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Principal Software Engineer - Java/Scala

The Walt Disney Company

Overview

At Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we are dedicated to reimagining and creating magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Our focus is on evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, and delivering unmatched entertainment and sports content.

Building the Future

DE&E Technologists are at the forefront, designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Our products and platforms 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, and news. Our teams build systems that power all the Commerce workflows within Disney Streaming, implementing reliable, high-request services that power user experiences across web, mobile, and living room devices.

Responsibilities

  • Work with a distributed team of engineers across multiple organizations.
  • Build software collaboratively.
  • Identify patterns that can help the teams scale, create proposals, and drive adoption of those patterns.
  • Lead architecture group to inspire change across the organization as well as partner organizations.
  • Work with Product Management to help translate business requirements into Technical solutions.
  • Drive the delivery of key projects across the various cross functional teams.
  • Drive best engineering practices to write well-constructed and easy-to-maintain code, defensive and robust tests.
  • Lead through metrics - understand application performance and costs and push for better results.
  • Represent Disney streaming in various internal and external conferences, blogs, mentor Senior engineers.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of related experience crafting large-scale, highly available services using Java, Scala, etc.
  • Strong programming skills in Java and other object-oriented languages.
  • Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.).
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field of study.
  • Experience using source control systems and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
  • Champion cross-team projects.
  • Coach and mentor other specialists on the team to ensure that all software utilizes industry best practices.
  • Collaborate efficiently with product management, technical program management, operations, and other engineering teams to capture requirements, drive implementation, and provide transparency.
  • A broad perspective on problem-solving.
  • Strong communication skills and a desire to share your knowledge with team members and others.

Benefits
Extracted with AI

  • Health insurance
  • Bonus
  • Long-term incentive units

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