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Senior Software Engineer - Back End

A leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences.
$145,400 - $195,000
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
5,000+ Employees
5+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Entertainment · Streaming

Description For Senior Software Engineer - Back End

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally.

The User Foundations team builds critical User Capabilities that are shared across all experiences on the streaming services: Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+ and Star+. We implement reliable, high-throughput services and pipelines for gathering information about our users and delivering personalized experiences.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

  • Contribute to design, development, testing, deployment, and support of stateful microservices and lambdas in a multi-region cloud environment
  • Mentor engineers within your squad to help improve their technical ability
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, QA, Operations, and other stakeholders
  • Work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment building scalable platforms

The role offers:

  • Opportunity to build the future of Disney's media business
  • Work on products that reach millions of consumers (Disney+, Hulu, ABC News, ESPN)
  • Innovation in groundbreaking products shaping industry norms
  • Collaborative team environment focused on delivering scalable, performant software

This position requires working onsite four days per week in Seattle. The team values effective communication, passion for learning, strong programming fundamentals, and pragmatic optimism.

Join us in blending imagination and innovation to reimagine how people experience and engage with the world's most beloved stories and products. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms enabling connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

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Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer - Back End

  • Design, develop, test, deploy and support stateful microservices and lambdas
  • Mentor engineers within your squad
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, QA and other stakeholders
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies (standups, retrospectives, sprint planning)
  • Build scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer - Back End

Java
JavaScript
Python
Redis
Kafka
Kubernetes
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Understanding of message based distributed, scalable, and resilient systems
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Solid communication skills – written and oral
  • Fluent in multiple programming languages (expert in at least one: JavaScript, Python, Java)
  • Experience transforming requirements into software design and documentation

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer - Back End

Medical Insurance
  • Medical Insurance
  • Bonus potential
  • Long-term incentives
  • Full range of medical and financial benefits

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