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Lead Software Engineer

| New York City, NY | Hybrid
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We are caching infrastructure professionals who employ best-practices to develop scalable caching solutions. We're responsible for the development and operational efficiency of Disney’s owned and operated Origin, Mitdier, and Edge appliances, which serve content for Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Star+.
Responsibilities :

  • Lead a significant part of the architecture and implementation of data plane and configuration software to the Disney Origin, Midtier, and Edge appliance ecosystem.
  • Work as a technical lead to architect next generation caching technologies
  • Create and manage mechanisms to collect metrics and synthesize meaningful insights with that data.
  • Apply principled engineering practices including unit testing, integration testing, continuous integration and, by your example, lead others in your team to do likewise.
  • Develop your technical understanding to support and build your career.
  • Act as a mentor and an example to others in your team and across the organization.


Basic Qualifications :

  • 15+ years of software architecture and development experience.
  • 10+ years systems programming experience in C or C++ and Python
  • Expert level knowledge of scaling HTTP, caching and networking protocols
  • Demonstrated ability to lead development teams through complex engineering challenges.
  • Proficient writing code against Linux I/O and Storage subsystems
  • A strong foundation in system design
  • Proven experience building highly performant, stable systems
  • A fondness for unit tests and automated testing in multiple forms
  • Knowledge pertaining to the logging and manipulation of monitoring / metrics


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Prior experience with Varnish Cache and VCL
  • Solid troubleshooting and debugging skills
  • Knowledge of video streaming / HLS / DASH
  • Familiarity with storage technologies - SSD, NVME, DC-PDIMM


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Over my 13 years with the company, I’ve had passionate leaders and colleagues with diverse backgrounds who have taught me and given me opportunities to expand into areas I never thought possible. You have the freedom to take career risks and apply your previous experience in ways you may not anticipate.

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