Software Engineer II, Cloud Platform AWS

The Walt Disney Company

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$117,500–$157,500 / yr
Posted
14 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Sep 13, 2026 (soon)

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $168k
This role $138k
$107k most similar roles pay here $212k

This role pays less than 77% of similar roles. Most pay $142,400–$193,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $138k 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 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 · Software Engineer II, Cloud Platform AWS

Software Engineer II (Cloud Platform AWS) joins the Cloud Infrastructure team to build internal products, automation, and guardrails that enable engineering teams to operate safely on AWS. This role involves building and maintaining cloud automation, developer tooling for provisioning and deployment, and reusable infrastructure as code modules. The engineer will improve reliability through observability and alerting while participating in incident response and root cause analysis to drive platform improvements. Key responsibilities include improving developer experience through paved road workflows and documentation. Required skills include proficiency in Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript, along with expertise in Terraform, Linux, container-based workloads, and CI/CD pipelines. The role addresses the technical challenge of providing a cloud-native perspective on architecture, infrastructure, security, and delivery for internal teams to support large-scale media and distribution 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 cloud automation and developer tooling for AWS provisioning and deployment.
  • Create and evolve reusable infrastructure as code modules and patterns for other teams to adopt.
  • Improve system reliability and operability through observability, alerting, and actionable signals.
  • Participate in incident response and root cause analysis to implement permanent platform improvements.
  • Enhance the developer experience by improving platform capabilities and providing clear documentation.
  • Develop paved road workflows to unblock delivery for internal engineering teams.
  • Design cloud-native architectures that balance security, reliability, and delivery speed.

What we're looking for

  • BS in Computer Science or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience.
  • 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • 2+ years of experience building on public cloud, preferably AWS.
  • Experience writing production quality code in Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript.
  • Solid fundamentals in networking and distributed systems including VPC, DNS, TLS, and service connectivity.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code and automation workflows, preferably Terraform.
  • Working knowledge of Linux and container-based workloads.
  • Understanding of CI/CD concepts and building repeatable delivery pipelines.

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