Senior Software Engineer

About the position

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is focused on reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences while transforming Disney's media business for the future. The Product & Data Engineering team is responsible for the end-to-end development of Disney's consumer-facing products, including streaming platforms like Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. This team drives innovation at scale for millions of consumers across various platforms, enhancing core experiences like personalization, search, messaging, and data.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and growth of Data Products and Services enabling experimentation and personalization at petabyte scale.
• Maintain detailed documentation of work and changes to support data quality and governance.
• Work with stakeholders and partner teams to identify and solve business needs in data access and experimentation.
• Ensure high operational efficiency and quality of solutions to meet SLAs.
• Participate and advocate for agile practices to improve team health and processes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant software or data engineering experience.
• Familiarity with data pipelines and orchestration frameworks (Spark, Hadoop, Databricks, Airflow).
• Demonstrated expertise in modeling data to support business needs at scale.
• Knowledge of API design and best practices, including REST and GraphQL.
• Strong programming skills in Java, Scala, or Python.
• Problem solver with strong attention to detail and excellent analytical and communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with A/B testing, bandits, or other mechanisms for measuring product performance.
• Understanding of approaches to model conversion and engagement in streaming applications.
• Experience with Java, Scala, Python, GraphQL, Databricks, Airflow, AWS.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and other benefits depending on the level and position offered.
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.