Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is looking to hire a Software Engineering Intern to help build and maintain highly available database systems that support critical digital media supply chain and consumer-facing products. The intern will contribute to designing, modernizing, and delivering database infrastructure, improving product quality, operational efficiency, and technical innovation.
Requirements
- Expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
- Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services.
- Experience with relational / NoSQL database systems.
- Experience working in Agile software development.
- Experience with source control management tools (Git, GitLab, GitHub).
- General understanding and experience with Linux operating system, network, and containers.
- Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Responsibilities
- Responsible for building, deploying, and ensuring all DE&T database infrastructure is available 24/7/365.
- Leverage software development and automation to design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure.
- Analyze, design, and deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
- Proactively plan and implement infrastructure changes through capacity forecasting, software release cycles, and right sizing.
- Provide database expertise through performance tuning, troubleshooting and administration.
- Develop, enhance, and adhere to engineering and administration standards.
- Develop automation and tooling to increase operational efficiency while ensuring system reliability and security.
Other
- Junior or Senior year preferred
- Currently enrolled undergraduate student in an accredited college/university, pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer 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.
- Be at least 18 years of age
- Possess unrestricted work authorization
