Sr Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company • New York, NY

20d • Onsite

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 develop world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive innovation and scalability. Technologists in this area design and build products and platforms that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses. The Commerce, Data & Identity team manages product functions for digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as messaging, privacy, and data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN. The Subscriptions team, located in the NYC office, supports Disney, ESPN, and Hulu subscriptions at scale, solving internet-scale problems. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying scalable software solutions using Functional Programming Style Scala and other backend languages, working with cloud computing, containerization, distributed systems, and observability technologies. The ideal candidate will have a background in full-stack development, modern DevOps practices, and experience with cloud-native technologies like AWS and Kubernetes.

Requirements

• Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Computer Engineering or similar field.
• 5+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on Functional Programming Scala stacks.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, Microservices Architecture, and Event-Driven Architecture.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
• Experience with Functional Programming Languages - Scala (preferred) using ZIO, Cats, Cats Effect (Others considered: Modern RX Java, Kotlin, Clojure/Lisp, Haskell, OCaml, Elm, Typescript).
• Experience with Effect AWS, Cloudformation, Terraform or similar technologies.
• Experience in Istio and Spinnaker.
• Full software development lifecycle experience - including maintenance after release.
• Experience in Agile software development practices and version control systems (e.g., Git, Jira).

Nice To Haves

• Solid understanding of distributed systems and how to design and scale them.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and modern development tools.
• Experience in building observability solutions using tools like Datadog, including tagging, metrics, and logging.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable, secure, and efficient software applications using Scala and other backend languages.
• Utilize AWS services (CFN, EC2, Lambda, S3, Dynamo, etc.) to deploy and manage applications in the cloud.
• Implement containerized solutions using Docker, deploy and manage services on Kubernetes.
• Design and build fault-tolerant, highly available, and scalable distributed systems, understanding concepts like event-driven architecture, microservices, and data consistency.
• Implement and maintain observability best practices, including tagging, metrics, and logging, using tools like Datadog to monitor application health and performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, UI/UX designers, and DevOps engineers to define requirements, design systems, and deliver features.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices, perform code reviews, and provide mentorship to junior engineers.
• Tackle complex technical challenges and continuously seek opportunities to improve system performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Follow team’s best practices regarding the safe use of LLMs and suggest improvements as appropriate.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: High school or GED