Senior Software Engineer

RemoteWorker US; Santa Monica (CA); Remote; USD 138,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in media and technology seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement high-quality services for streaming experiences. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to innovate and improve the recommendations systems used by millions. You'll need strong technical skills and a proactive approach to problem-solving, coupled with the ability to mentor others and drive project success. A degree in Computer Science and extensive experience in backend services are required.

Benefits

Health Benefits

Flexible Schedule

Collaborative Team Environment

Mentorship Opportunities

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience crafting and operating backend services.
• Knowledge of JVM services and agile methodologies.
• Experience with observability tools for metrics and logging.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement new features, ensuring high-quality code.
• Develop testing methodologies and frameworks.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and manage project milestones.

Skills

Communication

Agile

Analytical

Team Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Electrical or Electronics Engineering

Tools

AWS

Datadog

Splunk

Grafana

Job description

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On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

• Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
• Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
• Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
  
  

The Content Experience & Delivery team builds systems that provide data at scale to teams across Disney+, Hulu, and Star+. We implement reliable, high-request services that deliver data that helps power streaming user experiences, across web, mobile, and living room devices. We are looking for a software engineer who wants to build and operate these critical services that support all of our users!

We're a fast-paced, dynamic, collaborative and fun team, and looking forward to finding out more about you!

You'll join a hardworking group of engineers who strive to create the best-in-class Recommendations & Discovery experiences for hundreds of millions of customers across Disney+, Hulu, ABC and ESPN. You will collaborate with engineering and product teams in this space to develop solid validation methodologies and frameworks that support complex Recommendation Systems.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will collaborate closely with engineers, project managers, and product managers to find the best solution for our viewers. You will drive projects end-to-end: designing the initial solution; finding alignment with stakeholders; develop testing methodologies; and deliver test frameworks to validate the work on our recommendations systems before they are released to production. Members of the team look to your planning, documentation, code and quality delivery as examples of What To Do. You value good-faith collaboration, driving best practices, and promoting excellence on your team. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

Responsibilities

• Design well-architected solutions and deliver maintainable code.
• Develop testing methodologies and deliver test frameworks.
• Lead technical design and implementation of new features.
• Break down work at the epic level, setting project milestones with reasonable deadlines.
• Design new solutions and ensure alignment across engineering and product teams.
• Prioritize work within a project to deliver on the most necessary or urgent requirements.
• Determine the most efficient means to sufficiently test new code: unit tests, integration tests, performance tests, etc.
• Effectively communicate with stakeholders on project progress.
• Anticipate and mitigate risk on projects.
• Use logs, monitoring tools, and work with developers to determine root causes across distributed components.
• Set best practices for the team in the area of quality assurance in both delivery on new initiatives as well as ongoing operations
• Coach and mentor teammates in an open, respectful, flexible, empathetic manner. Help onboard new team members.
• Actively participate in daily stand-ups and other scrum ceremonies.
  
  

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience crafting and operating backend services.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
• Demonstrated knowledge crafting and operating JVM services.
• Experience operating within a Public Cloud Provider (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)
• Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana)
• Ability to design and understand high-level architecture and frameworks as well as dive deep into individual technical components and systems.
• Ability to pragmatically drive technical projects with an analytical and data-driven approach.
• Demonstrated knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices.
• Skilled at work breakdown and task estimation.
• Strong communication skills and a desire to share your knowledge with team members and others across Disney Streaming.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience crafting and operating large-scale, high-availability backend services.
• Experience working with remote global teams and a flexible schedule to meet in different time zones.
  
  

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The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $138,900 to $186,200 per year and in New York, NY and Seattle, WA is $145,400 to $195,000 per year. 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.

Seniority level

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  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

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Job function

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