Product Software Engineer II

Disney Cruise Line - The Walt Disney Company; New York (NY); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology seeks a software engineer to design and implement backend components for the Unified Messaging Platform, focusing on Java microservices running in the cloud. You will contribute to scalable, reliable services and collaborate with cross-functional teams across the Disney media ecosystem.

The role requires strong Java and cloud experience, plus CI/CD proficiency and agile teamwork.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field.
• 3+ years building internet-scale web/services applications.
• Experience with Java, cloud services, and management tools (Git, SVN, Jira, Basecamp).
• Strong software development fundamentals and testing experience.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker).
• Experience with API integration and agile teams.

Responsibilities

• Design core backend components for the Unified Messaging Platform and implement tier-1 Java microservices.
• Implement asynchronous cloud-based data transformation processes.
• Lead design and enhancement of services in UMP for scalability and reliability.
• Collaborate with squad, PMs, designers, QA, and operations to align requirements.
• Provide technical guidance, participate in code reviews and on-call support.
• Own features end-to-end with high quality and robust architecture.
• Ramp up on new domains and technologies.

Skills

Java

Cloud services

Git

SVN

Jira

Basecamp

Unit tests

Integration tests

Functional tests

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Spinnaker

API integration

Agile

Version control

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Software/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Terraform

React/Typescript

Spark

Databricks

EMR

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

S3

EC2

Lambda

CloudWatch

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

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:

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.

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.

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

Messaging Fleet is responsible for maintaining the Unified Messaging Platform (UMP), a multi‑channel (push, email, sms) marketing support system. The platform provides marketing with the tools needed to drive engagement, retention, and legal transactional messaging requirements through segmentation, targeting, scheduling, and a sophisticated decision engine that automates and personalizes messages for every user.

Responsibilities

• Design core, backend software components for the Unified Messaging Platform and implement tier-1 microservices in Java.
• Implement asynchronous processes to run in the cloud for various data transformation operations.
• Lead the design & enhancement of critical services in UMP, ensuring scalability, performance, and reliability. Research and integrate new technologies into the production environment to optimize core service offerings.
• Work on tech design for various initiatives and projects as per business needs.
• Provide technical guidance to junior team members, covering code quality, system design, and best practices in software development. Actively participate in code reviews, offering constructive feedback to improve code quality, system reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with your squad, Product Managers, Designers, QA, Operations, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.
• Participate in Agile methodology and SCRUM processes such as Sprint Planning, Backlog grooming, Daily Standups, and Retrospectives with the team.
• Provide on-call support for critical services on a rotational basis.
• Own features/functionality and deliver projects end-to-end with high quality and robust architecture.
• Ramp up on new domains and technologies.

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.
• 3+ years of experience building internet-scale web or services applications.
• Experience in Java, cloud services, and management tools (e.g. Git, SVN, Jira, Basecamp)
• Excellent understanding of software development fundamentals
• Experience with writing unit, integration and functional tests
• Experience with standard CI/CD procedures & tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Spinnaker.
• Proven ability to integrate with service APIs and/or SDKs.
• Experience working in a modern, agile software team with version control & project.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge or certification with AWS services, including ECS (Docker), S3, EC2, Lambda, CloudWatch
• Experience with big data technologies & tools like Spark, Databricks, EMR
• Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure as code tooling
• Experience building scalable, fault‑tolerant, high‑uptime systems
• Creative and inventive problem solving
• Experience mentoring other developers
• Experience with UI frameworks (React/Typescript)
• Knowledge of JavaScript

#DISNEYTECH

The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $123,000 to $165,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.