Senior Software Engineer, Build Tooling Infrastructure

The Walt Disney Company

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Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$144,100–$193,200 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
16 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 4, 2027

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This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$186,200 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $168k 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 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 · Senior Software Engineer, Build Tooling Infrastructure

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Build Tooling Infrastructure team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology, you will design and develop custom tools and maintain mission-critical infrastructure. You will build and maintain pipeline libraries that abstract build, release, and deployment events for multiple development organizations while supporting critical deployment systems used organization-wide. Your daily work involves collaborating with engineers to implement CI/CD best practices, participating in code reviews, and joining on-call rotations. You will utilize technologies including Jenkins, Vault, Github, Gradle, sbt, Docker, Amazon ECS, Kubernetes, Python, Groovy, Java, AWS CloudFormation, and Git. This role solves complex technical problems by managing version control, CI servers, artifact storage, and cross-environment secrets management to enable application teams to deliver software quickly and reliably.

What does a Software Engineer earn in New York?

Median $216000 from 270 postings across 57 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build and maintain pipeline libraries that abstract build, release, and deployment events for multiple organizations.
  • Design and develop custom tools and maintain mission-critical infrastructure for application teams.
  • Manage CI tooling including version control, CI servers, artifact storage, and cross-environment secrets management.
  • Partner with application development teams to identify needs and implement CI/CD best practices.
  • Support critical deployment systems used organization-wide.
  • Participate in code reviews by providing constructive feedback on pull requests.
  • Join the on-call rotation to support systems and services during production incidents.
  • Author technical proposals and contribute to root cause analyses.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • At least 3 years of experience focused on CI/CD or DevOps infrastructure.
  • Extensive experience administering Jenkins, Vault, Github, and developing complex CI/CD pipelines.
  • Proficiency in writing custom build files using Gradle and/or sbt.
  • Strong understanding of Docker and familiarity with container orchestration platforms like Amazon ECS or Kubernetes.
  • Solid programming experience in Python, Groovy, or Java.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure provisioning using CloudFormation.
  • BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience.

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