ESPN · 3 days ago

Sr Principal Software Engineer

New York, NY, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$230K/yr - $308K/yr

12+ years exp

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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.

Lead architecture group to inspire change across the organization as well as partner organizations.

Work with Product Management to help translate business requirements into Technical solutions - drive the delivery of key projects across the various cross functional teams.

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.

Represent Disney streaming in various internal and external conferences, blogs, mentor Senior engineers.

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JavaScalaDatabaseMessaging technologiesProgrammingComputer science fundamentalsSource control systemsCi/cd pipelinesCross-team projectsProduct managementTechnical program managementOperationsEngineering teamsRequirements gatheringObject-oriented languagesData structuresAlgorithmsIndustry best practicesProblem-solvingHard-workingCommunicationCollaborationMentoringTeam Management

Required

12+ 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.