The Walt Disney Company

Senior Software Engineer – Content Platform Engineering

The Walt Disney Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Glendale • California • Connecticut • United States

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Salary

💰 $138,900 - $186,200 per year

Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

AWSCloudDockerDynamoDBEC2ElasticSearchGraphQLJavaJavaScriptJenkinsKubernetesMongoDBPostgresPythonRedisTerraform

About the role

  • Write and Maintain Software Solutions : Design, write, test, and deploy high-quality code to develop reliable, maintainable software solutions.
  • Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams : Work closely with platform engineers, product teams, and data scientists to ensure technical solutions effectively support business goals and content strategies.
  • Production Support : Monitor and optimize production systems, ensuring platform stability, performance, and uptime.
  • Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous learning.

Requirements

  • 5+ years relevant industry experience
  • Proficiency in at least one core programming language (e.g., Java, Python, or JavaScript)
  • Experience working with REST APIs or GraphQL for building and consuming web services.
  • Experience with cloud platforms like AWS and their core services (e.g., S3, Lambda, EC2).
  • Solid understanding of software design principles, algorithms, and data structures.
  • Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Docker, Gitlab-CI, Terraform/Cloud formation, and Jenkins
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Expertise with full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc
  • Experience with a wide range of data store technologies such as MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Postgres, and DynamoDB
  • Experience in Agile/Scrum methodology
  • Team player with strong oral and written communications skills
Benefits
  • A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
  • full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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