Senior Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

Actively hiring
Remote (Usa - Ca - 2450 Broadway, US) Posted 73 days ago $141,900–$190,300 / year
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TL;DR

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Playback Experience Manager team within Disney’s Media Engineering organization, you will play a pivotal role in building highly available and scalable backend systems that deliver high-quality content to millions of subscribers. Your responsibilities include leading architecture discussions, mentoring fellow engineers, and participating in on-call rotations to support production incidents. You will work with Java or Kotlin to build RESTful services and leverage functional programming patterns while ensuring the stability and performance of enterprise-level deployments. The role requires expertise in public cloud environments like AWS, CI/CD pipelines, observability tools such as Datadog and Grafana, and a strong understanding of agile methodologies. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to core streaming products at a fast-growing tech company with significant global reach.

Skills

Java Kotlin AWS Azure Google Cloud Docker Jenkins Kafka Kinesis SQS Datadog Splunk Grafana CI/CD RESTful services Git Scrum Agile Messaging technologies Observability tools

What you'll do

  • Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions for backend systems.
  • Build high-performance, stable, scalable systems for enterprise deployment.
  • Participate in on-call rotation to support production incidents and system stability.
  • Mentor other engineers by providing guidance and technical advice.
  • Present at DSS technical community events to share knowledge and expertise.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in backend architecture and application development in a production environment.
  • Expertise in functional programming patterns and building RESTful services using Java or Kotlin.
  • Understanding of asynchronous programming models, threading, and concurrency.
  • Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals and design patterns.
  • Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Proficiency in observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring.
  • Knowledge of caching technologies and agile/scrum practices.

Market check

Salary context

This $141,900–$190,300 range sits above 51% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$117,000–$203,940

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$139,000–$175,500

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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 121 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $141,900–$190,300 across 113 roles with salary data.

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