Lead Software Engineer

Disney Entertainment • New York, NY • 5h ago

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. 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.

Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

As a Lead Software Engineer on the Core Infrastructure Automation team, you will be responsible for leading the effort and participating in the development and maintenance of infrastructure automation tools. You will spend time collaborating with other software engineers, infrastructure design engineers and network engineers to research and architect solutions that automate and facilitate infrastructure deployment.

Responsibilities

Propose and implement technical solutions for existing and new tools based on the requirements provided by infrastructure and development teams.

Mentor other developers in technology and processes, enabling their growth.

Collaborate with Principal developers to come up with technical solutions that impact existing and new tools.

Help enhance existing processes that will make the engineering team more efficient and productive.

Work typically involves large or highly sophisticated software programs and systems

Must be able to write readable, succinct, and bug-free code for highly scalable and highly available infrastructure management.

Collaborate with other engineers on the team for regular code reviews

Support systems and services during production incidents as part of the on-call rotation.

Basic Qualifications

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

7+ years relevant industry experience, with 3+ years as a senior software engineer

Strong communication skills, both oral and written

Experience in Agile development methodologies

Proficient in API fundamentals, best practices, and REST API architecture

Database knowledge of MySQL, MongoDB or MSSQL

Possess expertise in current programming languages (Python preferred) and technologies, with strong skills in writing code and programming tasks

Strong problem-solving and organizational skill set

Experience with virtual server technologies such as VMware, OVirt and others

Lead and influence the direction and prioritization of the design and development of highly scalable software systems and applications

Experience delivering applications using CI/CD tools following best practices

Knowledge and experience with source control systems and CI/CD pipelines (Git, Gitlab, Jenkins, or similar tools)

Enjoy working in a team setting with engineers of varying experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Has had a leading role in the design, implementation, and deployment of one or more high volume, cross-functional enterprise-level systems

Experience writing unit tests / implementing test driven development processes

Has worked on systems that automatically deploy bare metal systems at scale

Experience developing rich, interactive and well-performing user interfaces using frameworks like React or Angular.

Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Grafana, Splunk, New Relic or similar)

Has deployed Windows Server OS images to virtual or physical infrastructure using an automated toolset

DISNEYTECH

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and in New York City, NY is $156,292 to $209,660 per year; the hiring range for this position in Santa Monica/Burbank/Glendale/L.A., California and in Bristol, Connecticut is $149,240 to $200,200; and the hiring range for this position in San Francisco, California is $163,426 to $219,230 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.

Job ID: 10115079

Location: New York,New York

Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment

The Walt Disney Company is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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