Principal Software Engineer — Scale Disney Streaming Platforms

Disney Entertainment; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 281,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to build and operate critical services powering Disney's streaming and commerce experiences. You will work with a distributed team across organizations to design scalable patterns, drive architectural decisions, and enforce strong engineering practices.

Join a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative environment focused on reliability, performance, and cost optimization across web, mobile, and living room devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field of study.
• 10+ years of experience crafting large-scale Java, Scala services with various databases and messaging tech.
• Experience with source control systems and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively; champion cross-team projects.
• Coach and mentor team members; collaborate with product management and operations.
• Strong communication and leadership across multiple engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Work with a distributed team of engineers across multiple organizations.
• Identity patterns that help teams scale and drive adoption.
• Challenge current architectural choices with innovative solutions.
• Drive adoption of consistent technical frameworks across the organization.
• Promote best engineering practices and robust testing.
• Lead through metrics, analyze performance and cost, and improve results.

Skills

Java

Scala

Large-scale systems

Distributed architectures

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Git

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Disney Entertainment is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to build and operate critical services powering Disney's streaming and commerce experiences. You will work with a distributed team across organizations to design scalable patterns, drive architectural decisions, and enforce strong engineering practices.

Join a fast-paced, collaborative, and innovative environment focused on reliability, performance, and cost optimization across web, mobile, and living room devices.