Senior Software Engineer

ESPN; Bristol (CT); On-site; USD 144,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Data Stores team. You will analyze, design, and implement software enhancements for local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related programs that power DEEP&T’s digital media infrastructure.

You will apply software engineering principles to database engineering, build automation, and contribute to scalable, observable, and secure database services that support the company's media ecosystems

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related work experience with relational database systems (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon RDS, Amazon RDS Aurora).
• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience.
• Fundamental understanding of database internals for at least one of the above engines.
• Experience with Agile software development.
• Experience with source control tools (Git, GitLab, GitHub).
• Intermediate to advanced programming in Python, Java, or Go.
• Experience with production cloud infrastructure in AWS.
• General Linux, networking, and containers knowledge.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and maintain DEEP&T database infrastructure 24/7/365.
• Design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure through software and automation.
• Contribute to architectural direction for database platforms and projects.
• Manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Develop fault-tolerant, distributed, highly available DB infrastructure.
• Plan capacity, software release cycles, and right-sizing.
• Provide DB expertise through performance tuning and administration.
• Develop standards for engineering and administration; build tooling for efficiency.
• Ensure observability and security; operate at scale.
• Collaborate with engineering teams and mentor juniors.

Skills

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Amazon RDS

RDS Aurora

Python

Java

Go

AWS

Linux

Containers

Terraform

CloudFormation

Education

BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Git

GitLab

GitHub

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:

Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.

Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

The individual in this position will join the Data Stores team in an exciting and fast-paced environment where they will help build and maintain highly available relational database systems operating across multiple cloud environments. These databases support many of the systems powering DEEP&T’s digital media supply chain and consumer facing products.

Job Summary

Join DEEP&T as a Senior Software Engineer, where you will analyze, design, program, debug, and modify software enhancements and new products for use in local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related computer programs. This role delivers large or highly complex software programs and systems that are critical to the organization’s technology platforms and commercial applications.

By leveraging in-depth knowledge of current programming languages and technologies, the Senior Software Engineer will write code, complete programming tasks, and perform testing and debugging of applications. The individual will interact with users to define system requirements and necessary modifications, conceive and implement software components, fixes, enhancements, and new systems. Their work directly impacts the organization by driving improvements in product quality, operational efficiency, and technical innovation, influencing future projects and technical direction

We’re looking for an individual who can apply software engineering principles to database engineering and administration to build processes and automation to help deliver infrastructure faster, safer, more consistently and with the right level of observability required to operate at scale.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for building, deploying, and ensuring all DEEP&T database infrastructure is available 24/7/365.


• Leverage software development and automation to design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure.


• Participates in setting the architectural direction for database platforms and projects.


• Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.


• Analyze, design, and deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.


• Proactively plan and implement infrastructure changes through capacity forecasting, software release cycles, and right sizing.


• Provide database expertise through performance tuning, troubleshooting and administration.


• Develop, enhance, and adhere to engineering and administration standards.


• Develop automation and tooling to increase operational efficiency while ensuring system reliability and security.


• Build infrastructure and systems for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery though infrastructure as code and configuration management.


• Provide relevant insights of data store infrastructure through metrics, monitoring, and alerting.


• Maintain thorough and well-written documentation.


• Participate in live event support and on-call rotation.


• May provide oversight and direction to junior team members.


• Builds relationships with engineering teams and leads.

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of related work experience with relational database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon RDS, and Amazon RDS Aurora.


• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience


• Fundamental understanding of database internals for at least one of the above database engines.


• Experience working in Agile software development.


• Experience with source control management tools (Git, GitLab, GitHub).


• Intermediate to advanced level of expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.


• Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services.


• General understanding and experience with Linux operating system, network, and containers.


• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.


• Experience designing and deploying fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.


• Experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation.


• Carries out assignments with little coaching or guidance from others.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating within a database reliability engineering (DRE) and/or systems reliability engineering (SRE) role.


• Experience building a proper path to production leveraging multiple lifecycles, testing, integration, and CI/CD pipelines.


• Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure in Azure and GCP.


• Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef).

The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $150,900.00 to $202,400.00 per year and in Bristol, CT is $144,100.00 to $193,200.00. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disclaimer

This position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

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