Principal Software Engineer - Scalable Media Platforms

ESPN

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 269,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC in New York, NY, is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to design, build, and operate large-scale Java/Scala services powering Disney’s streaming, media, and commerce platforms. You will lead a distributed team, shape architecture, and drive best practices across product engineering, quality assurance, and operations.

Join a fast-paced, collaborative environment where you mentor others, advocate for scalable patterns, and measure performance and cost.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field.
10+ years of experience crafting large-scale, highly available Java/Scala services with various database and messaging technologies.
Experience using source control systems and CI/CD pipelines; ability to work independently and mentor others.

Responsibilities

Work with a distributed team of engineers across multiple organizations building software collaboratively.
Identify patterns to scale teams, create proposals, and drive adoption of those patterns.
Challenge current architectural choices while collaborating to solve problems in innovative ways.
Drive adoption of consistent technical frameworks across the organization.
Drive best engineering practices to write well-constructed and easy-to-maintain code, defensive and robust tests.
Lead through metrics - understand application performance and costs and push for better results.