Senior Software Engineer

About the role

The Commerce Growth Messaging team within Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology is responsible for the engineering of Disney Streaming's digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

Responsibilities

• Define the architectural direction and technical roadmap for messaging services and internal tools.
• Take end-to-end responsibility for the design, implementation, and deployment of large-scale distributed systems.
• Maintain and optimize high-availability services capable of handling massive traffic spikes across multiple streaming brands.
• Persistently partner with multi-functional business units and stakeholders to integrate messaging requirements across diverse domains.
• Investigate and solve technical challenges related to internationalization as the streaming footprint grows worldwide.
• Drive engineering excellence by ensuring robust architecture and high-quality code delivery within a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

• 5+ years of intensive experience in backend development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Mastery of Java or other modern backend programming languages.
• In-depth experience with both Relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Proven proficiency in designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems.
• Demonstrated track record of taking full ownership of features and delivering complex projects end-to-end.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to bridge the gap between technical and non-technical partners.
• Strong ability to investigate deep-tier technical components while maintaining a high-level view of overall system architecture.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience working effectively within geographically distributed teams.
• Proven ability to quickly ramp up on new domains, technologies, and evolving industry standards.