Software Engineer II

The Walt Disney Company

Mid-level Software Engineer building backend systems for Disney's streaming services like Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu. Collaborating with engineers to craft resilient applications in an agile team environment.

Posted 5/9/2026full-timeNew York City • New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $123,000 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDynamoDBGoNoSQLScala

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Craft software for backend systems using Scala, Cats Effect, http4s, Play, Golang, and more, while developing software development fundamentals and design principles
Work with a team of engineers building software in a collaborative development process, without being dogmatic about technology choices
Participate in the full-lifecycle of software development (requirements gathering, designing, building, testing and maintenance)
Take on a collaborative role on the team, contributing to design discussions, implementing critical features, and growing your technical skills through
Collaborate with the team to design and build RESTful web services that make use of relational and/or NoSQL DBs
Build automated testing at different levels (unit, integration, functional) and build resilient applications that handle failure gracefully

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
3+ years of experience delivering high-quality backend code
A functional understanding of cloud service providers and their capabilities
Experience using cloud service providers, preferably AWS (ECS, DynamoDB, Kinesis, Lambda, etc.)
Experience with Scala or other functional languages
Experience with Go
Experience working with remote team members across timezones

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

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Hard Skills & Tools

ScalaCats Effecthttp4sPlayGolangRESTful web servicesautomated testingunit testingintegration testingfunctional testing

Soft Skills

collaborationdesign discussionsteamworkcommunicationproblem-solving

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Information SystemsBachelor’s degree in Software EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering