Senior Build Tooling Engineer — Onsite (4 days/week)

ESPN; New York (NY); On-site; USD 151,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

ESPN is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on the Build Tooling Software team within Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology. You’ll develop infrastructure, tools, and shared libraries enabling 1000s of engineers to ship software quickly and safely.

The role requires 8+ years in software development, strong CI/CD expertise, and hands-on experience with Linux, AWS, containers, and IaC. You will collaborate across remote teams and contribute to scalable, production-ready systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, C++, C, or C#.
• Familiarity with Bash / PowerShell scripting.
• Experience with modern SDLC practices (Scrum, Kanban, GitOps, Monorepos, Micro Services, Feature Flagging).
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jenkins, Argo, SonarQube).
• In-depth knowledge of Linux (file systems, permissions, SSH).
• Hands-on AWS core services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch).
• Containers and orchestration with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm.
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with AI tooling in the SDLC.
• Ability to collaborate with remote team members.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of engineers building software in a collaborative software development process to achieve the teams' goals
• Build and maintain software to abstract build, release, and deploy events for use by dozens of development organizations
• Understand the needs of the 1000s of developers that use our software and actively and measurably improve their experience
• Work directly with app development teams to determine needs and implement CI/CD best practices
• Lead the development of critical features ensuring they meet user needs and fit for purpose
• Support critical build and artifact storage systems for the entire organization
• Participate in the on‑call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents

Skills

Python/Java/C++

Linux proficiency

CI/CD expertise

Cloud AWS

Containers

Remote collaboration

Communication skills

Software design

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

TeamCity

Jenkins

Argo

SonarQube

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

ESPN is seeking a Senior Software Engineer on the Build Tooling Software team within Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology. You’ll develop infrastructure, tools, and shared libraries enabling 1000s of engineers to ship software quickly and safely.

The role requires 8+ years in software development, strong CI/CD expertise, and hands-on experience with Linux, AWS, containers, and IaC. You will collaborate across remote teams and contribute to scalable, production-ready systems.