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Senior Software Engineer - Back-end/ Java

This role is on-site. We are not considering remote candidates at this time.

Overview

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 merges 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 across The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

What You Will Do

• Contribute to the design, development, testing, deployment, and support of stateful microservices and lambdas in a multi-region cloud environment.
• Promote and support Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban by actively participating in regular ceremonies such as stand-ups, retrospectives, and sprint planning.
• Mentor engineers within your squad (and beyond) to help them improve their technical ability and professional profile.
• Collaborate with your squad, Product Managers, Designers, QA, Operations, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.

What You Will Bring

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum of 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
• Understanding of message-based distributed, scalable, and resilient systems
• Problem-solving skills to identify root causes and implement fixes
• Solid communication skills – written and verbal
• Ability to be flexible, adapting to changing priorities
• Fluent in Java
• Experience transforming requirements into software design, documentation and software

Preferred Qualifications

• Desire to work in a start-up, fast-growth, or rapid-change environment
• Fluent in multiple programming languages with expertise in at least one: JavaScript, Python, Java
• SpringBoot and related Spring projects
• Non-relational database technologies (e.g., DynamoDB)
• Redis and/or MemCache
• Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
• Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes
• Expert with at least one of: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience building, testing, and tuning distributed systems
• Familiarity with both OOP and FP best practices
• Familiarity with AWS, Terraform, and infrastructure as code (IaC) best practices

Salary and benefits: The base salary for this position in Seattle is $145,400.00 - $195,000.00. 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.

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