This role pays more than
69%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$225,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$216k
versus about
$200k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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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.
As a Principal Software Engineer within the Metadata Engineering team of the Media Engineering organization, you will spearhead technical architecture and strategy for content metadata across platforms like Disney+ and Hulu. You will be responsible for managing descriptive metadata, rights, and availabilities while driving agile development to ensure system performance and reliability. Your daily work involves designing well-architected solutions, performing architectural reviews, and optimizing costs through metrics analysis. The role requires expertise in Django/Python, Springboot/Java, MySQL, Postgres, and Kafka, alongside AWS services including Kinesis, DynamoDB, S3, SNS, and SQS. You will solve complex problems related to data modeling, streamlining multi-source data into normalized formats, and implementing metadata enrichment using ML/AI models. This role addresses the critical technical challenge of managing large-scale content catalogs for global streaming entertainment.
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Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.