Software Engineer II

Disney+ and Hulu are premium streaming Video-on-demand and TV platforms of The Walt Disney Company that seek to captivate and connect viewers with the stories they love. We create outstanding experiences that celebrate the best of entertainment and technology. We’re looking for great people who are passionate about redefining TV through innovation, unconventional thinking and embracing fun. It’s a mission that takes some serious resourcefulness, driven curiosity and determination to be the best. Come be part of the team that’s powering play.

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.

Summary

Disney's supply chain Metadata Ingest team is seeking a Software Engineer who is sharp, motivated and will help build the technology backbone for our current and future products. The team is responsible for the end-to-end technology needed to acquire video-on-demand, rich metadata, live, and linear content from over 1000 streaming providers and deliver the highest quality streaming services to tens of millions of users. As a part of this team, you would use technologies like React(js), SpringBoot(java), Redis, Kafka and AWS resources such as S3, DynamoDB, SQS, Elasticache, Elasticsearch, etc.

What you’ll do

• Champion engineering best practices to write well constructed and easy to maintain code while collaborating with product managers and other team leads to deliver business functionality.
• Propose robust solutions for acquisition and syndication services and interfaces.
• Design well-architected solutions and build iteratively into systems while maintaining the best agile practices; and write defensive and robust tests.
• Communicate status with peers and/or managers and present views and opinions patiently.
• Partner with project management to release and launch production quality software, lead a project from vision to completion.
• Mentor other developers on the team on standards, process, and best practices.

What to bring

• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of software development experience, and proficiency in Javascript and Java.
• Expertise with core Computer Science fundamentals, including Object-Oriented programming, data structures and algorithms (maps, lists, hashing, trees, graphs, search etc.)
• Fundamental understanding of relational, key-value document document databases
• An enjoyment for going deep on performance tuning, and a love of owning a problem end-to-end.
• A desire to relentlessly pursue innovative ways on how to tackle problems and improve systems.
• Curiosity for streaming Video-on-demand and Live Sports in general

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Distributed Systems and Event-driven Architecture
• Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Passion for Live Sports, Television & News, and most importantly Structuring Data!

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA is $117,500.00 to $157,500.00 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.