The Walt Disney Company · 2 days ago

Lead Software Engineer

Santa Monica, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$149K/yr - $200K/yr

7+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain our search technology to enhance the user experience for Hulu customers

Participate in architecture design for search, relevance, and ranking problems

Collaborate with cross-functional teams like Product and Program to identify search-related business requirements and provide technical solutions

Mentor, empower and provide career growth opportunities for team members

Foster and maintain effective communication channels with your team members, stakeholders, and leadership.

Monitor and improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of our search infrastructure

Qualification

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Software EngineeringArchitecture DesignRobust CodeSearch TechnologiesElasticSearchSolrLuceneScaling SoftwareMentorship ExperienceSoftware DeliveryBudget ManagementProblem-SolvingTeamworkMentorshipCommunicationCollaborationAction-OrientedMachine LearningDeep LearningNatural Language ProcessingSearch Relevance TuningQuery OptimizationRanking AlgorithmsJavaKubernetesAWS

Required

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

At least 7 years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on building well-designed architecture, shipping robust code and contributing to a positive team environment

Experience with search technologies such as ElasticSearch, Solr or Lucene

Demonstrated success in being part of a team problem-solving, designing and implementing software at scale

Mentorship experience & a desire to help your fellow engineers get better at what they do

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience presenting and explaining complex technical ideas to peers and leadership

Biased towards action, with experience delivering high-quality software solutions on time, at scale and within budget

Preferred

Solid understanding of applied machine learning techniques, such as supervised and unsupervised learning, deep learning, and natural language processing

Experience with search relevance tuning, query optimization, and ranking algorithms that incorporate applied machine learning techniques

Experience with: ElasticSearch, Java, Kubernetes, AWS