Senior Product Software Engineer - Linear Advertising Platform
About The Position
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization focused on building and advancing the technological backbone for Disney’s media business. The team combines technology with creativity to create world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive innovation and scalability. They are responsible for Disney’s industry-leading ad technology and products, focusing on advertising performance, innovation, and value across sports, news, and entertainment content on all media platforms. This role specifically contributes to building the linear advertising platform.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience.
- Proficiency with Java, Spring Boot and ORMs.
- Experience with ReactJS or similar frontend frameworks, with the ability to quickly pick up new technologies.
- Experience with relational databases, such as MySQL or Postgres.
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as DynamoDB and Redis.
- Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving skills.
- Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS.
- Experience with modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka, Kinesis, and/or SNS/SQS.
- Familiarity with AI Coding tools such as Cursor, Claude Code and/or Github Copilot along with Python programming language.
- Ability to develop, refine, and evaluate prompts and workflows for LLM-based APIs.
- Ability to build and support agentic workflows, including multi-step, tool-using agents and multiagent orchestration patterns (e.g., MCP, agent-to-agent).
- Domain knowledge in the Ad Tech industry.
- BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience.
Nice To Haves
- A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems.
- An understanding of the importance of project ownership.
- A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.
- An understanding of micro-service encapsulation and loose coupling, and why they are important.
- An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk.
- Kindness and pragmatic optimism.
Responsibilities
- Designing, implementing, and testing solutions for engineering problems in a high-throughput, low-latency microservices environment.
- Enhancing systems’ observability with proper metrics, monitors, and alerts.
- Translating product user stories into actionable tasks.
- Taking ownership of one or more of the team's domain areas.
- Understanding and using automated tools (AI) while adhering to company policy.
- Being available for On-Call rotations based on the team’s escalation policy and support schedule.
Benefits
- 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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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
