Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology (DEEP&T) is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join their Data Foundation Platform team. This team builds and provides cloud platform and services used by data engineering teams and data scientists across Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology, particularly in processing data related to streaming and web-based businesses. The role aims to design and build secure, scalable, and high-performance systems that power Disney's technology ecosystem, supporting critical infrastructure and applications used across Disney's diverse portfolio.
Requirements
- 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
- Demonstrated curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring new technologies through hands-on experimentation or proof-of-concept projects
Responsibilities
- 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.
Other
- BS/BA in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field
- 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.
- 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
