Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is looking to hire a Software Engineering Intern to contribute to projects within their Content Platforms & Operations portfolio, which powers the creation and delivery of digital content across The Walt Disney Company's media supply chain. This role aims to gain hands-on experience with systems and applications that enable seamless content workflows for a leading entertainment brand.
Requirements
- Experience with object-oriented programming (e.g., Java, Python, Kotlin) and a solid understanding of core principles.
- Strong problem-solving skills to troubleshoot software issues and implement effective solutions.
- Knowledge of non-relational databases such as MongoDB or DynamoDB, including basic data modeling concepts.
- Familiarity with version control and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub, GitLab) for collaborative development and automated workflows.
- Experience with GraphQL, including knowledge of Federation and Supergraph design.
- Familiarity with cloud-based managed services (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their core offerings.
Responsibilities
- Use AI-assisted development tools to build software and automate routine tasks (e.g., generate test scaffolds, draft unit tests, summarize logs/stack traces, propose refactors), while adhering to team coding standards and privacy/security guidelines.
- Work with large-scale systems to maintain data consistency across a global media supply chain, gaining insight into enterprise-level complexity.
- Enhance and build new capabilities in our GraphQL APIs using Java and Spring Boot, contributing to high-performance backend services.
- Instrument and operate services by adding metrics/traces, creating dashboards and alerts, running load/performance tests, and helping triage production issues to improve reliability.
Other
- Currently enrolled undergraduate student in an accredited college/university, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Management Information Systems, Information Technology or related field.
- Be enrolled in an accredited college/university pursuing a degree taking at least one class in the semester/quarter (spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program AND returning to school the semester/quarter following the internship OR currently participating in a Disney College Program or Disney Internship.
- Current Disney Interns, College, International, or Culinary Program Participants: You may only work for ONE consecutive year (12 months) in any combination of an internship and/or program.
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Possess unrestricted work authorization
