Lead Software Engineer: Programmatic Ad Platform

5014 Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 155,700 - 208,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Job summary

Disney is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Glendale, CA to design and deliver scalable microservices for its real-time ad tech platform. You will own backend systems, collaborate with product teams, and drive architectural decisions that impact Disney’s advertising stack.

You will mentor teammates, optimize performance, and contribute to observability and reliability in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant work experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Advanced proficiency with Java and SDLC knowledge.
• Experience with SpringBoot, AWS, and modern DevOps tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of high-throughput microservices.
• Collaborate with product teams to translate requirements into technical tasks.
• Improve observability with metrics, monitoring, and alerts.
• Mentor peers and advocate clean, scalable code.
• Participate in on-call rotations per policy.

Skills

Java proficiency

System design

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

SpringBoot

DynamoDB

Redis

MemCache

Apache Kafka

Kinesis

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Disney is seeking a Lead Software Engineer in Glendale, CA to design and deliver scalable microservices for its real-time ad tech platform. You will own backend systems, collaborate with product teams, and drive architectural decisions that impact Disney’s advertising stack.

You will mentor teammates, optimize performance, and contribute to observability and reliability in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.