Senior Product Software Engineer - Rights & Media Platforms

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer to contribute across Rights and Avails management, building and supporting mid-size projects, and owning technical design and implementation. You will work with a team to deliver robust data integration for Disney's media products.

You will design responsive web apps with React/TypeScript, implement secure APIs, and leverage AWS services, with a focus on performance and scalability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong SQL, data modeling, and query optimization skills.
• Proficient in Java and JVM ecosystems with Spring.
• Experience designing and integrating APIs and building web apps with React.
• Knowledge of OAuth and cloud-based infrastructure (AWS).
• Experience with CI/CD, testing, and code reviews.
• Familiarity with Kafka, RabbitMQ, SNS, and event-driven patterns.

Responsibilities

• Maintain understanding of core systems and upstream/downstream dependencies.
• Contribute code, set standards, ensure design specs are met.
• Improve platform performance, scalability, and resiliency.
• Mentor junior engineers and lead cross-functional troubleshooting.

Skills

SQL mastery

Java & JVM

Spring Frameworks

API design & integration

React.js / TypeScript

OAuth / security

AWS services

Data integration concepts

Event-driven architecture

Observability & performance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Software or related field

Tools

Spring Boot

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Terraform/CloudFormation

React

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Senior Product Software Engineer to contribute across Rights and Avails management, building and supporting mid-size projects, and owning technical design and implementation. You will work with a team to deliver robust data integration for Disney's media products.

You will design responsive web apps with React/TypeScript, implement secure APIs, and leverage AWS services, with a focus on performance and scalability.