Sr Software Engineer

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Sr Software Engineer

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Job Description:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Technology is at the heart of Disneys 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 Disneys media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products enhance storytelling and drive velocity innovation and scalability for our are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Companys 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 youd love working here:

Building the future of Disneys 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 Disneys technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans connections with the companys brands and stories. Disney. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC Newsand 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 & Identityprovides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disneys 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.

TheSubscriptionsteam is looking to expand our team in the NYC office. We are a dynamic team of engineers that support all your Disney ESPN and Hulu subscriptions at scale! We solve problems at internet-scale that only a handful of teams ever reach.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivatedSenior Software Engineerto join our dynamic engineering this role you will be responsible for designing developing and deploying scalable and efficient software solutions using Functional Programming Style Scala and other backend languages. You will work with cutting-edge technologies in cloud computing containerization distributed systems and observability. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in full-stack development modern DevOps practices and experience working with cloud-native technologies such as AWS and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Development: Design develop and maintain scalable secure and efficient software applications using Scala and other backend languages.

• Cloud Infrastructure: Utilize AWS services (CFN EC2 Lambda S3 Dynamo etc.) to deploy and manage applications in the cloud.

• Containerization & Orchestration: Implement containerized solutions using Docker deploy and manage services on Kubernetes.

• Distributed Systems: Design and build distributed systems that are fault-tolerant highly available and scalable. Understand concepts such as event-driven architecture microservices and data consistency.

• Observability & Monitoring: Implement and maintain observability best practices including tagging metrics and logging to provide comprehensive visibility into system performance. Use tools like Datadog to monitor the health and performance of applications in real-time.

• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including product managers UI/UX designers and DevOps engineers to define requirements design systems and deliver features.

• Code Quality & Best Practices: Write clean maintainable and testable code while following best practices for software development. Perform code reviews and provide mentorship to junior engineers on and offshore.

• Problem-Solving & Innovation: Tackle complex technical challenges and continuously seek opportunities to improve system performance scalability and Best Practices: Follow teams best practices regarding the safe use of LLMs and suggest improvements as appropriate.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science Electrical Computer Engineering or similar field.

• 5 years of experience in software development with a focus on Functional Programming Scala stacks.

• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and Kubernetes for container orchestration.

• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs Microservices Architecture and Event-Driven Architecture.

• Strong problem-solving skills attention to detail and the ability to work in a collaborative fast-paced environment.

• Experience with:
  - Functional Programming Languages
  - Scala (preferred) using ZIO Cats Cats Effect
  - Others considered - Modern RX Java Kotlin Clojure/Lisp Haskell OCaml Elm Typescript Effect

• AWS Cloudformation Terraform or similar technologies.

• Experience in Istio and Spinnaker

• Full software development lifecycle experience - including maintenance after release.

• Experience in Agile software development practices and version control systems (e.g. Git Jira)

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of distributed systems and how to design and scale them.

• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and modern development tools.

• Experience in building observability solutions using tools like Datadog including tagging metrics and logging.

#DISNEYTECH

The hiring range for this position in New York NY is $148700 to $199400 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:

Product Engineering

Job Posting Primary Business:

PE - Growth Commerce & Identity

Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City State Region Postal Code:

New York NY USA

Alternate City State Region Postal Code:

USA - CA - 2450 Broadway

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