Principal Software Engineer — Scale, Lead & Innovate

The Walt Disney Company; New York (NY); On-site; USD 197,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

The Walt Disney Company in New York seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead and operate core services powering Disney’s streaming and commerce platforms. You will collaborate with distributed teams across multiple organizations to build scalable, reliable systems that support millions of users.

This role emphasizes architecture, mentoring, and engineering excellence, with a focus on Java/Scala services, performance optimization, and cost-aware design in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience crafting large-scale Java/Scala services.
• Strong CS fundamentals; proficient in Java and OO languages.
• Experience with source control systems and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Experience mentoring and guiding other engineers.
• Excellent communication and cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Work with a distributed team of engineers across multiple organizations.
• Identify patterns to enable scale and drive adoption of those patterns.
• Challenge architectural choices and solve problems innovatively.
• Promote consistent engineering frameworks across the organization.
• Advocate best practices and maintainable code with robust tests.
• Lead via metrics, improving performance and cost efficiency.

Skills

Java

Scala

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Git

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

The Walt Disney Company in New York seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead and operate core services powering Disney’s streaming and commerce platforms. You will collaborate with distributed teams across multiple organizations to build scalable, reliable systems that support millions of users.

This role emphasizes architecture, mentoring, and engineering excellence, with a focus on Java/Scala services, performance optimization, and cost-aware design in a fast-paced environment.