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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.

Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney’s industry-leading ad technology and products – driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney’s sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms.

The programmatic teams build and maintain Disney's programmatic advertising products and services that comprise Disney's Real-Time Ad Exchange (DRAX). DRAX is an award-winning, proprietary SSP that enables the configuration of programmatic deals and integrates programmatic demand from multiple third-party sources into the Disney ad server in real time.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will apply strong technical knowledge and engineering practices to design, build, test, and operate scalable, performant, maintainable, and reliable software. You will independently deliver well-defined projects, collaborate with engineers and product partners, and contribute to the continuous improvement of the team's systems and development practices.

Daily, you should bring:

• A willingness to communicate and collaborate effectively across teams
• Ownership of assigned projects and production systems
• Sound judgment in system and API design
• A commitment to writing maintainable, testable, and loosely coupled software
• A passion for learning and adapting in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• The ability to translate product requirements into clear technical implementations
• An interest in identifying practical optimizations and enhancements
• Kindness and pragmatic optimism
• A strong understanding of Java and the software development lifecycle

Responsibilities

• Develop a strong understanding of the team's domain, services, and operational responsibilities
• Design, implement, test, deploy, and maintain solutions in a high-throughput, low-latency microservices environment
• Independently deliver well-defined features and technical projects
• Participate in design and implementation discussions and clearly communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs
• Collaborate with product managers and engineers to translate user stories into actionable engineering tasks
• Improve code quality, scalability, maintainability, and service reliability through reviews and incremental refactoring
• Diagnose and resolve software defects and production issues
• Improve system observability through metrics, monitoring, dashboards, and alerting
• Use approved automated and AI-assisted development tools in accordance with company policy
• Share technical knowledge and provide constructive feedback to peers
• Participate in on-call rotations according to the team's escalation policy and support schedule

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Strong foundation in computer science principles, including data structures and algorithms
• Strong proficiency with Java, including experience with concurrency, memory management, profiling, connection pools, thread pools, and HTTP protocols
• Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills
• Effective communication and collaboration skills with technical and non-technical partners
• Experience with:
  • Spring Boot and related Spring projects
  • Non-relational database technologies such as DynamoDB
  • Caching technologies such as Redis, Valkey, or Memcached
  • Data-streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka or Amazon Kinesis
  • Cloud platforms such as AWS
  • DevOps and infrastructure technologies such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Microservice architectures

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the advertising technology industry
• Knowledge of programmatic advertising systems and workflows

Additional Information

• Engineers are expected to work from the office four days per week.
• The specific office location depends on the team's location and hiring needs.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $150,900 to $202,400 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.

This position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

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Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC 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 champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.

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