Junior Observability Engineer

The Walt Disney Company; New York (NY); On-site; USD 102,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Software Engineer I to join the Observability & Insights group, helping build telemetry, dashboards, and alerting for Disney Streaming services. You’ll contribute to metrics, logs, traces, and operational health across platforms.

You’ll work with AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC to implement scalable observability features, learn from senior engineers, and participate in code reviews and on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in at least one backend or systems programming language: Go or Python (coursework, internships, and personal projects count).
• Foundational understanding of software development practices: version control (Git), unit testing, debugging, and working within an existing codebase.
• Basic familiarity with cloud computing concepts and interest in learning AWS and Kubernetes in production environments.
• Introductory understanding of observability concepts: metrics, logs, tracing, and alerting — or strong motivation to learn them quickly.
• Ability to communicate clearly, accept feedback, and collaborate effectively in a distributed engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Implement and Maintain Observability Features
• Improve Visibility for Service Teams
• Learn Platform Engineering Practices
• Collaborate and Grow

Skills

Go

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE or related field

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Software Engineer I to join the Observability & Insights group, helping build telemetry, dashboards, and alerting for Disney Streaming services. You’ll contribute to metrics, logs, traces, and operational health across platforms.

You’ll work with AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC to implement scalable observability features, learn from senior engineers, and participate in code reviews and on-call rotations.