Walt Disney-posted 3 months ago
$152,200 - $204,100/Yr
Full-time
Santa Monica, CA
5,001-10,000 employees
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. As a Tech Lead on the PlayIO team, you'll be directly influencing the performance, reliability, and scalability of our core applications. You'll work closely with a talented team of software engineers, acting as a technical anchor and mentor. Your days will involve guiding critical architectural decisions, diving deep into complex code reviews, and troubleshooting production issues to ensure seamless operation. You'll also play a pivotal role in shaping our technical roadmap, championing best practices in areas like system resilience, and developer efficiency.

  • Work with a team of engineers building software in a collaborative development process
  • Build high-performance, stable, scalable systems to be deployed in an enterprise setting
  • Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions
  • Participate in the code review process by providing feedback on pull requests
  • Participate in the on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents
  • Author and provide feedback on technical proposals and root cause analyses
  • Provide mentoring and advice for other engineers
  • Establish engineering best practices and standards within the team to drive quality and excellence
  • Contribute to the DSS technical community through presentations, tech talks, and other knowledge-sharing efforts
  • 7+ years related experience designing backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
  • Experience building RESTful Services in Scala
  • Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, async/await) and thread + concurrency
  • Understanding of source control concepts and exposure to Git
  • Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins, Spinnaker, and Docker
  • Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and common design patterns.
  • Demonstrated knowledge in building and operating large-scale high availability backend services
  • Knowledge of caching technologies
  • Proficiency in Cloud Platforms and DevOps Practices
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Self-learner, independent, excellent problem-solving skills
  • Demonstrated knowledge in building and operating large-scale high availability backend services in a JVM language
  • Functional Programming in Scala
  • Expertise in Performance Optimization and Scalability
  • Demonstrated ability to analyze complex technical challenges, propose well-reasoned solutions, and articulate design choices clearly.
  • Experience with: AWS (EKS, S3, ElastiCache, Kinesis, OpenSearch), Scala, Java, Python, Terraform. Experience with observability tooling (ex. DataDog).
  • The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $152,200 to $204,100 per year
  • In New York, NY is $159,500 to $213,900 per year
  • 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, dependent on the level and position offered
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