The Walt Disney Company · 2 hours ago
Sr Software Engineer
Glendale, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$136K/yr - $182K/yr
5+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and media, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to innovate and build a world-class content platform. This role involves designing and implementing software solutions that support content delivery for major brands like Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu, while collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring junior engineers.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Collaborate with other software engineers and cross-functional teams
Work independently to design, build, test, and deploy high quality software solutions
Provide technical guidance and evangelize best practices
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
Contribute to cross-functional troubleshooting of complex issues as needed
Troubleshoot issues and fix defects
Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews
Qualification
Required
BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent
5+ years related experience designing backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment
Experience with common backend technologies such as Java, GraphQL, REST APIs, microservice architectures, async programming
Experience with Spring Framework
Experience with architecture and delivery of high volume, cached, fault tolerant, multi-threaded scalable systems
Experience with a wide range of data store technologies such as MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Postgres, and DynamoDB
Experience with Cloud-based technologies such as AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, SQS, Step Functions, and Fargate
Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Docker, Gitlab-CI, Terraform/Cloud formation, and Jenkins
Experience in Agile/Scrum methodology
Team player with strong oral and written communications skills
Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies
Expertise with full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc
Strong communication skills and attention to detail
Preferred
Previous work experience in media distribution
Experience working with vendor teams to deliver high quality results
Knowledge of performance testing and application profiling
Strong curiosity about how Disney delivers the Magic and a desire to be a part of it
Expert in Java
Expert in AWS, Azure, or GCP
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
H1B Sponsorship
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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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