Lead Principal Engineer, Scalable Content Platforms
Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company
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Job summary
The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Principal Product Software Engineer for the ABC Core Content Technologies engineering team in California. You will set technical direction for large-scale content platforms and lead critical backend initiatives, balancing speed and architectural soundness.
You will split time between hands-on coding, design, and architecture, mentoring engineers, and guiding multiple teams toward cohesive, scalable solutions that power Disney's brands—Disney+, ESPN+, ABC
Qualifications
- 10+ years of building large-scale, highly available services.
- Expert in backend architectures spanning multiple teams.
- Strong programming skills in Java and OO languages.
- Experience with caching and distributed systems.
- Proficient in CI/CD and Agile/Scrum practices.
- Excellent communication and mentoring abilities.
Responsibilities
- Lead design, implementation, and delivery of complex backend services.
- Decompose architectures into independently runnable components.
- Partner with product, PM, ops to inform technical strategy.
- Set engineering standards and drive best practices.
- Lead design reviews and mentor engineers across teams.
- Champion AI-assisted development tools and productivity gains.
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Job description
The Walt Disney Company is seeking a Principal Product Software Engineer for the ABC Core Content Technologies engineering team in California. You will set technical direction for large-scale content platforms and lead critical backend initiatives, balancing speed and architectural soundness.
You will split time between hands-on coding, design, and architecture, mentoring engineers, and guiding multiple teams toward cohesive, scalable solutions that power Disney's brands—Disney+, ESPN+, ABC
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