and deliver projects end-to-end with high quality and robust architecture.
  • Communicate and work with multi-functional business partners.
  • Ramp up on new domains and technologies.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:

Lead the design & enhancement of critical services in UMP ensuring scalability performance and reliability. Research and integrate new technologies into the production environment to optimize core service offerings.

Promote and support Agile methodologies such as Scrum Kanban and Scrumban by actively participating in regular ceremonies such as stand-up retrospectives and sprint planning.

Provide technical guidance to junior team members covering code quality system design and best practices in software development. Actively participate in code reviews offering constructive feedback to improve code quality system reliability and performance

Collaborate with your squad Product Managers Designers QA Operations and other stakeholders to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 5 years of experience building internet-scale web or services applications
  • Experience in a Java and/or alternative JVM application development environments (Scala/Kotlin)
  • Familiarity with the AWS environment (awareness of ECS (Docker) S3 EC2 Lambda CloudWatch etc)
  • Solid understanding with software development fundamentals
  • Proficiency with writing unit integration and functional tests
  • Experience with Relational and NoSQL Databases like Postgres MySql DynamoDB Cassandra
  • Proficiency with standard CI/CD procedures & tools like Jenkins Github Actions Spinnaker
  • Familiarity with service APIs and/or SDKs
  • Understanding of agile processes software version control & project management tools (e.g. Github SVN Jira Basecamp)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience or certification with AWS services including S3 SQS SNS Kinesis Lambda CloudWatch or other cloud platforms (Azure GCP)
  • Familiarity with big data technologies & tools like Spark Databricks EMR
  • Familiarity with Terraform or other infrastructure as code tooling
  • Experience building scalable fault-tolerant high-uptime systems
  • Creative and inventive problem solving
  • Desire and initiative to mentor other developers

Bonus Qualifications:

  • Experience with SES or Salesforce Marketing Cloud
  • Experience with Serverless solutions
  • Familiarity with the Scala programming language and the Python programming language

Required Education:

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Software Electrical or Electronics Engineering or comparable field of study and/or equivalent work experience.
The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles is $141900 to $181200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates 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.

Job Posting Segment:

PE - Streaming Backend

Job Posting Primary Business:

PE - Streaming Backend - Messaging & Audience Engineering

Primary Job Posting Category:

Product Software Engineering

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City State Region Postal Code:

Santa Monica CA USA

Alternate City State Region Postal Code:

Date Posted:


Required Experience:

Senior IC


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