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 our 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 enhance 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: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our 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 implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

　　The Ads & Data Platform team is responsible for building and delivering the technology that supports Disney’s industry-leading, multi-billion dollar advertising business. Working across all of Disney’s streaming and linear channels, this team’s scope is multifaceted – they impact everything from core infrastructure development to the viewer-first ad formats subscribers see on their screens. Award-winning technologies, like the proprietary Disney Ad Server or DRAX, Disney’s programmatic advertising solution, are the backbone of Disney’s ad business and a key driver of Disney’s future success. What sets Disney’s advertising business apart, and what makes working here such a cool opportunity, is a combination of: world-class advertising technology built in-house, and the most beloved brands, franchises, and content!

　　Job Summary:

　　Ad Serving Engineering organization within Disney Entertainment and ESPN 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.

　　As a Senior Software Engineer of our team, you will apply your knowledge and skills to help us deliver scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software.

　　On a daily basis you should bring:

　　A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems.

　　A sense of ownership of the projects delivered by your team and department

　　A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast paced environment

　　An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk.

　　A keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services

　　Kindness and pragmatic optimism.

　　Your unique view and experience

　　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

　　Reviewing, learning, and documenting software and system designs in a high throughput, low latency microservices environment

　　Enhancing systems’ observability with proper metrics, monitors and alerts

　　Basic Qualifications:

　　BS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience

　　5+ years of software engineering experience

　　Proficiency with Java

　　Demonstrable analytical / problem solving skills

　　Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences

　　Preferred Qualifications:

　　Experience with:

　　MS in Computer Science / Engineering

　　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

　　Additional Information:

　　Working hours would need to closely overlap with PST. Candidates must be located close to a Disney tech hub.

　　Job Posting StatementThe hiring range for this position in California is $136,038 to $199,870 per year and in Seattle, Washington is $142,516 to $191,180 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: 10074240

　　Location: Seattle,Washington

　　Job Posting Company: Disney Direct to Consumer

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