The Walt Disney Company · 20 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$197K/yr - $265K/yr
10+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and media, seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Product Engineering team. The role involves building and operating critical services that support user experiences across various platforms while driving best engineering practices and collaborating with distributed teams.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Work with a distributed team of engineers across multiple organizations building software collaboratively
Identity patterns that can help the teams scale, create proposals, and drive adoption of those patterns
Challenge current architectural choices while collaborating to solve problems in innovative ways
Drive adoption of consistent technical frameworks across the organization
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
Qualification
Required
10+ years of related experience crafting large-scale, highly available Java, Scala, etc services utilizing various database and messaging technologies
Strong programming skills in Java and other object-oriented languages and a 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
An 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
Preferred
Experience directly managing and mentoring a team
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
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
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