Lead Software Engineer - Secret Management
Aplicar ahora Aplique más tarde Job ID 10122798 Ubicación Bristol, Connecticut, Estados Unidos / Santa Mónica, California, Estados Unidos / San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos / Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos / Seattle, Washington, Estados Unidos Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Fecha de publicación 08/07/2025Detalles del empleo:
Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.
The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
Job Summary:
We’re seeking a Lead Software Engineer to lead an engineering team in building a secure, scalable, and automated credential and secret management system used across Disney’s technology ecosystem. This system enables secure access to credentials in various environments and integrates with numerous platforms to support automated credential rotation and diverse user interactions— from UI to CLI to API and beyond. As we are still in the early stages of this initiative, this is a unique opportunity to influence the architecture and foundational elements of a critical service. Our team supports a wide range of Disney businesses—including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN—by providing essential security infrastructure. The ideal candidate is a strong engineer and technical lead, with excellent problem-solving skills, a willingness to dive deep, and the ability to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. Familiarity with specific technologies is a plus, but curiosity and the ability to learn quickly are more important.
Responsibilities:
Lead and guide a team of engineers to deliver key functionality, providing technical direction and fostering team effectiveness
Architect and implement mission-critical, highly-available applications, services, and libraries using Java, Python, and Scala, or other languages as appropriate
Build and evolve secure credential storage and retrieval mechanisms across cloud and on-prem environments, integrating with a wide variety of systems
Build and maintain functionality across a range of areas — backend services, front-end UI, APIs, and command-line tools
Collaborate with product managers, other engineering teams, and stakeholders to define and deliver roadmap goals
Drive operational excellence through observability, alerting, and reliability practices
Engage with internal customers to understand their needs and provide intuitive, secure access to secret management tools
Maintain comprehensive documentation to support internal adoption, governance, and compliance auditing
Basic Qualifications:
7+ years of professional software development experience
Proven experience architecting and implementing complex, distributed systems
Demonstrated success delivering highly available, mission-critical services in production environments
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, with working knowledge of Java required
Hands-on experience with modern architectural paradigms such as microservices, event-driven systems, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Skilled at producing architectural artifacts, including system diagrams, technical documentation, and design decision records
Solid understanding of software design patterns and system design principles, with the ability to both apply best practices and critically assess them when needed
Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, with a preference for AWS experience
Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams
Preferred Qualifications:
Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred
Demonstrated curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring new technologies through hands-on experimentation or proof-of-concept projects
Strong interest in tackling complex, fast-evolving technology or business challenges
Passion for automation, scalable systems, data-driven solutions, and creative technical innovation
Experience designing and building internet-scale platforms or systems with high availability and performance requirements
Contributions to open-source projects or a portfolio of personal work (e.g., GitHub) that reflects your technical interests and abilities
Required Education
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
#DISNEYTECH
The hiring range for this position in Bristol, Connecticut is $152,200 to $204,100 per year, Santa Monica, California is $152,200 to $204,100 per year, in Seattle, Washington is $159,500 to $213,900 per year, in New York, New York is $159,500 to $213,900 per year, and in San Francisco, California is $166,800 to $223,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, 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 the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Información adicional:
DISNEYTECHAcerca de Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
En Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, fusionamos imaginación e innovación para reinventar las formas en las que las personas disfrutan e interactúan con los cuentos y los productos más queridos del mundo. Nuestro trabajo tiene un gran alcance y es sumamente sofisticado. Brindamos experiencias increíbles, transformamos el futuro de los medios de comunicación y creamos productos y plataformas que permiten la conexión entre las personas de cualquier lugar del mundo y los cuentos y los deportes que más les gustan.
Disney tiene la capacidad de combinar tecnología de primer nivel con una creatividad inigualable, y eso nos hace únicos. Es la esencia de nuestro pasado, presente y futuro. Somos narradores e innovadores. Creadores y constructores. Artistas e ingenieros.
Acerca de The Walt Disney Company:
The Walt Disney Company, junto con sus subsidiarias y afiliadas, es una empresa internacional diversificada líder en entretenimiento familiar y medios de comunicación que incluye tres segmentos comerciales principales: Disney Entertainment, ESPN y Disney Experiences. Desde sus humildes comienzos como estudio de dibujos animados en la década de 1920 hasta su reconocido nombre en la industria del entretenimiento en la actualidad, Disney continúa con orgullo su legado de crear historias y experiencias de clase mundial para toda la familia. Las historias, los personajes y las experiencias de Disney llegan a consumidores e invitados de todos los rincones del mundo. Con operaciones en más de 40 países, nuestros empleados y miembros del elenco trabajan juntos para crear experiencias de entretenimiento que sean apreciadas a nivel local y global.
Este puesto es en Disney Streaming Technology LLC , que forma parte de una empresa comercial que denominamos Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
Disney Streaming Technology LLC es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Los solicitantes recibirán consideración para el empleo independientemente de su raza, religión, color, sexo, orientación sexual, género, identidad de género, expresión de género, nacionalidad, ascendencia, edad, estado civil, condición de militar o veterano, afección médica, información genética o discapacidad, o cualquier otro fundamento prohibido por la ley federal, estatal o local. Disney defiende un entorno empresarial donde las ideas y decisiones de todas las personas nos ayudan a crecer, innovar, crear las mejores historias y ser relevantes en un mundo en constante evolución.