Senior Backend Engineer - Media Platform for Streaming

5014 Disney Streaming Technology LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 145,400 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

5014 Disney Streaming Technology LLC is seeking a Sr Software Engineer for their Media Platform Alliance team in New York, NY. This role involves designing and building scalable backend services for media processing, alongside debugging and collaborating with diverse teams.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in backend engineering, strong knowledge of JVM, and experience with AWS services. The position offers competitive compensation with benefits and the opportunity to work on significant media platforms.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience building production systems.
• Strong JVM fundamentals with experience in Java or Scala.
• Real experience with distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build backend services that process and serve media at scale.
• Write and review code, debug production issues.
• Work on systems handling video pipelines across multiple platforms.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

JVM fundamentals

Distributed systems

AWS services (DynamoDB, SNS/SQS, S3)

PostgreSQL

AI-assisted development tools

Troubleshooting capabilities

Clear communication

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Observability tooling

Job description

5014 Disney Streaming Technology LLC is seeking a Sr Software Engineer for their Media Platform Alliance team in New York, NY. This role involves designing and building scalable backend services for media processing, alongside debugging and collaborating with diverse teams.

The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in backend engineering, strong knowledge of JVM, and experience with AWS services. The position offers competitive compensation with benefits and the opportunity to work on significant media platforms.