Senior Go Backend Engineer for ML-Powered Recommendations

Disney Entertainment; Glendale (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Product Software Engineer to build the backend services and APIs that deliver ML-driven recommendations across the N&E ML Platform. You will develop in Go and Python, implement caching, and create internal admin portals and dashboards supporting the broader ML team.

You will manage databases and participate in the on-call rotation, delivering reliable and scalable content experiences across Disney’s News & Entertainment brands in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with full-stack development experience.
• Proficiency in Go and Python.
• Experience building and maintaining APIs for production services.
• Working knowledge of AWS services, including Lambda, ECS, and DynamoDB.
• Experience implementing caching strategies to improve performance and reduce cost.
• Experience managing databases supporting production applications.
• Ability to build internal tools such as admin portals or dashboards for internal stakeholders.
• Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation for production systems.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Backend Services: Build backend services in Go and Python to serve ML recommendations to end users across the N&E portfolio, working within existing architectural patterns established by senior engineers.
• API Development: Develop and maintain APIs for recommendation delivery, ensuring they meet performance, reliability, and scalability requirements for high-traffic consumer products.
• Caching & Performance: Implement caching strategies to reduce latency and infrastructure cost, applying established patterns and tools to keep response times low at scale.
• Internal Tools: Build internal tools such as admin portals and experimentation dashboards that support the ML team's day-to-day work and decision-making.
• Database Management: Manage and maintain databases (e.g., DynamoDB) supporting ML systems, ensuring data is stored, indexed, and retrieved efficiently.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Build and deploy services using AWS (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB), following established infrastructure patterns to ensure consistency across the platform.
• On-Call & Reliability: Participate in the on-call rotation for production systems, responding to incidents and helping ensure ML outputs are delivered efficiently and reliably to end users.

Skills

Go

Python

APIs

AWS

Caching

Databases

Internal tools

On-call

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Systems

Tools

Elasticsearch

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Product Software Engineer to build the backend services and APIs that deliver ML-driven recommendations across the N&E ML Platform. You will develop in Go and Python, implement caching, and create internal admin portals and dashboards supporting the broader ML team.

You will manage databases and participate in the on-call rotation, delivering reliable and scalable content experiences across Disney’s News & Entertainment brands in a