Disney is looking for a Software Engineer II to join the API Services team within Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology. In this role, you will build and maintain highly available, high-throughput services critical to delivering content to subscribers. You will work on a team focused on big data and backend engineering to deliver high-value projects on a cloud-based platform.

What You'll Do

Be a part of a team of big data and backend engineers to deliver high value projects
Build components of a large-scale data platform for real-time and batch processing, and own features of big data applications to fit evolving business needs
Participate in building a next generation service platform on cloud-based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming data applications, and continuously improve performance, scalability and availability
Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives as a team
Build automated tests to ensure application reliability
Participate in code reviews

What We're Looking For

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training or work experience
3 years of experience in a technical field
Experience with Java, Scala, and associated technologies
Experience building and maintaining highly automated systems that leverage tools such as Jenkins, CloudFormation, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Spinnaker
Intermediate understanding of software development fundamentals and architecture
Work diligently with team members and project management to understand requirements to provide technical solutions and direction
Comfortable with ambiguity and being part of conversations where discordant views are present

Nice to Have

Interest in or experience with web technologies and web system architecture
Knowledge or experience with AWS products and services (EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, CloudFront, etc.) or other cloud providers
Experience with Scala, Apache Flink, Spark, Databricks, and AWS (ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, CloudFront, WAF, among others)

Technical Stack

Languages: Scala, Java, Python
Big Data Frameworks: Apache Flink, Spark, Databricks
Cloud & AWS: ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, CloudFront, WAF

Team & Environment

This position is on the API Services team within the Product Engineering organization of Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology. You will collaborate with big data and backend engineers focused on delivering high-value projects.

Benefits & Compensation

Medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided
Compensation varies by location: New York, NY: $123,000 - $165,000 per year; Glendale, CA: $117,500 - $157,500 per year