Lead Software Engineer - Seattle, United States - The Walt Disney Company

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    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 for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology


    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.


    The Ad Platforms team is responsible for building and operating the technology that supports Disney's industry-leading, multi-billion dollar global advertising business.

    Working across all of Disney's streaming brands and linear channels, this team's scope is wide ranging - they impact everything from core infrastructure development that powers Disney's proprietary ad server, to reimagining viewer-first ad experiences and formats.

    This team's award-winning, in-house built technologies are the backbone of Disney's ad business and a critical element of the Company's streaming future.


    Ad Serving Engineering organization within Disney Entertainment and ESPN organization is fully responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Digital Advertising Platform.

    The platform is charged with the qualification, delivery, and tracking of Digital Advertising campaigns (Video on Demand, Live TV, and innovative interactive ads) across all of Disney online properties, including Hulu and ESPN+.


    In addition, Ad Serving teams collaborate in the development of supporting components, such as anti-ad fatigue systems, impression counting pipelines, and ad experience flows.

    We also work on integrations with critical services responsible for the correct pacing, targeting, and selection of ads.


    Responsibilities:
    Writing and reviewing a lot of code and tests

    Available for a weekly-rotating On-Call support schedule

    Reading requirements documentation from Product and translating into

    implementation tickets, and leading the team through execution.

    Defining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high

    throughput, low latency microservices environment

    Enhancing systems' observability with proper metrics, monitors and alerts

    Delegating tasks to team members, when needed

    Basic Qualifications

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

    Minimum of 7 years of software engineering experience

    Advanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading, profiling

    Demonstrable analytical / problem solving skills.

    Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic with both

    technical and non-technical audiences

    Preferred Qualifications

    MS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study

    SpringBoot and related Spring projects

    Non-relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB

    Redis and/or MemCache

    Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis

    AWS or other cloud platform

    Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes

    Ad Tech industry

    #DISNEYTECH


    The hiring range for this position in California is $149,240 - $219,200 per year and in Washington is $156,292 to $209,660 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:
    Seattle,Washington


    Job Posting Company:
    Disney Direct to Consumer


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