Senior CDN & Content Distribution Engineer

ESPN; New York (NY); On-site; USD 138,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Lead Content Distribution Engineer with extensive caching and CDN experience to manage and optimize edge delivery for Disney’s streaming ecosystem. The role emphasizes operational excellence, tooling development, and collaboration across global teams.

Candidates should have a strong background in caching, video delivery, and network troubleshooting, with a Bachelor’s degree and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience managing caching solutions.
• Strong understanding of streaming video protocols (HLS) and how it interacts with caching.
• Ability to perform Network Troubleshooting.
• Effective communication, written and verbal.
• Experience in a Content Distribution Network environment.
• Knowledge of video players and impact on cache logic.
• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Focus on operations & management of cache solutions.
• Support product-driven initiatives and projects.
• Develop engineering tooling and automation.
• Training & mentoring.

Skills

Caching expertise

HLS streaming knowledge

Network troubleshooting

Communication skills

CDN environment experience

Video players/cache logic

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Varnish

NGINX

HAProxy

AWS

GCP

Python

Ansible AWX

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Lead Content Distribution Engineer with extensive caching and CDN experience to manage and optimize edge delivery for Disney’s streaming ecosystem. The role emphasizes operational excellence, tooling development, and collaboration across global teams.

Candidates should have a strong background in caching, video delivery, and network troubleshooting, with a Bachelor’s degree and excellent communication skills.