Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is looking to hire a Software Engineer II - Java to build and support the tools, services, and distribution APIs that deliver content to their products, including NationalGeographic.com, Marvel.com, and the Marvel Unlimited digital comics app. The goal is to enhance storytelling, drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for Disney's media business.
Requirements
- Proficient in Java and familiar with open-source technologies such as Spring, Tomcat, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, and others
- Exposure to the full application development lifecycle, including best practices for unit testing, code reviews, and documentation
- Self-motivated and adaptable, with a strong willingness to learn new technologies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with solid debugging and troubleshooting capabilities
- Familiarity with cloud-based technologies such as AWS EC2, ECS, SQS, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, and related services
- Experience working with content management systems and content syndication
- Demonstrated ability to build scalable systems that are high-volume, cached, fault-tolerant, and multi-threaded
Responsibilities
- Participate in requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of systems that support or enhance other applications within the environment
- Collaborate with the team to analyze and resolve complex engineering challenges involving high-traffic web application services and APIs, including participation in on-call rotation
- Contribute ideas to improve the scalability, resilience, and reliability of the data platform, and work across the team to bring those ideas to life
- Continuously research and learn new technologies to stay current and enhance system capabilities
Other
- BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline and 3+ years relevant industry experience or 9+ years equivalent engineering experience without a BS degree in a technical field
- Effective communication skills and keen attention to detail
- The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles is $114,900 to $154,100 per year.
