The Walt Disney Company · 7 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer
Glendale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$142K/yr - $190K/yr
5+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global organization focused on building and advancing the technological backbone for Disney’s media business. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive the design and implementation of a next generation metadata tagging platform, developing backend solutions in a dynamic environment while collaborating with product managers and team leads.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Develop, test, & deploy high quality application code
Provide technical guidance and evangelize best practices
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
Mentor junior engineers on the team
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5 years of related software development experience
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
Can effectively articulate complex ideas and influence others through well-reasoned explanations
Enjoy working within a team setting of engineers of varying experience
Strong communication skills and attention to detail
Comfortable working in a geographically distributed team
Preferred
Previous work experience in temporal and descriptive video tagging/ad marking
Knowledge of performance testing, application profiling, Java heap and thread dump analysis
Knowledge of video, audio, and subtitle formats, codecs, wrappers, and usages
Knowledge of media standards and specifications such as SMPTE
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
The full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$11BKey Investors
Citibank
2020-04-13Post Ipo Debt· $5B
2020-03-20Post Ipo Debt· $6B
1978-01-06IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Iger
CEO
Christine M. McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-24
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