Senior Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Bristol, CTNew York, NY
Salary: $150,900–$202,400 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 16 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

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The Senior Software Engineer joins the Data Stores team within the Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology organization. In this role, the engineer builds and maintains highly available relational database systems across multiple cloud environments to support the digital media supply chain and consumer-facing products. Key responsibilities include designing, programming, and debugging software enhancements, performing capacity forecasting, and developing automation to improve operational efficiency. The candidate will utilize technologies including PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon RDS, Amazon RDS Aurora, Python, Java, and Go. Required skills involve infrastructure as code using Terraform or CloudFormation, source control via Git, and managing production cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services. The position focuses on solving complex technical problems related to database reliability, scalability, and fault-tolerant distributed systems for global media platforms.

What does a Software Engineer earn in New York?

Median $216000 from 270 postings across 57 companies.

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Skills

PostgreSQL MySQL Amazon RDS Amazon RDS Aurora Python Java Go Azure GCP Terraform CloudFormation Git GitLab GitHub Ansible Chef CI/CD Linux SRE DRE

What you'll do

Build, deploy, and maintain highly available relational database infrastructure across multiple cloud environments.
Design and implement fault-tolerant, distributed database systems to support media supply chains and consumer products.
Develop automation and tooling to increase operational efficiency while ensuring system reliability and security.
Use infrastructure as code and configuration management to build scalable and resilient systems.
Perform performance tuning, troubleshooting, and administration for production database systems.
Provide insights into data store infrastructure through metrics, monitoring, and alerting.
Participate in live event support and on-call rotations to ensure 24/7/365 availability.
Provide oversight and technical direction to junior team members.

What we're looking for

5+ years of related work experience with relational database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon RDS, and Amazon RDS Aurora.
BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience.
Intermediate to advanced level of expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services.
Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Experience designing and deploying fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
Experience with source control management tools (Git, GitLab, GitHub).
Experience operating within a database reliability engineering (DRE) and/or systems reliability engineering (SRE) role (preferred).

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