Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s 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.

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

Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is passionate about providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers worldwide, powered by exceptional technology. This work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels – including streaming, linear, and theatrical – so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business.

We’re changing the world of streaming video and looking for a dedicated Software Engineer II to be a key contributor to the team while driving the technical design, implementation, and improvement of services.

Responsibilities:

This role involves a range of responsibilities related to software development within the Content Metadata domain.

• Build and maintain scalable web applications and services across the full stack, from the database to the user interface.

• Launch features across the full stack including responsive and intuitive user interfaces, and APIs that are built in a complex microservice architecture.

• Use technologies like React, Java/SpringBoot, MySQL, Postgres, AWS native resources (Lambda, Kinesis, DynamoDB, S3, SNS, SQS, etc), Terraform, and GraphQL

• Write clean, robust, maintainable, and well-documented code, following team's best practices in software development, including unit testing and continuous integration.

• Collaborate with team's members to solve problems by performing on-call duties to root cause, fix, and resolve issues on time.

• Monitor application performance and implement continuous improvements to ensure high availability, scalability, and low latency.

• Work closely with designers, product managers, and other engineers to gather requirements, design solutions, and deliver features that meet business needs.

• Take ambiguous or conflicting requirements and bring clarity by proposing different solutions and communicating concrete and concise trade-offs.

• Engage actively in team meetings, discussions, and decision-making processes, contributing your insights and experience to drive project success.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related field

• 3+ years of software development experience

• Proficiency in:

• Java & Python

• React, Javascript, HTML, CSS

• Relational databases (MySQL, Postgres), and NoSQL databases

• Event or pub/sub driven architecture (Kafka, Kinesis)

• Experience with AWS (Lambda, Kinesis, SQS/SNS, DynamoDB, etc.)

• Deep understanding of core CS fundamentals, including OOP, data structures, and algorithms

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, California is $112,600 -$151,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also 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.

Job ID: 10098697

Location: Santa Monica,California

Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

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