Senior Principal Platform Engineer, Global Streaming

Disney Entertainment

Seattle (WA)

On-site

USD 243,000 - 341,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Senior Principal Software Engineer, Platform Services, to design and evolve the platform services layer powering Disney’s streaming and digital products. You will own end-to-end architecture for API gateways, service authentication, observability, and experimentation, impacting 400+ engineering teams.

You bring deep distributed systems experience, leadership in platform engineering, and a track record of delivering scalable

Qualifications

12+ years of software engineering experience
Experience designing, building, and operating platform or infrastructure services at scale
Hands-on with service-to-service authentication and zero-trust networking
Ability to communicate architecture and platform strategy to leadership
Experience leading build-versus-buy decisions for platform capabilities

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and own the technical architecture and core software components for Disney’s platform services layer.
Develop API gateway and edge services, and manage cross-service authentication/authorization.
Implement rate limiting, load shedding, and circuit breaking; ensure observability and telemetry pipelines.
Lead architecture decisions, ADRs, and platform RFCs; establish standards and golden-path templates.
Mentor engineers, review designs, and partner with Directors and VPs to align platform goals with product delivery.