Software Engineer II: AI Observability for Streaming

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Careers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 125,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology in New York seeks a Software Engineer II to design AI-driven, reliable systems for streaming platforms and compliance.

You will build autonomous agents, real-time automation, and scalable APIs, partnering with engineering and product teams to improve resilience, observability, and velocity.

Expect to contribute to production systems with end-to-end ownership in a fast-paced environment, using modern cloud tools and AI-native practices.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of backend development experience with AI-powered or data-driven apps.
• Knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture for reliability and compliance.
• Experience in AI/ML engineering: agentic workflows or traditional ML.
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools and modern development practices.
• Strong API design and microservices understanding.
• Strong collaboration and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate intelligent, production-grade systems using real-time signals and AI-driven detection.
• Build AI-driven capabilities enabling automated reasoning and anomaly detection for real-time health.
• Develop data and decisioning pipelines transforming telemetry into insights and actions.
• Create scalable APIs and services delivering predictive signals and insights to teams.
• Enhance infrastructure visibility and enforce compliance across Disney products.
• Partner to embed intelligence into workflows, improving speed and reducing overhead.
• Drive innovation in observability and developer productivity with applied AI.

Skills

Backend development

AI/ML engineering

API design

Cloud AWS

Containerization Docker

Git & SDLC

Observability tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Tools

Docker

GitHub

AWS / EKS

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LangChain

LangGraph

Job description

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology in New York seeks a Software Engineer II to design AI-driven, reliable systems for streaming platforms and compliance.

You will build autonomous agents, real-time automation, and scalable APIs, partnering with engineering and product teams to improve resilience, observability, and velocity.

Expect to contribute to production systems with end-to-end ownership in a fast-paced environment, using modern cloud tools and AI-native practices.