Senior Software Engineer, Build Tooling Infrastructure

The Walt Disney Company

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Remote

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$141,900–$190,300 / yr
Posted
102 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Dec 31, 2026

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $169k
This role $166k
$109k most similar roles pay here $220k

This role pays less than 53% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$187,587 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $166k versus about $169k 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.

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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 while maintaining mission-critical infrastructure to help application teams deliver software reliably. You will build and maintain pipeline libraries that abstract build, release, and deployment events across multiple organizations, partner with developers to implement CI/CD best practices, and support critical deployment systems. Your daily work involves participating in code reviews, authoring technical proposals, and joining an on-call rotation for production incidents. The role requires expertise in Jenkins, Vault, GitHub, Gradle, sbt, Docker, and Kubernetes. You will utilize Python, Groovy, or Java to manage infrastructure provisioned via CloudFormation within AWS environments. This position focuses on solving complex problems related to CI tooling, artifact storage, and cross-environment secrets management for media platforms.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $204500 from 415 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 to enable application teams to deliver software quickly and reliably.
  • Manage mission-critical infrastructure including version control, CI servers, artifact storage, and secret management.
  • Partner with development teams to identify needs and implement CI/CD best practices.
  • Support critical deployment systems used across the entire organization.
  • Participate in code reviews by providing constructive feedback on pull requests.
  • Join an on-call rotation to support systems and services during production incidents.
  • Author technical proposals and contribute to root cause analyses for system issues.

What we're looking for

  • BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience.
  • At least 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
  • At least 3 years of experience focused on CI/CD or DevOps infrastructure.
  • Extensive hands-on experience administering Jenkins, Vault, and GitHub to develop complex 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.

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