Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is looking to solve complex and distinctive technical problems by building and advancing the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally, specifically focusing on commerce workflows and reliable, high-request services for user experiences across various devices.
Requirements
- 10+ 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.)
- Experience using source control systems and CI/CD pipelines.
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.
- Drive adoption of consistent technical frameworks across the organization.
- 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.
Other
- 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.
- Experience directly managing and mentoring a team.
