The Walt Disney Company

Lead Software Engineer, Ad Serving

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $152,200 - $223,600 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

ApacheAWSCloudDockerDynamoDBJavaKafkaKubernetesMicroservicesRedisSpringSpring BootSpringBootTerraform

About the role

  • Build backend ad delivery systems for on-demand and live TV content across Disney properties (Hulu, Disney+, ESPN)
  • Work with Java, Spring, Kubernetes, AWS, and Terraform to deliver high-throughput ad requests with focus on performance and reliability
  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable, loosely coupled microservices; improve observability with metrics/monitors/alerts
  • Collaborate with product teams to translate requirements into technical implementations; participate in on-call rotations

Requirements

  • BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience
  • 7+ years of software engineering experience
  • Advanced proficiency with Java, including memory management, multi-threading, profiling, thread pools, connection pools, and HTTP protocols
  • Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving skills
  • Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Experience with SpringBoot and related Spring projects
  • Non-relational database technologies like DynamoDB
  • Caching datastores such as Redis, ValKey, or MemCache
  • Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
  • Cloud platforms such as AWS
  • Modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Microservice architecture
  • Preferred Qualifications: Domain knowledge in the Ad Tech industry