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    Senior Software Engineer, Scala - New York, United States - The Walt Disney Company

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    Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology


    On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming Disney's media business for the future.

    Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.

    A few reasons why we think you'd love working here:


    Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.


    Reach & Scale:

    The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.


    Innovation:

    We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

    Media Engineering


    Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology.

    This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels – including streaming, linear, and theatrical – so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business.

    We are looking for an experienced backend services focused Senior Software Engineer to join the Media Distribution Engineering team.

    Your success will depend on your ability to partner with multi-functional teams across the organization to deliver highly available, performant at scale, services critical to delivering high quality & timely experiences to subscribers.

    We are responsible for the timely and efficient distribution & management of content to regional origins spanning the globe.

    Our mission is to invent, design, build, deploy, monitor & support tooling & services powering initiatives and operations needed for global distribution of entertainment experiences.

    If you have an interest in streaming or want to be a part of a fast-paced & global-scale engineering opportunity, this role is for you

    Responsibilities

    Work with a team of engineers to build high-performance, stable, scalable systems to be deployed in an enterprise setting

    Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions; author and share feedback on technical proposals and root cause analyses

    Work cross-team to build consensus on approach for delivering projects; eliminate ambiguity in projects and communicate direction to engineers to help team members work in parallel; provide mentoring and advice for other engineers

    Talk to business partners to understand and refine requirements

    Participate in the on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents

    Establish standards within the team to drive quality and excellence

    Participate in organization technical community through presentations, tech talks, and other knowledge-sharing efforts


    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

    5+ years related experience crafting backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment.

    Expertise in functional programming patterns and experience building RESTful services using Scala APIs; validated knowledge of operating large-scale high-availability backend services

    Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency

    Experience with storage & caching technologies: S3, S3 Compatible on-prem object storage, DynamoDB, RDBMS, Redis

    Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git

    Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker. Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.)

    Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.) and strong understanding of design patterns and principles

    Experience operating within a Public Cloud Provider (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

    Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana)

    Knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices.

    Strong written and verbal communication skills.

    Self-learner, independent, excellent problem-solving skills

    #DISNEYTECH


    The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and in New York City, NY is $ to $191,180 per year; the hiring range for this position in Santa Monica/Burbank/Glendale/L.A., California and in Bristol, Connecticut is $136,038 to $182,490; and the hiring range for this position in San Francisco, California is $148,994 to $199,870 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:

    Location:
    New York,New York


    Job Posting Company:
    Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology


    The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities.

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