Senior Java Engineer, Growth & Commerce Platform

5014 Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build Java-based backend services for Growth & Commerce platforms. You will develop API layers, review contracts, and participate in end-to-end lifecycle—from design through testing and deployment—with a focus on scale and performance.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Product, Business teams, and service partners, plus experience with modern Java frameworks, microservices, and cloud

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience
• Strong code design and architectural skills
• API design experience (authoring and providing feedback) with stakeholders
• Strong programming experience in Java server side development
• Experience working at scale and high RPS throughput
• Familiarity with SQL
• Outstanding communication, collaboration skills, and a strong ethic of teamwork
• Quality-first demeanor with a focus on test automation and CI/CD
• Strong analytical skills

Responsibilities

• Work alongside the Product and Business teams to understand the business implications and user flows for sign-up and user account management
• Contribute to designs and develop a future proof API layer that exposes the commerce lifecycle platform capabilities to various clients
• Review and develop robust API contracts and scalable microservices for internal clients
• Assist in creating technical proposals to illustrate the high-level design and system flow between clients and backend systems
• Understand key dependencies such as the core subscription, billing, and payment systems and how they will affect clients
• Contribute to the end-to-end software development lifecycle for our systems: conceptualize, design, build, code review, test, load test, launch, and measure performance
• Collaborate with the Product team to translate requirements into well-defined technical implementation

Skills

Java backend

API design

SQL

CI/CD

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Spring WebFlux

GraphQL

gRPC

AWS

Terraform

Job description

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology in New York, NY is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build Java-based backend services for Growth & Commerce platforms. You will develop API layers, review contracts, and participate in end-to-end lifecycle—from design through testing and deployment—with a focus on scale and performance.

The role emphasizes collaboration with Product, Business teams, and service partners, plus experience with modern Java frameworks, microservices, and cloud