The Walt Disney Company-posted 3 months ago
$138,900 - $186,200/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Santa Monica, CA
5,001-10,000 employees

About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology (DEEP&T) 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. Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here: Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Commerce, Data & Identity (CDI) provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company.

  • Contribute to maintaining, updating, and expanding existing Data platform projects written in Spark, Python, and Scala
  • Design, and code shared libraries that abstract complex business logic to allow consistent functionality across all data pipelines in the Data organization.
  • Build and evolve secure systems across cloud and on-prem environments, integrating with a wide variety of external systems
  • Build and maintain functionality across a range of areas — backend services, front-end UI, APIs, and command-line tools
  • Drive operational excellence through observability, alerting, and reliability practices
  • Be an active participant and advocate of agile/scrum ceremonies to collaborate and improve processes for our team.
  • Engage with and understand our customers, forming relationships that allow us to understand and prioritize both innovative new offerings and incremental platform improvements.
  • Maintain detailed documentation of your work and changes to support data quality and data governance requirements.
  • BS/BA in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field
  • 5+ years software engineering experience in developing large projects
  • Strong algorithmic problem-solving expertise and fundamental programming skills
  • Proficient in Data Engineering technologies like Airflow, Spark, Databricks, Snowflake, OpenSearch, Neptune.
  • Hands-on experience with modern architectural paradigms such as microservices, event-driven systems, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Solid understanding of software design patterns and system design principles, with the ability to both apply best practices and critically assess them when needed
  • Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, with a preference for AWS experience
  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams
  • Passion to explore new technologies and participate in proof of concepts.
  • Demonstrated curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring new technologies through hands-on experimentation or proof-of-concept projects
  • Strong interest in tackling complex, fast-evolving technology or business challenges
  • Experience designing and building internet-scale platforms or systems with high availability and performance requirements
  • Contributions to open-source projects or a portfolio of personal work (e.g., GitHub) that reflects your technical interests and abilities
  • The hiring range for this position in California is $138,900.00 to $186,200.00 per year.
  • 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, dependent on the level and position offered.
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