Senior Software Engineer - Java Backend

Job Description

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. ESPN Bet. 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.

As a member of the Interactive Platform Engineering team within the Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Division you will be part of a fast paced, passionate team that builds and maintains complex, high throughput systems in the interactive gaming and personalization space. These systems support flagship Disney products including ESPN on mobile and web, and ESPN Fantasy Football. You will be challenged to help the team efficiently maintain, enhance and scale platforms that serve millions of Disney users every day.

In this role, you will :

Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions for one of the most visible platforms in the sports world.

Help evolve and scale a platform that supports mission-critical communication for millions of users daily.

Collaborate closely with product and technical leaders to translate business needs into scalable, maintainable systems.

Gain and / or apply mastery of Java, Spring, RESTful APIs, event streaming, AWS, and other industry leading high scale technologies for high throughput distributed system

Gain and / or apply mastery of relevant NoSQL technologies to optimize our overall performance

Work on performance-optimized infrastructure that handles traffic volumes few engineers ever encounter

Feed your thirst for learning new skills and technology as part of the larger DEET organization

Come help shape the future of interactive platforms underpinning Disney products used by millions of users every day!

What You Will Do :

Collaborate with other teams to develop estimates, roadmaps, and workflow processes to achieve strategic company objectives

Own the concept, design, implementation, and maintenance of complex technical projects that anticipate the needs of the business for years to come

Build consensus and influence decisions through well-reasoned research and explanations

Solve unique and complex problems that have a broad impact on the business

Write efficient, reliable, and testable code

Review, analyze, and optimize code for readability, reliability, and performance

Design and implement automated code and system tests

Instrument, monitor, and support live operations of systems your team owns

Troubleshoot and resolve issues, problems, and errors encountered across company platforms

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

Work autonomously with minimal technical supervision

Be a subject matter expert for your team

What You Will Bring :

Basic Qualifications

Minimum of 5+ years of professional experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and / or equivalent work experience

Deep understanding of the Java programming language and object-oriented programming

Proven ability to solve challenging technical problems

Proven ability to learn new technology and / or complex systems

Hand on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar cloud service

Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences

Preferred qualifications :

Master's Degree in Computer Science

Self-starter with proven ability to deliver high quality software in a pragmatic fashion

Demonstratable experience using MongoDB or other NoSQL databases

Experience implementing and optimizing dev-ops workflows and related technologies

Experience implementing and optimizing complex cloud software installations and infrastructure

Extensive experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar cloud service

Experience working on highly scalable, real-time software platforms

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