The Walt Disney Company · 5 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer
Santa Monica, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$156K/yr - $209K/yr
7+ years expThe Walt Disney Company is a global leader in entertainment and technology, and they are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to build and operate their big data infrastructure. This role focuses on developing a scalable and secure data system that integrates with both on-prem and cloud environments, while emphasizing automation and engineering excellence.
Amusement Park and ArcadeAnimationConsumer GoodsDigital MediaE-CommerceMedia and EntertainmentMulti-level MarketingPerforming ArtsResorts
Responsibilities
Build a best-in-class big data infrastructure on top of K8s. Provide an easy-to-use interface to users and continuously enrich the tooling in this ecosystem. Make sure the system design for on-prem is compatible with the cloud environment as much as possible
Drive the evaluation, prototyping, adoption and productionization of modern technologies from the K8s community, to continuously improve the performance, scalability and security
Emphasis on automation and observability. Develop the process and tooling for CICD, system monitoring etc
Advocate for engineering excellence and operation excellence. Help the team establish best practices
Collaborate with team members, PMs/TPMs and other stakeholders to gather requirements, clarify ambiguities and work towards the goals
Provide prompt customer support with the mindset of customers being the north star
Qualification
Required
At least 7 years of professional software engineering experience
Has a solid experience with K8s, including a deep understanding of key K8s components (e.g. control plane)
Has a solid experience with deploying and managing applications on K8s
Has the desire to dive deep and become an expert in one or more big data areas. Ready to unpack open-source software for deep understanding, bug fixes and development of new features. Willing to be engaged in the open source community and contribute to the community
Has solid problem-solving skills and the ability to move fast
Has the ability to drive a project from end to end, including the effort of clarifying requirements, resolving conflicts, handling tech challenges and finally delivering the results
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Preferred
Experience with building and maintaining a K8s centered platform
Interactions with K8s open source community
Cloud related offering and technologies, such as AWS EKS, S3, Databricks etc
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform, observability tools such as Grafana and Datadog
Experience with building a big data infrastructure/platform is a great plus
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
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
2026-01-20
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