Product Software Engineer II

5014 Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC; Eureka (CA); On-site; USD 117,500 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Bonus and long-term incentives

Job summary

5014 Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is seeking a Product Software Engineer II to develop backend services for media rights and streaming technologies. This role requires a Bachelor's degree in relevant fields alongside a minimum of 3 years of experience in backend application development.

The ideal candidate will have skills in JVM services, RESTful APIs, and cloud technologies like AWS. Attractive compensation ranges from $117,500 to $165,000 annually based on location and experience.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of experience delivering backend applications in a production environment.
• Familiarity with high-availability backend services.
• Understanding of computer science fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Write code and debug backend services for media platforms.
• Contribute to specifications and architecture discussions.
• Support software throughout its lifecycle and resolve issues.

Skills

Backend application development

JVM services

Functional programming

RESTful services (Scala APIs)

Async programming

Cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)

CI/CD pipelines

Observability tools

Agile/Scrum practices

Messaging technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, SQS)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Job description

Product Software Engineer II – Request ID 10152506

Join Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology as a Product Software Engineer II to build backend services that enable media rights, playback, and anti‑piracy technologies for Disney’s streaming and media platforms.

Responsibilities

• Write code, complete programming tasks, write tests, perform testing, and debug code for backend services within a team building high‑performance, scalable systems.
• Contribute to developing specifications for assigned components, projects, and fixes, and participate in architecture discussions and code reviews to uphold team quality standards.
• Support owned software throughout its lifecycle, performing technical maintenance, troubleshooting, and maintaining documentation.
• Participate in the on‑call rotation to support systems during production incidents.
• Collaborate with team members and relevant personnel across the organization to deliver features and resolve issues within the team’s domain.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 3 years related experience delivering backend applications in a production environment.
• Familiarity with operating high‑availability backend services and JVM services.
• Working knowledge of functional programming patterns and experience contributing to RESTful services (Scala APIs).
• Familiarity with async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency.
• Understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.) and development knowledge of design patterns and principles.
• Exposure to a public cloud provider (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
• Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines, and exposure to Git.
• Familiarity with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker.
• Exposure to messaging technologies (Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.).
• Familiarity with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (Datadog, Splunk, Grafana).
• Awareness of caching technologies.
• Knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Eager to learn, developing problem‑solving skills with a collaborative mindset.

Benefits & Compensation

Hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $123,000 – $165,000 per year, and in Santa Monica, CA is $117,500 – $157,500. Base pay may vary based on internal equity, geographic region, and experience. Bonus and long‑term incentive units may be provided. Full range of medical, financial, and other benefits applies.

Employment type: Full time. Location: SantaMonica, CA (remote or in‑office options may be provided).