Senior Software Engineer, Content Payments Platform

ESPN; Glendale (CA); Sur place; USD 144 000 - 193 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

ESPN, part of Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver scalable accounting-related services powering payments to content creators and rights holders across Disney Movies and TV.

You will own the technical design for medium-sized projects and collaborate with engineering, product, and finance teams to ensure performance, security, and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience designing, building, and operating large-scale, fault-tolerant systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring; RESTful API design.
• Knowledge of asynchronous programming models and distributed systems using Apache Kafka.
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (EKS, SQS, RDS, MSK).
• Proficiency in CI/CD methodology and best practices for testing and code quality.
• Ability to articulate technical concepts clearly and collaborate across teams.
• Passion for mentoring junior engineers and working in diverse environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, software, electrical or electronics, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.

Responsabilités

• Technical Execution: Designs, builds, and maintains resilient, performant, and scalable services for high-volume, mission-critical accounting applications. Contributes hands-on across the full development lifecycle and leads development of larger features and epics.
• System Expertise: Develops deep knowledge of core accounting systems and their integration with upstream and downstream services.
• Engineering Quality: Contributes to engineering standards, participates in code reviews, and helps guide design decisions to ensure quality and maintainability.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partners with product managers and stakeholders to refine requirements and deliver solutions, driving alignment across technical and non-technical teams.
• Mentorship: Mentors junior engineers and helps onboard new team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning through informal but impactful leadership.
• Innovation: Stays current with modern architecture patterns, cloud-native practices, and automation strategies, and helps drive their adoption within the team.
• Incident Response: Troubleshoots and resolves complex production issues, participating in incident response for team-owned systems.

Connaissances

Java

Spring Framework

RESTful API design

Asynchronous programming

Distributed systems

CI/CD practices

Technical collaboration

Mentoring

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Outils

AWS (EKS, SQS, RDS, MSK)

Apache Kafka

Observability tooling

Description du poste

ESPN, part of Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, seeks a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver scalable accounting-related services powering payments to content creators and rights holders across Disney Movies and TV.

You will own the technical design for medium-sized projects and collaborate with engineering, product, and finance teams to ensure performance, security, and reliability.