Staff Software Engineer: AI-Powered Studio Platforms

The Walt Disney Company; Glendale (CA); In loco; USD 158.000 - 212.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

The Walt Disney Studios in Glendale, California seeks a Staff Software Engineer to build AI-enabled infrastructure for the Studio Digital Supply Chain. This senior role blends backend engineering, workflows, and AI to deliver scalable services powering mastering, localization, and delivery across media platforms.

You will design and implement API gateways and microservices, mentor engineers, and influence governance and observability across complex production systems.

Competenze

• Bachelor's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field or equivalent years of related work experience
• 7+ years of backend or systems engineering experience, with at least 2 years building AI-powered or workflow-centric platforms
• Proficient in Java, Python, or Node.js, with deep understanding of testing, observability, and systems at scale
• Production experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience deploying infrastructure via Terraform, CDK, or similar infrastructure-as-code frameworks
• Experience building or integrating workflow engines, ideally in LLM or GenAI contexts
• Clear, structured communication skills and a track record of technical leadership in cross-functional teams

Mansioni

• Design and build API gateways, wrappers, and middleware services that expose studio systems and data to AI agents
• Manage secure access to tools, metadata, and content systems through model context protocol (MCP)
• Standardize how agents’ interface with internal services across the supply chain
• Deploy agentic platforms such as LangGraph or LangChain to manage tool execution, context routing, and decision logic
• Implement tracing, audit logging, and governance checkpoints including human approval and fallback paths
• Integrate orchestration into media workflows such as mastering, localization, and delivery
• Translate prototypes into production-ready microservices using Java, TypeScript, or Python, deployed via Kubernetes and managed through CI/CD pipelines
• Implement event-driven services using Kafka, EventBridge, or SNS/SQS to support loosely coupled, fault-tolerant communication across services
• Build and maintain APIs with clear contracts, emphasizing reliability, observability, and long-term maintainability
• Work directly with ML engineers, platform teams, and product managers to deliver business-ready AI capabilities
• Contribute to technical planning, system design, and delivery reviews across engineering and product
• Mentor team members and stay current on emerging trends in LLM tooling, orchestration, and agent frameworks

Conoscenze

Backend development

Java

Python

Node.js

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CDK

LLM tooling

Leadership

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Strumenti

LangGraph

LangChain

OpenAI

Anthropic

Descrizione del lavoro

The Walt Disney Studios in Glendale, California seeks a Staff Software Engineer to build AI-enabled infrastructure for the Studio Digital Supply Chain. This senior role blends backend engineering, workflows, and AI to deliver scalable services powering mastering, localization, and delivery across media platforms.

You will design and implement API gateways and microservices, mentor engineers, and influence governance and observability across complex production systems.