Principal Software Engineer - Java

The Walt Disney Company; Bristol (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their dynamic team in building world-class sports platforms. This role involves developing and maintaining complex services, utilizing modern technologies like Java and Spring Boot. You will work alongside talented engineers to enhance user experiences for millions of sports fans globally. If you have a passion for technology and a desire to make an impact in the media industry, this opportunity offers a chance to shape the future of sports entertainment. Join a collaborative environment where your ideas can flourish and drive innovation.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant industry experience in backend development.
• Mastery of backend platform development technologies and principles.

Responsibilities

• Provide platform production support for complex distributed systems.
• Partner with engineering teams to solve complex problems.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Rust

Go

Cloud-based architecture

Software architectural patterns

Task Automation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in a related field

Tools

Spring Boot

GitLab Pipelines

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

Mysql

Postgresql

RDS

Cassandra

MongoDB

Job description

Principal Software Engineer - Java

Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10119562 Location Bristol, Connecticut, United States Business Disney Entertainment Date posted5月. 01, 2025

Job Summary:

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

1. Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

2. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.

3. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Job Summary

Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be part of a diverse and talented organization focused on building and maintaining complex sports platform services and applications for ESPN. You will be a member of a team creating the world’s #1 sports products working with modern server-side platform frameworks and services such as Spring Boot, MongoDB and Apache Kafka. Beyond performing daily responsibilities working on our team, you will have opportunities to contribute innovative ideas for our product and learn more about the services that allow ESPN to scale and perform.

Responsibilities

• Provide platform production support for a complex distributed system that delivers historical and live sports data to Web, Mobile and Living Room devices.

• Partner with other engineering teams to solve complex problems while considering performance, scalability, caching, resiliency, and flexibility for expanding product requirements

• Design, Develop and Document architectural platform frameworks for shared solutions across teams.

• Lead code and architectural reviews

• Competitive backend industry research

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

• 10+ years relevant industry experience

• Mastery of backend platform development technologies and principles

• Mastery of software architectural patterns

• Extensive experience with Cloud-based architecture

• Extensive experience with Java, Kotlin, Rust, Go or other system level languages

• Experience with task Automation (GitLab Pipelines, GitHub Actions, TeamCity)

• Experience with multiple database technologies such as Mysql, Postgresql, RDS, Casandra, Mongo, etc.

• Experience using enterprise-grade frameworks such as Spring Boot.

• Strong communication skills and attention to detail

• Ability to research, learn and evangelize new technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of AWS services (e.g., ECS Cloudwatch, EC2, S3, etc)

• Experience building and integrating AI and LLM technologies

About Disney Entertainment:

At Disney Corporate you can see how the businesses behind the Company’s powerful brands come together to create the most innovative, far-reaching and admired entertainment company in the world. As a member of a corporate team, you’ll work with world-class leaders driving the strategies that keep The Walt Disney Company at the leading edge of entertainment. See and be seen by other innovative thinkers as you enable the greatest storytellers in the world to create memories for millions of families around the globe.

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.

This position is with Disney Streaming Technology LLC , which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment .

Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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