Senior Pipeline Infrastructure Engineer

Walt Disney Animation Studios; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 141,900 - 190,300; Full time

Job summary

Walt Disney Animation Studios is seeking a skilled software developer in Production Technology to help build and evolve the studio's infrastructure supporting our animated features. You will collaborate with technical directors and artists to design scalable, high-performance services across compute, data management, and APIs, using a polyglot stack.

Ideal candidates blend strong engineering chops with a collaborative mindset and a passion for delivering reliable tools that empower film

Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing and developing service-oriented infrastructure.
• Strong software design and engineering skills; familiar with enterprise integration patterns.
• Proficient in two or more languages: Go, Scala, Java, Python, Rust, C++11 or later.
• Experience building scalable, fault-tolerant service architectures.
• Ability to identify, research, and integrate new technologies quickly as business needs evolve.
• Experience developing high-performance, highly concurrent, asynchronous code; strong communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new studio infrastructure to support film production.
• Partner with technical directors, other software engineers, and technology leadership.
• Develop APIs and management UIs across the full software stack.
• Adopt agile practices to deliver simple, performant solutions to complex problems.

Skills

Go

Scala

Java

Python

Rust

C++11+

Service-oriented architecture

High-performance parallel programming

Asynchronous code

Enterprise integration patterns

Communication skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Computer Engineering / Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

gRPC

REST

PostgreSQL

Distributed storage systems

Job description

Walt Disney Animation Studios is seeking a skilled software developer in Production Technology to help build and evolve the studio's infrastructure supporting our animated features. You will collaborate with technical directors and artists to design scalable, high-performance services across compute, data management, and APIs, using a polyglot stack.

Ideal candidates blend strong engineering chops with a collaborative mindset and a passion for delivering reliable tools that empower film