Principal Software Engineer

Company: Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution
Location: Monterey Park
Posted on: September 23, 2022

Job Description:

Company Overview Disney Streaming encompasses the teams behind the Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+, and Star+ streaming services within Disney's Media & Entertainment Distribution group. We sit at the intersection between entertainment, sports, and technology and seek to connect viewers with the stories they love, while pushing the streaming industry forward with consumer-first innovation. Position Summary - The Messaging team is responsible for ensuring that the right message reaches the right user in the right channel. - This touches every aspect of the business - from user-specific rules, to content-specific rules, to reporting and to advertising. We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who will focus on high scalable systems that support all the messaging services across Disney streaming services. The right person for this role is passionate about building systems that are optimized for scalability, security, and reliability. If you are someone who loves simple, performant solutions to ambitious problems and is looking for a role that has significant growth potential, then this is a great role for you. Responsibilities -

• Design and develop the large-scale, real-time, reliable, and globally available platforms.
• Use a mix of technologies including Java, Python, Kafka, Redis, MySQL, Flink, Spark, AWS.
• Build robust and scalable micro-services and data pipelines.
• End to end ownership of backend services: Ideate, review design, build, code-review, test, load-test, launch, monitor performance.
• Collaborate with other team members (including product owners, TPMs, and other business units) to achieve product and business requirements.
• Challenge our team and software to be even better. Basic Qualifications
  • Minimum BS/BA in Computer Science/Engineering or related field -
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience
  • The quality-first mindset with a focus on test automation and CI/CD
  • Expert with at least one of the following languages: Java, Python
  • Extensive experience building highly scalable, reliable, and maintainable services
  • Enthusiasm for achieving sub-millisecond gains in service response time
  • The ability to jump into a project and contribute immediately to both architecture and implementation
  • Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic Preferred Qualifications -
    • Experience with AWS or other public cloud platforms
    • Proficiency in data streaming technologies such as Spark and Flink Additional Information
      
      Location: Santa Monica, CA is the preferred location for this role. Other locations within Pacific Standard Time Zone may also be considered for the ideal candidate. -
      
      The pay range for this position in Colorado is $156,374 - -to $ 209,770 - -per year, however, base pay offered may vary depending on geographic region, internal equity, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered." - #DisneyTech

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