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About the Role

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking engineers to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s global media business. The team combines technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability. As a Software Engineer, you will join the Growth & Commerce Platform Growth Life Orchestration Team, modernizing the platform by developing a layer that exposes commerce system capabilities to front-end clients and service partners. The team's objective is to abstract core commerce domains from client teams and centralize Growth & Commerce Platform capabilities into a shared layer, decoupling core commerce systems for faster feature delivery.

Responsibilities

Work alongside Product and Business teams to understand business implications and user flows for sign-up and user account management.
Contribute to designs and develop a future-proof API layer exposing commerce lifecycle platform capabilities to various clients.
Review and develop robust API contracts and scalable microservices for internal clients.
Assist in creating technical proposals illustrating high-level design and system flow between clients and backend systems.
Understand key dependencies such as core subscription, billing, and payment systems and their impact on clients.
Contribute to the end-to-end software development lifecycle: conceptualize, design, build, code review, test, load test, launch, and measure performance.
Collaborate with the Product team to translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
Minimum of 5 years of related work experience.
Strong code design and architectural skills.
API design experience (authoring and providing feedback) with stakeholders.
Strong programming experience in Java server-side development.
Experience working at scale and high RPS throughput.
Familiarity with SQL.
Outstanding communication, collaboration skills, and a strong ethic of teamwork.
Quality-first demeanor with a focus on test automation and CI/CD.
Strong analytical skills.

Skills

Java
SQL
API design
Test automation
CI/CD

Location

New York, NY, USA

Work Type

Full time

Experience Level

Minimum of 5 years of related work experience

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

Salary/Compensations

$148,700 - $199,400

Benefits

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.

About the Company

Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future.
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 marries 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 with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.
Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.
Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.
We are responsible for developing and operating The Walt Disney Company’s direct-to-consumer video businesses globally, including Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu.
Our core mission is to deliver global audiences the freedom to access content on their terms across any connected device, time, or location.
We serve consumers by bringing the world’s most beloved characters, timeless stories, legendary athletes, and epic sporting events to global audiences through outstanding direct-to-consumer video services.
We strive daily to challenge convention with innovative technology that excites our customers creatively.
The Walt Disney Company, with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products, and interactive media.
From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of crafting outstanding stories and experiences for every member of the family.
Disney’s stories, characters, and experiences reach consumers and guests from around the globe.
With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to build universally and locally-loved entertainment experiences.

Equal Opportunity

Just like the best ensemble casts of our favorite shows, we embrace diversity and are an inclusive environment.
We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories following applicable federal, state, and local law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants if needed during the interview process.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.