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.

　　Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join the Playback Services team within the Media Engineering organization! Our mission is to build highly available, high throughput services that are crucial to delivering high quality content to our subscribers. We are responsible for the backend of media playback, facilitating media selection, device customization, and antipiracy technologies. If you enjoy streaming media, are interested in live sports and entertainment, or just want to join a fast-growing team that plays a significant role in the core functionality of our streaming products, then 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 the DSS 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

　　Minimum of 7 years related experience crafting backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment

　　Expertise in functional programming patterns and experience building RESTful services in Scala (APIs)

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

　　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 caching technologies

　　Knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices

　　Strong written and verbal communication skills

　　Self-learner, independent, excellent problem-solving skills

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　　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: 10075446

　　Location: New York,New York

　　Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

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