The Walt Disney Company · 7 hours ago
Senior Data Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$155K/yr - $208K/yr
5+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and technology, seeking a Senior Data Engineer to join their Data Experience team. This role focuses on building innovative applications and optimizing business processes through full-stack development, while collaborating with various teams to enhance customer outreach and conversion.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Design and build reliable backend systems using AWS services to handle extreme loads of traffic
Be involved in code and architecture reviews for team members
Provide minimal on-call support for critical services on a rotational basis
Own features and functionality and deliver projects end-to-end with high quality and robust architecture
Ramp up on new domains and technologies
Communicate effectively with team members including frontend SDK engineers, QA, and product
Participate in Agile methodology and SCRUM processes such as Sprint Planning, Backlog grooming, Daily Standups, and Retrospectives with the team
Qualification
Required
5+ years' experience in backend server-side development including experience with Rest services, CICD and unit testing
5+ years working in Java (or similar object-oriented language) including experience with frameworks like Spring
5+ years' experience working with AWS for builds, deployments and monitoring including the following technologies: ECS, MSK, S3, Lambdas, ALB
Extensive experience with Kafka including administering clusters, streams, producers and consumers
Familiarity with databases (SQL and no-SQL)
Experience investigating technical components and taking ownership of feature development
Experience programming in Java
Experience building APIs
Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Spinnaker, and continuous integration/delivery systems
Experience developing mocking mechanisms for tests
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a closely related field with 5+ years of progressive experience in a software development (SDE) occupation, including automated testing of front end and backend services
Preferred
Expert level experience with Docker, Scala, Spark and Databricks
Experience building systems that can handle billions of requests per week that have an impact on millions of daily users. In other words, experience with click streams/analytics
Extensive experience developing with a mix of languages
Proficiency with agile development methodologies shipping features every two weeks
Experience with Content Personalization/Recommendation, Audience Segmentation, and/or Analytics
A robust portfolio on Github and / or open-source contributions you are proud to share
Benefits
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.
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
2026-01-20
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