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Role Location: This is an on-site role requiring 4 days in-person at designated office location. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. The individual in this position will join the Data Stores team in an exciting and fast-paced environment where they will help build and maintain highly available relational database systems operating across multiple cloud and on-premise environments. These databases support many of the systems powering DEEP&T's digital media supply chain and consumer facing products. Job Summary: Join DEEP&T as a Senior Reliability Engineer, where you will analyze, design, program, debug, and modify software enhancements and new products for use in local, networked, cloud-based, or Internet-related computer programs. This role delivers large or highly complex software programs and systems that are critical to the organization's technology platforms and commercial applications. By leveraging in-depth knowledge of current programming languages and technologies, the Senior Reliability Engineer will write code, complete programming tasks, and perform testing and debugging of applications. The individual will interact with users to define system requirements and necessary modifications, conceive and implement software components, fixes, enhancements, and new systems. Their work directly impacts the organization by driving improvements in product quality, operational efficiency, and technical innovation, influencing future projects and technical direction We're looking for an individual who can apply software engineering principles to database engineering and administration to build processes and automation to help deliver infrastructure faster, safer, more consistently, and with the right level of observability required to operate at scale. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Responsible for building, deploying, and ensuring all DEEP&T database infrastructure is available 24/7/365. Leverage software development and automation to design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure. Participates in setting the architectural direction for database platforms and projects. Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment. Analyze, design, and deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure. Proactively plan and implement infrastructure changes through capacity forecasting, software release cycles, and right sizing. Provide database expertise through performance tuning, troubleshooting and administration. Develop, enhance, and adhere to engineering and administration standards. Develop automation and tooling to increase operational efficiency while ensuring system reliability and security. Build infrastructure and systems for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery though infrastructure as code and configuration management. Provide relevant insights of data store infrastructure through metrics, monitoring, and alerting. Maintain thorough and well-written documentation. Participate in live event support and on-call rotation. May provide oversight and direction to junior team members. Builds relationships with engineering teams and leads. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Experience Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 5+ years of related work experience with Microsoft SQL Server, Amazon RDS for SQL Server, Azure SQL, and Azure SQL MI. Fundamental understanding of Microsoft SQL Server database internals. Experience working in Agile software development. Experience with source control management tools (Git, GitLab, GitHub). Intermediate to advanced level of expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go. General understanding and experience with Windows operating system, network, and containers. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Experience designing and deploying fault-tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure. Experience in database availability monitoring and status reporting using native monitoring tools. Well-versed in SQL Server backup, restore, and recovery strategies. Experience keeping a large environment compliant by deploying SQL Server patches and upgrades. Experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation. Carries out assignments with little coaching or guidance from others. Preferred Experience Experience operating within a database reliability engineering (DRE) and/or systems reliability engineering (SRE) role. Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production systems in Azure and Amazon Web Services. Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience building a proper path to production leveraging multiple lifecycles, testing, integration, and CI/CD pipelines. Experience with the configuration and implementation of SQL Server Always On availability groups. Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef). Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional teams providing guidance in SQL Server best practices. Experience with proactively identifying problems/areas of improvement and designing creative solutions to successfully remediate issues. The hiring range for this position in Bristol, CT is $141,900 to $190,300 and in New York is 148,700 to $199,400$ per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming Disney's media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world. A few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day - from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more. Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news. Media Engineering Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels - including streaming, linear, and theatrical - so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Media Security team within the Playback Services, Media Engineering organization! Our mission is to build highly available, high throughput services that are crucial to delivering high quality content to our subscribers. We are responsible for the backend of media rights services for facilitating playback and antipiracy technologies. If you enjoy streaming media, digital rights management, are interested in live sports and entertainment, or just want to join a fast-growing team that plays a significant role in the core functionality of our streaming products, then this role is for you! Responsibilities Write code, complete programming tasks, write tests, perform testing, and debug code for backend services within a team building high-performance, scalable systems Contribute to developing specifications for assigned components, projects, and fixes, and participate in architecture discussions and code reviews to uphold team quality standards Support owned software throughout its lifecycle, performing technical