Senior Platform Engineer, Streaming Data & Observability

5014 Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 149,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is seeking a Sr Product Software Engineer to sit onsite in Seattle, WA. You will lead design for high-scale services, own the full SDLC, and mentor engineers across product platforms powering Disney's streaming services.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in Java, strong observability expertise, and a track record of leadership. Expect collaboration with cross-functional teams and opportunities to leverage AI tools for productivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade software in Java.
• Strong expertise in developing and operating observability platforms, including metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting.
• Proven ability to take ownership and responsibility for the entire software development lifecycle.
• Excellent technical leadership and mentorship skills, with a passion for growing engineering teams.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to leverage AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor effectively for increased productivity.

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership: Lead the design and architecture of high-scale services and observability platforms, integrating them with existing telemetry infrastructure.
• Execution & Autonomy: Manage complex projects, breaking down requirements into technical roadmaps with milestones.
• Operational Excellence: Own the full software development lifecycle, including deployment, monitoring, logging, and on-call.
• Mentorship: Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through code reviews and guidance.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate cross-functionally to align architectural decisions with business goals.
• Innovation: Deliver prototypes and POCs for complex technical proposals.

Skills

Java

Observability

Leadership

Mentorship

Communication

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS Kinesis

Terraform

Datadog

DynamoDB

CloudWatch

Job description

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is seeking a Sr Product Software Engineer to sit onsite in Seattle, WA. You will lead design for high-scale services, own the full SDLC, and mentor engineers across product platforms powering Disney's streaming services.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in Java, strong observability expertise, and a track record of leadership. Expect collaboration with cross-functional teams and opportunities to leverage AI tools for productivity.