Principal Software Engineer

About the Role

Join the Content Platforms team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, where we are reimagining the technical ecosystem that empowers The Walt Disney Company to harness its unparalleled storytelling and distribute it around the world. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader driving the engineering and architecture direction of digital products that provide end-to-end order management capabilities for the supply chain.

Responsibilities

Provide subject matter expertise on design and coding best practices and assist in building and implementing related guidelines and standards.
Advise on architecture and propose solutions that span multiple teams and organizations.
Maintain a deep understanding of our core systems and how they interact with upstream and downstream dependencies.
Contribute and review code, set standards, and work with engineers to ensure product and design specifications are met.
Responsible for fundamental platform performance, scalability, and resiliency.
Partner with stakeholders to refine requirements and propose solutions to problems that span multiple teams.
Influence and contribute to department technical strategy and planning.
Provide mentoring to engineers on advanced technical issues.
Research, learn, and evangelize widespread adoption of new technologies and architecture patterns.
Lead cross-functional troubleshooting of complex issues as needed.
Strategic planning and vision focused on experimenting with and deploying new technologies.
Define requirements and architecture for multi-layered systems.
Direct and influence the efforts of engineers across teams.
Partner with leaders from other teams to ensure the planning and delivery of medium and large-scale projects.

Required Skills and Experience

Leading role in the design, implementation, and deployment of high volume, cross-functional enterprise-level systems.
Expert understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, etc).
Expertise in designing APIs and building RESTful services.
Mastery in Kotlin (or Java) and experience with multiple open-source technologies like Spring, Tomcat, Nginx, Solr, Redis, MongoDB, GraphQL, etc.
Experience using Node, JavaScript, TypeScript, React is strongly desired.
Expert knowledge in cloud-based technologies such as AWS Fargate, EC2, SNS/SQS, S3, Lambdas, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Cloudformation/Terraform, etc.
Expertise with the full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc.
Highly knowledgeable with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker.
Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
10+ years of relevant industry experience.

Education

BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent.

Location

This position is based in Burbank, California, and requires on-site work.

Compensation

The hiring range for this position in California is $180,700.00 to $242,300.00. The base pay offered will take into account internal equity and 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.