Sr Software Engineer
$141,900–$199,400 year
On-site · Seattle, Washington, United States or Santa Monica, California, United States
Job Summary
Senior Software Engineer for the Commerce Growth Messaging team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology. Define the architectural direction and technical roadmap for messaging services and internal tools. Take end-to-end responsibility for the design, implementation, and deployment of large-scale distributed systems. Maintain high-availability services capable of handling massive traffic spikes across Disney+., Hulu, and ESPN+. Lead collaboration with multiple business units to integrate messaging requirements, address internationalization challenges as the streaming footprint grows, and drive engineering excellence through robust architecture and high-quality code delivery in a fast-paced environment.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of intensive experience in backend development
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
- Mastery of Java or other modern backend programming languages
- Deep knowledge of services including EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, RDS, and Kinesis (or equivalent cloud providers)
- In-depth experience with both Relational (SQL) and NoSQL databases
- Proven proficiency in designing and implementing large-scale distributed systems
- Demonstrated track record of taking full ownership of features and delivering complex projects end-to-end
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong ability to investigate deep-tier technical components while maintaining a high-level view of overall system architecture
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