Lead Product Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $155,700–$208,700 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Closes: Jan 31, 2027

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $202k

This role $182k

$147k most similar roles pay here $234k

This role pays less than 85% of similar roles. Most pay $192,050–$212,752 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $182k versus about $202k 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 118 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,700–$199,400 across 118 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead Product Software Engineer

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The Lead Product Software Engineer joins the Content Platform Engineering team to build and operate content inspection pipelines that enable intelligent analysis of media assets at scale. In this role, 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. You will translate business requirements into technical solutions, design high-quality code, and provide production support while mentoring peers on engineering best practices. The role requires proficiency in Java or Python, experience with AWS, cloud-native system design, containerization, and various data store technologies. You will solve complex problems within the media supply chain and distribution ecosystem, specifically focusing on automated inspection, validation, and enrichment workflows to improve content quality and discovery across a global media portfolio.

Skills

Python Java AWS Distributed Systems REST GraphQL Containerization Computer Vision LLMs Prompt Engineering Agile Scrum Unit Testing

What you'll do

Lead the development of content inspection pipelines using computer vision and vision language models to analyze media assets at scale.
Extract fine-grained temporal metadata such as scene boundaries, visual events, and object presence from video and image content.
Translate complex product and business requirements into scalable technical solutions for automated inspection and enrichment workflows.
Design, write, test, and deploy high-quality code to build reliable and maintainable software systems.
Influence the architectural direction of pipelines while ensuring they are production-ready and scalable.
Provide production support by investigating issues, participating in on-call rotations, and remediating system defects.
Mentor peers and promote engineering best practices through design reviews, code reviews, and technical documentation.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in computer science or a comparable field of study.
At least 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.
Expertise in the full application development lifecycle, including unit testing, code reviews, and documentation.
Experience with a wide range of data store technologies.

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