Senior Backend Engineer - Content Platform & Workflows

The Walt Disney Company; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Bonus potential

Long-term incentive units

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a highly skilled Sr Software Engineer to strengthen the Content Platform Engineering team, focusing on Wonderland and media supply chain capabilities. You'll design scalable content workflows, data pipelines, and platform services for media-centric workflows across Disney brands.

You will work with a team expanding internal capabilities, reducing vendor reliance, and leveraging cloud infrastructure to build autonomous content

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Proficiency building backend services with Node.js (TypeScript preferred).
• Experience with REST APIs for building and consuming web services.
• Experience with AWS core services (S3, Lambda, EC2).
• Solid understanding of software design principles, algorithms, and data structures.
• Experience with Docker, Gitlab-CI, Terraform/CloudFormation, Jenkins.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with full lifecycle of application development, including testing, reviews, and documentation.
• Experience with Kafka and data stores like MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Postgres, DynamoDB.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum methodology.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Write and maintain backend code to deliver reliable, scalable software solutions.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, product teams, and stakeholders to meet business goals.
• Monitor and optimize production systems for stability, performance, and uptime.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of learning and quality.

Skills

Node.js (TypeScript)

REST APIs

Agile/Scrum

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Gitlab-CI

Terraform/CloudFormation

Jenkins

Kubernetes

Kafka

MongoDB

Redis

Elasticsearch

Postgres

DynamoDB

AWS

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a highly skilled Sr Software Engineer to strengthen the Content Platform Engineering team, focusing on Wonderland and media supply chain capabilities. You'll design scalable content workflows, data pipelines, and platform services for media-centric workflows across Disney brands.

You will work with a team expanding internal capabilities, reducing vendor reliance, and leveraging cloud infrastructure to build autonomous content