Sr Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company

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Work type: Remote
Location: Seattle, WANY
Salary: $148,700–$199,400 / yr
Posted: 21 days ago
Closes: Jun 22, 2026
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Similar $180k

This role $174k

$135k most similar roles pay here $224k

This role pays less than 54% of similar roles. Most pay $143,641–$215,568 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $174k versus about $180k for comparable roles.

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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 147 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,300–$190,300 across 143 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Sr Software Engineer

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As a Senior Software Engineer on Disney Streaming’s Quality, Targeting, and Experience team in Seattle, you will collaborate with data engineers, software engineers, researchers, and product managers to develop automated feedback loops that enhance the quality of streaming media for services like Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu. Your day-to-day responsibilities include designing high-performance backend architectures, participating in code reviews, and building RESTful or gRPC services to facilitate communication between distributed components. You will work with technologies such as Scala, Java, Go, Python, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, and observability tools like Datadog and Grafana. The role involves mentoring less experienced developers and leading cross-functional initiatives to ensure the delivery of robust data pipelines that calculate and report customer experience quality, enabling continuous improvement in media delivery at scale.

Skills

AWS Kubernetes CI/CD Python Scala Java Go RESTful services gRPC Datadog Splunk Grafana Databricks Flink Spark Kinesis SQS CDN technologies

What you'll do

Design and deliver backend architectures for high-performance, stable software.
Build and maintain data-intensive applications to bridge service and data teams.
Develop RESTful or gRPC services for communication between distributed components.
Mentor less experienced developers and lead cross-functional initiatives.
Use observability tools like Datadog, Splunk, Grafana to monitor system health.
Participate in code review processes by providing feedback on pull requests.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
5+ years of backend architecture design and delivery in production environments.
Experience building RESTful/gRPC services for distributed component communication.
Proficient in Scala, Java, Go, or Python, with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes.
Strong observability skills using tools like Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Databricks.
Self-motivated problem solver with excellent verbal and written communication.

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