Senior Software Developer - AWS / Platform

5014 Disney Streaming Technology LLC; Eureka (CA); On-site; USD 141,900 - 190,300; Full time

Job summary

5014 Disney Streaming Technology LLC is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with extensive AWS experience to join the Production Platform Foundations team. You will write automation tools, champion best practices, and provide guidance on service design to enhance cloud operations.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of software engineering experience, strong AWS security knowledge, and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This role is an on-site position based in Eureka, California.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience building on public cloud, preferably AWS.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Write automation tools for AWS environments.
• Champion cloud security standards and best practices.
• Provide guidance on service design and deployments.

Skills

AWS

Python

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Spinnaker

Jenkins

Docker

Unix/Linux systems

IAM administration

API development

Job description

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – AWS (Req ID: 10142638)

Role Location: This is an on‑site role requiring 4 days in‑person at the designated office location.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world‑class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are storytellers and innovators. Creators and builders. Entertainers and engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Building the future of Disney’s media: Our technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• Reach, scale & impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans’ connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, ABC, ABC News, and many more.
• Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Job Summary

The Production Platform Foundations team provides both tools and guidance across the organization for operations in AWS. We serve as a productivity multiplier, consulting and supporting application teams to adopt AWS services alongside their existing infrastructure. A Senior Software Engineer on the Cloud Account Management (CAM) team focuses on security and automation to enable secure, compliant self‑service workflows for the team and developers.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Write automation tools for the team and other internal teams to self‑service, deploy, detect, alert, and mitigate in our AWS environments.
• Champion and execute best practices and security standards for operating in the cloud.
• Troubleshoot and implement appropriate IAM permissions for user access and workloads running in AWS.
• Provide guidance and recommendations to development teams on service design and deployments.
• Own initiatives and contribute to future solution designs and planning.
• Be a go‑to technical resource on the team, spanning levels and cross‑functional teams.
• Monitor and work on inbound issues.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building on public cloud, preferably AWS.
• Experience with deployment and CI/CD tools – Terraform, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, and Jenkins.
• Relevant software engineering experience, primarily backend (Python, database, building APIs).
• Hands‑on AWS Security/IAM administration and policy‑creation for many users and workloads.
• Familiarity with Docker and containerization concepts.
• Experience with Unix/Linux systems.
• Clear, succinct written and verbal communication with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Practical, collaborative approach when working with engineers.
• Familiarity with operational troubleshooting tools and techniques.
• Nice to have: experience leveraging AI as a productivity multiplier, AWS certifications, supporting DevOps teams in mid‑to‑large‑sized organizations, especially in multitenant environments.
• Familiarity with SSL certificate management.
• Familiarity with general and AWS‑specific networking concepts, including VPC constructs, firewalling, and DNS.

Compensation and Benefits

The hiring range for this position in SantaMonica, CA and Glendale, CA is $141,900 to $190,300 per year and in New York, NY and Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400 per year, and in SanFrancisco, CA is $155,400 to $208,400. The base pay will vary based on internal equity and factors such as geographic region. Bonuses and/or long‑term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, depending on the level and position offered.