Senior Backend Engineer - Scalable Cloud Systems

Disney; New York (NY); On-site; USD 149,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Sr Software Engineer in New York. You will join a team building high-performance, scalable backend services in an enterprise setting.

Participate in architecture discussions, support production systems in on-call rotations, and mentor fellow engineers. You should have 5+ years delivering backend apps, strong knowledge of Scala APIs, async programming, and cloud experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years crafting backend architectures and backend apps in production
• Experience with JVM-based services and RESTful Scala APIs
• Strong knowledge of async programming and concurrency
• Solid CS fundamentals and design patterns
• Experience in public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Proficient with Git, CI/CD, and deployment tooling
• Familiar with messaging systems (Kafka, Kinesis, SQS)
• Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Splunk, Grafana)
• Knowledge of caching technologies and AGILE/Scrum
• Strong written and verbal communication; self-learning mindset

Responsibilities

• Build high-performance, scalable backend systems for enterprise use
• Lead architecture discussions, set standards, review proposals and root-cause analyses
• Participate in on-call rotation during production incidents
• Mentor and advise other engineers
• Share knowledge through DSS technical community talks and sessions

Skills

Backend architectures

Scala REST APIs

Async programming

Concurrency

CS fundamentals

Cloud platforms

Git & CI/CD

Messaging systems

Observability tools

AGILE/Scrum

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Kafka

Kinesis

SQS

Datadog

Splunk

Grafana

Git

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Sr Software Engineer in New York. You will join a team building high-performance, scalable backend services in an enterprise setting.

Participate in architecture discussions, support production systems in on-call rotations, and mentor fellow engineers. You should have 5+ years delivering backend apps, strong knowledge of Scala APIs, async programming, and cloud experience.