Software Engineer II

About the role

The Observability & Insights group ensures that Disney Streaming's distributed systems are reliable, performant, and transparent. We build the telemetry, dashboards, alerting, insights pipelines, and developer experience tooling that enable engineers across the organization to understand system health and take action quickly.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of components that support observability tools, data pipelines, and engineering systems.
• Collaborate with teammates to implement features that improve system monitoring, data collection, and analysis.
• Learn and apply AI-assisted development tools to improve coding efficiency and workflow productivity.
• Help implement updates to existing engineering data models and integrations across systems.
• Aid in debugging issues and contribute to root cause analysis under guidance from senior engineers.
• Support the delivery of data-driven insights that help improve system performance and reliability.
• Identify small opportunities to improve code quality, documentation, or team processes.

Requirements and Qualifications

• Basic Qualifications: Minimum 3 years of professional experience in software development. Experience building and maintaining applications using modern programming languages and frameworks. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail. Experience with modern development practices, including version control and CI/CD or configuration-based deployments.
• Preferred Qualifications: Experience with observability platforms, familiarity with data platforms and databases, experience working in large-scale engineering environments, exposure to distributed systems or streaming platforms, exposure to using data or observability tools to support engineering improvements. Education: BS in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Engineering, Math/Statistics, or similar). Preferred Education: Masters in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Engineering, Math/Statistics, or similar).

Pay and Schedule

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and New York, NY is $123,000 - $165,000 per year and in Glendale, CA is $117,500 - $157,500. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we're blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world's most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.