Remote Lead Software Engineer, Platform & DevOps

MaziCTools; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the Platform squad to drive global service delivery for streaming and digital products. You will build scalable, highly available infrastructure and champion a mature DevOps culture.

Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, shaping roadmaps with leadership, and promoting Agile practices in a multi-region cloud environment using AWS, Terraform, Spinnaker, and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of related work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or a comparable field.
• Extensive AWS experience (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, ELB, ASGs, Route53, KMS, SSM, IAM, S3, ACM, VPC).
• Experience deploying and operating AWS data streaming and event-driven services at scale (e.g., Kinesis, DynamoDB, Lambda).
• Designing, building, and operating distributed systems with robust failover and fallback strategies.
• Proficiency in JVM-related performance issues, logging, monitoring, and tracing tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, PagerDuty).
• Experience with Terraform Enterprise, Spinnaker, Jenkins, and GitHub.
• Track record on medium- to large-sized projects and platform initiatives.
• Practical application of Agile methodologies, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with squads to deploy and maintain stateful microservices and FaaS in a large-scale, multi-region cloud environment.
• Assist squads in migrating to a unified, self-service platform, enhancing scalability and observability.
• Mentor engineers to adopt a DevOps operating model and build a culture of accountability.
• Work with engineering leaders and Product/Project Management to influence squad roadmap and architecture.
• Promote Agile practices through active participation in ceremonies such as stand-ups and planning sessions.
• Empower engineers through mentorship, enhancing their technical skills and professional growth.
• Foster an inclusive culture that values learning, collaboration, and excellence.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps culture

Agile methodologies

Mentorship

Distributed systems

Observation and tracing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Terraform Enterprise

Spinnaker

Jenkins

GitHub

CloudWatch

Datadog

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

PagerDuty

Job description

Disney is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the Platform squad to drive global service delivery for streaming and digital products. You will build scalable, highly available infrastructure and champion a mature DevOps culture.

Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, shaping roadmaps with leadership, and promoting Agile practices in a multi-region cloud environment using AWS, Terraform, Spinnaker, and CI/CD pipelines.