Principal Software Engineer, Interactive Ad Experiences

ESPN; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 188,000 - 277,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for ESPN Product & Technology in the Santa Monica / Glendale / Seattle area. You will design and implement scalable systems, mentor engineers, and partner with product teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.

You will contribute to high-availability microservices, improve observability, and drive architectural decisions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in CS/Engineering or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in Java and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Write and review code and tests to high standards.
• Support engineers on On-Call shifts when needed.
• Read requirements and translate into feasible implementation tasks with leads.
• Explore proofs-of-concept and propose scalable ad serving solutions.
• Define and document designs for high-throughput, low-latency microservices.
• Improve observability with metrics, monitors, and alerts.
• Mentor and inspire others in software development.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Code review

Mentoring

Product collaboration

Communication

Education

BS or MS in CS/Engineering

Tools

SpringBoot

DynamoDB

Redis/Memcache

Kafka/Kinesis

AWS

Observability tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is seeking a Principal Software Engineer for ESPN Product & Technology in the Santa Monica / Glendale / Seattle area. You will design and implement scalable systems, mentor engineers, and partner with product teams to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.

You will contribute to high-availability microservices, improve observability, and drive architectural decisions in a fast-paced environment.