The Walt Disney Company · 10 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer, Ad Experiences
Glendale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$184K/yr - $247K/yr
10+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global organization focused on building and advancing the technological backbone for Disney’s media business. As a Principal Software Engineer in Ad Experiences, you will develop and own systems for interactive ad formats, ensuring scalability and performance while mentoring other engineers and collaborating across teams.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Writing and reviewing a lot of code and tests
Reviewing code and test implementations for best practices and algorithmic complexity
Available to support engineers on an On-Call shift, when needed
Reading requirements documentation from Product, providing a perspective on feasibility and translating into implementation tasks, and partnering with teams’ leads through execution as needed
Exploring, researching, implementing proofs-of-concept, and proposing solutions that will improve Ad Serving systems (reduce cost and overhead, improve maintainability, minimize the time features take to be in production, etc)
Defining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high throughput, low latency microservices environment
Enhancing systems’ observability with proper metrics, monitors, and alerts
Mentoring and inspiring others in all aspects of professional software development
Qualification
Required
BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant work experience
10+ years of software engineering experience
Advanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading, garbage collection, profiling
Advanced proficiency with front end technologies such as Node, React, NextJS, Express, Typescript, Tailwind
Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving / design skills in a highly distributed and highly available services ecosystem
Excellent communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences
A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and organizations
Demonstrated ownership and expertise in the projects delivered by our teams
Proficiency in designing and implementing robust, scalable, tolerant distributed systems, as well as in advocating best practices to fellow engineers
A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment
A proven ability to work with product teams to influence and translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations, as well as the ability to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health
Possess knowledge of relevant technologies and their potential applications within our systems, and be able to articulate their pros and cons
A keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services using dedicated research time
Kindness and pragmatic optimism
Your unique view and experience
Preferred
Comprehensive experience with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
Ad Tech Industry knowledge
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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