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.

　　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.

　　Job Summary:

　　You will be the technical lead for the data observability & delivery team with the Metadata Engineering group in the Media Engineering team.

　　Designing and leading implementation of metadata delivery back ends

　　Building data observability systems and building metrics to drive improvement

　　Implementing a data lake or aggregation solution to empower our ops teams to mine our data

　　Mentoring junior members of the team and developing best practices

　　Collaborating on architectures across the larger organization

　　Responsibilities:

　　Facilitate designs of well-architected solutions and build iteratively while maintaining agile best practices

　　Lead through metrics – understand application performance & costs, and push for better results

　　Take responsibility for quality delivery – keep an eye on how launches & build outs are progressing, and steer direction when needed

　　Build data aggregation solutions for data from a wide constellation of microservices

　　Utilize technologies like Springboot/Java, MySQL, Postgres, and AWS native resources (Kinesis, DynamoDB, S3, SNS, SQS etc) to build data-driven software applications based on business direction

　　Collaborate with front end developers to build great data visualizations

　　Qualifications:

　　A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 7 years of experience

　　7 years of software development experience and proficiency in Java, including knowledge of frameworks including Spring Boot

　　7 years of experience with relational (SQL based) and non-relational database (DynamoDB, Elasticache) technologies, and messaging technologies (Kinesis, Kafka, SQS, SNS)

　　Good understanding of data driven results through KPIs

　　The hiring range for this position in California is $149,300 -$200,200 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: 10075481

　　Location: Santa Monica,California

　　Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology

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