Senior Backend Engineer - Media Platform at Scale

HellaGoodAudio; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology in New York builds the end-to-end media platform powering Disney+ and ESPN+. This Sr Product Software Engineer role designs and ships backend services that process media at scale, delivering fast, reliable pipelines in production.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, review and debug code, and work across video pipelines for multiple streaming platforms, bringing real impact to a globally loved media ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems.
• Strong JVM fundamentals and experience with Java or Scala.
• Real experience with distributed systems and debugging across services.
• Proficiency with AWS services (DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, S3) and PostgreSQL.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools to move faster.
• Excellent communication in code, docs, and conversations.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services that process and serve media at scale.
• Write, review, and debug production code across the engineering loop.
• Work on systems handling video pipelines across streaming platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and mentor others.

Skills

Backend engineering

JVM fundamentals

Distributed systems

AI-assisted development tools

Code debugging

Clear communication

Tools

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

SNS/SQS

S3

Kafka

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology in New York builds the end-to-end media platform powering Disney+ and ESPN+. This Sr Product Software Engineer role designs and ships backend services that process media at scale, delivering fast, reliable pipelines in production.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, review and debug code, and work across video pipelines for multiple streaming platforms, bringing real impact to a globally loved media ecosystem.