Lead Solutions Engineer
The Walt Disney Company
SDLC
Distinguished Engineer
Warner Bros. Discovery
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Florida
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SDLC
About the role
- Serve as Distinguished Engineer and senior leader on Global Video Player team, defining future of end-to-end live architecture
- Advise streaming executive team and video player stakeholders; be a thought leader
- Partner with InfoSec, Product, Studio Engineering, Content Operations, and Digital Platform teams to develop architecture proposals and prioritize features
- Own live experience end-to-end from signal acquisition to final delivery ensuring reliability and innovation
- Work across engineering, operations, and studio teams to deliver resilient, scalable live production solutions
- Drive best practices, set architectural standards, ensure documentation, and establish QA and SDLC processes
- Mentor engineers across org, help tie-break technical decisions, and build strong global engineering culture
- Manage projects, track activities, conduct analysis and reports to ensure delivery
Requirements
- 12+ years worked in a rapidly changing environment and thrive in a startup environment and are proficient in dealing with ambiguity as a principal engineer
- 8-10 years of proven ability to define and evolve end-to-end technical architecture for live content delivery
- Skilled in developing scalable content acquisition systems and global live production services
- Experience implementing quality assurance, load testing, and SDLC processes for high-performance systems
- Deep knowledge of live production systems, broadcast architecture, and content distribution
- Experience designing and operating Master Control Rooms (MCR), Production Control Rooms (PCR), and remote production environments
- Strong understanding of playout systems for ultra-low latency, high availability, and broadcast-grade quality across linear and digital platforms
- Impeccable communication skills and experience advising high performing engineering & product teams
- Mentoring, leadership, and project management skills; ability to delegate and ensure accountability
