Lead Product Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Glendale, CABristol, CT
Salary
$158,100–$211,900 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
15 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Jan 31, 2027

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This role pays less than 62% of similar roles. Most pay $169,550–$216,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $185k versus about $193k for comparable roles.

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About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is a diversified global entertainment and media enterprise operating in segments including Disney Parks, Experiences and Products; Entertainment (ABC, Hulu, Disney+); and ESPN. Industry: Entertainment & Media

The Walt Disney Company currently has 90 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $150,900–$202,400 across 90 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Product Software Engineer

The Lead Product Software Engineer joins the Content Platform Engineering team to build and operate content inspection pipelines for intelligent media asset analysis at scale. You will lead the development of systems applying computer vision and vision language models to video and image content to extract temporal metadata like scene boundaries and visual events. This work powers automated inspection, validation, and enrichment workflows for global content distribution and monetization. You will design, write, and deploy high-quality code while influencing architectural direction. Required skills include proficiency in Java or Python, experience with distributed systems, REST and GraphQL APIs, AWS cloud-native design, and containerization. You must possess expertise in the full application development lifecycle, data store technologies, and Agile methodologies to solve complex problems within the media supply chain.

What you'll do

  • Lead the development of content inspection pipelines using computer vision and vision language models.
  • Extract fine-grained temporal metadata such as scene boundaries and visual events from video content.
  • Design, write, test, and deploy high-quality code for reliable and maintainable software solutions.
  • Translate product and business requirements into scalable technical solutions for complex problem spaces.
  • Influence the architectural direction for content inspection and enrichment workflows.
  • Provide production support through issue investigation, on-call participation, and defect remediation.
  • Mentor peers and promote engineering best practices in design reviews, code reviews, and documentation.
  • Build and support distributed systems and APIs using AWS and containerization technologies.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a comparable field of study, or equivalent work experience.
  • 7+ years of relevant industry experience.
  • Strong proficiency in at least one core programming language such as Java or Python.
  • Experience designing and building distributed systems and APIs using REST and/or GraphQL.
  • Strong experience with AWS and cloud-native system design.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies in production environments.
  • Experience with a wide range of data store technologies.
  • Experience building computer vision based systems that analyze video content in production environments (preferred).

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