Job Posting Title:
Sr Product Software EngineerReq ID:
10160206Job Description:
**This position must sit onsite four (4) days a week in our Seattle, WA technology location**
Overview
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:
- Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
- Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
- Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
Job Summary
The Event Platform team is the pillar of a data processing pipeline responsible for powering core features and analytics across all of Disney’s streaming services (including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, and more).
The team is responsible for transmitting billions of client-emitted signals throughout the Disney ecosystem. We build and manage platforms that process terabytes of data daily while performing real-time enrichment and aggregation for nearline and offline uses.
As a software engineer at Disney, you will help to build the platform that powers these applications. You will help design and scale infrastructure to support massive scale at low latency while improving the software delivery process. You will help innovate how event pipelines at Disney function and build out the next generation of streaming platforms.
We value creativity, curiosity, and inquisitiveness. If you believe in innovating and making an impact, join us and become a part of the team that creates magical Disney viewing experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership: Lead the design and architecture of high-scale services and observability platforms, integrating them with existing telemetry infrastructure.
- Execution & Autonomy: Manage complex projects, taking high-level requirements and breaking them down into technical roadmaps with clear milestones.
- Operational Excellence: Own the full software development lifecycle, including deployment, monitoring, logging, and on-call.
- Mentorship: Actively mentor junior and mid-level engineers, focusing on their growth through constructive code reviews and technical guidance.
- Stakeholder Management: Collaborate cross-functionally with product, client, and data platform teams to negotiate architectural decisions and align technical plans with business goals.
- Innovation: Deliver working prototypes and proof-of-concepts (POCs) for complex technical proposals.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of experience building and scaling production-grade software in Java.
- Strong expertise in developing and operating observability platforms, including metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting.
- Proven ability to take ownership and responsibility for the entire software development lifecycle, from conception to deployment and operations.
- Excellent technical leadership and mentorship skills, with a passion for building and growing engineering teams.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to leverage AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor effectively for increased productivity.
Preferred Qualifications
- Expertise in streaming data applications like Apache Flink, Apache Kafka, or similar technologies.
- Hands-on experience with AWS services (specifically, Kinesis, MSF, Dynamo, ElastiCache, Lambda, Cloudwatch, Datadog).
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform.
- Knowledge of data products and platforms, including Spark, Parquet, Athena, Databricks.
- Being an excellent teammate; actively helping the team and team members grow
The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $148,700 - $199,400 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.
Job Posting Segment:
PE - Streaming BackendJob Posting Primary Business:
PE - Streaming Backend - Messaging & Audience EngineeringPrimary Job Posting Category:
Product Software EngineeringEmployment Type:
Full timePrimary City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Seattle, WA, USAAlternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:
Date Posted:
2026-09-10Skills Required
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Understanding of message-based distributed, scalable, and resilient systems
- Experience working in a startup, fast-growth, or rapid-change environment
- Experience working on diverse teams
- Problem-solving skills to identify root causes and implement fixes
- Strong written and oral communication skills
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities
- Fluency in multiple programming languages and expertise in at least one of JavaScript, Python, or Java
- Experience transforming requirements into software design, documentation, and software
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or comparable field, or equivalent work experience
- Spring Boot and related Spring projects
- Non-relational databases such as DynamoDB
- Redis or MemCache
- Apache Kafka or Kinesis
- Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Expertise in at least one of AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience building, testing, and tuning distributed systems
- Familiarity with Scala and frameworks including Cats, Cats Effect, ZIO, and http4s
- Familiarity with object-oriented and functional programming best practices
- Familiarity with AWS, Terraform, and infrastructure-as-code best practices
The Walt Disney Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about The Walt Disney Company and has not been reviewed or approved by The Walt Disney Company.
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Pay Growth & Progression — Recent union agreements raised wage floors for large groups of park cast members—e.g., Disneyland’s $24/hour minimum rising to $26 over the contract and Walt Disney World’s path from $18 toward about $20–$20.50 by 2026—signaling upward movement in hourly pay. These steps are described as meaningful improvements for many frontline roles.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials outline medical, dental, and vision coverage for many full‑time roles, wellness resources, and (in Central Florida) access to Centers for Living Well clinics and pharmacy. References to mental‑health support and paid time off reinforce a strong core health offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Complimentary theme‑park admission and discounts on hotels, dining, merchandise, and recreation are positioned as signature perks. Education support through Disney Aspire adds notable lifestyle value for eligible hourly employees.
The Walt Disney Company Insights
What We Do
The Walt Disney Company is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that operates through segments including entertainment, sports, and experiences.