maintenance, troubleshooting, and maintaining documentation Participate in the on-call rotation, learning to support systems and services during production incidents Collaborate with team members and relevant personnel across the organization to deliver features and resolve issues within the team's domain Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience Minimum of 3 years related experience delivering backend applications in a production environment. Familiarity with operating high-availability backend services and JVM services Working knowledge of functional programming patterns and experience contributing to RESTful services (Scala APIs) Familiarity with async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency Understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.) and developing knowledge of design patterns and principles Exposure to a Public Cloud Provider (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git Familiarity with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker. Exposure to messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.) Familiarity with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana) Awareness of caching technologies Knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices. Good written and verbal communication skills. Eager to learn, developing problem-solving skills with a collaborative mindset The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $123,000 - $165,000 per year and in Santa Monica, CA, $117,500 - $157,500. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms. Job Summary: The Data Product team is seeking a Principal, Data Product Management to own the strategy and long-term vision for a critical suite of data collection solutions across a global portfolio of digital products, defining the future of data collection as an enterprise capability. The collection layer sets the quality and reliability of every downstream analytics output, every experiment, and every model that depends on it across Disney Entertainment & ESPN. Decisions here carry portfolio-wide consequences, and making them well takes dedicated Principal-level ownership. You'll own the product roadmap spanning the solutions we run with longstanding strategic partners and the capabilities we build and scale ourselves, delivering world-class data collection across web, mobile, and connected devices. You'll serve as the product counterpart to the Data Engineering and Product Engineering teams who build and maintain the platform, and lead cross-organizational initiatives. Equally important, you'll define what data collection at Disney needs to become, not just how to evolve what exists today. If you've operated at the domain level in ambiguous, precedent-free environments, driven architectural decisions at enterprise scale, and built the organizational confidence to make long-term platform bets, we'd like to hear from you. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Own the long-term strategy and vision for data collection, across partner-run solutions and the platforms we build ourselves. Continuously evaluate the market and make principled build-vs-buy calls as the technology shifts. Be the product counterpart to Data Engineering on roadmap, sequencing, and tradeoffs, staying hands-on. Lead and influence across the org without formal authority, resolving high-stakes conflicts and informing durable, long-term decisions. Support data quality and the operating model at the source, keeping collected data reliable and auditable. Identify the highest-leverage problems before they're defined and deliver where no established approach exists. Translate requirements into scalable platform capabilities: schemas, standards, and contracts, increasingly AI-assisted. Mentor PMs across Data Product and partner teams, raising the bar for sophistication and AI-assisted ways of working. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Qualifications 10+ years in Data Platform Product Management, Data Instrumentation, or a closely related technical product discipline. Domain- or portfolio-level outcome ownership at enterprise scale; feature-level data-platform PM experience is not sufficient for this role. Platform or infrastructure product strategy driven in close partnership with Engineering, hands-on in architecture and schema design. Hands-on production experience with data collection platforms (tag management, web data-layer, CDP-style), and the judgment to evaluate and choose between them. Experience defining enterprise data contracts, schema registries, and governance standards in multi-producer, multi-consumer environments. A track record of building new structures or capabilities in high-ambiguity, precedent-free environments, not just enduring them. Proven ability to influence roadmap and investment decisions without direct authority across multiple organizations. Experience mentoring multiple PMs across teams, with demonstrated impact on their judgment or trajectory. Fluency with AI tools in your own work, and a track record of raising that bar across the PMs you influence. Familiarity with the modern cloud data stack and how collection quality and schema choices affect downstream analytics, ML, and BI. Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data validation, schema verification, and troubleshooting. Executive-level communicator, equally clear with engineers and senior leaders, who resolves disagreements through reasoning, not rank. Preferred Qualifications Data observability experience: monitoring pipelines for quality, freshness, schema drift, and anomalies. Experience evaluating or leading enterprise technology transitions: build-vs-buy, platform migration, and the change management involved. Familiarity with downstream ML and AI data requirements: what makes collected data usable as training signal or feature input. Strong grasp of data governance, privacy, and consent (GDPR, CCPA) and how regulation shapes collection architecture. Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Required Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. The hiring range for this position in New York City, NY is $197,400 - $264,700 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $206,400 - $276,700 per year, and in Santa Monica, CA and Bristol, CT is $188,400 - $252,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming Disney's media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world. A few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day - from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more. Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news. Media Engineering Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels - including streaming, linear, and theatrical - so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Media Security team within the Playback Services, Media Engineering organization! Our mission is to build highly available, high throughput services that are crucial to delivering high quality content to our subscribers. We are responsible for the backend of media rights services for facilitating playback and antipiracy technologies. If you enjoy streaming media, digital rights management, are interested in live sports and entertainment, or just want to join a fast-growing team that plays a significant role in the core functionality of our streaming products, then this role is for you! Responsibilities Work with a team of engineers to build high-performance, stable, scalable systems to be deployed in an enterprise setting Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions, author and share feedback on technical proposals and root cause analyses, and establish standards within the team to drive quality and excellence Participate in the on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents Provide mentoring and advice for other engineers Participate in the DSS technical community through presentations, tech talks, and other knowledge-sharing efforts Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience Minimum of 5 years related experience crafting backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment. Validated knowledge of operating large-scale high-availability backend services and JVM services Expertise in functional programming patterns and experience building RESTful services (Scala APIs) Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.) and strong understanding of design patterns and principles Experience operating within a Public Cloud Provider (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker. Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.) Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana) Knowledge of caching technologies Knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Self-learner, independent, excellent problem-solving skills The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 per year and in Santa Monica, CA, $141,900 - $190,300 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. Job Summary: The Ad Serving Engineering organization within Disney Entertainment and the ESPN organization is responsible for building, enhancing, and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Digital Advertising Platform. The platform is charged with the qualification, delivery, and tracking of Digital Advertising campaigns (Video on Demand, Live TV, and innovative interactive ads) across all of Disney online properties, including Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+. In addition, Ad Serving teams collaborate in the development of supporting components, such as anti-ad fatigue systems, impression counting pipelines, and ad experience flows. We also work on integrations with critical services responsible for the entitlements, correct pacing, targeting, selection of ads, and third-party systems. As part of the Decisioning Fleet, you will directly contribute to optimizing ad qualification and selection to make sure viewers always see the right ad at the right time. You will also help build tools that analyze what ads are competing for slots for ad breaks across Hulu, Disney+, ESPN, and others. As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (P3) on our team, you'll leverage your technical expertise to design and deliver scalable, performant, and maintainable solutions that directly impact the stability and quality of Disney's ad delivery systems. Daily, you should bring: A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems. An understanding of the importance of project ownership. A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment. An understanding of micro-service encapsulation and loose coupling, and why they are important. An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk. Use AI tools responsibly to improve productivity while adhering to company policies. Kindness and pragmatic optimism. Responsibilities: Design, implement, and test solutions for high-throughput, low-latency microservices. Enhance observability with metrics, monitoring, and alerting. Translate product requirements into actionable engineering tasks. Take ownership of one or more of the team's domain areas. Integrate AI-assisted development practices into daily workflows. Participate in On-Call rotations per team escalation policy. Basic Qualifications: BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience. 5+ years of software engineering experience. Proficiency with Java. Experience with ReactJS or similar frontend frameworks, with the ability to quickly pick up new technologies. Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving skills. Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with: SpringBoot and related Spring projects. Modern frontend development practices Non-relational database technologies like DynamoDB. Caching datastores such as Redis, ValKey or MemCache. Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis. Cloud platforms such as AWS. Modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes. Familiarity with AI productivity tools and their application in software development. Domain knowledge in Ad Tech. Additional Information: Engineers are expected to be in the office four days a week. This role is hiring in San Francisco, Santa Monica, Glendale, or Seattle The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, California is $141,900 to 190,300 per year, Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400, and San Francisco, CA is $155,400 to $208,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. Job Summary: The Ad Serving Engineering organization within Disney Entertainment and the ESPN organization is responsible for building, enhancing, and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Digital Advertising Platform. The platform is charged with the qualification, delivery, and tracking of Digital Advertising campaigns (Video on Demand, Live TV, and innovative interactive ads) across all of Disney online properties, including Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+. In addition, Ad Serving teams collaborate in the development of supporting components, such as anti-ad fatigue systems, impression counting pipelines, and ad experience flows. We also work on integrations with critical services responsible for the entitlements, correct pacing, targeting, selection of ads, and third-party systems. As part of the Decisioning Fleet, you will directly contribute to optimizing ad qualification and selection to make sure viewers always see the right ad at the right time. You will also help build tools that analyze what ads are competing for slots for ad breaks across Hulu, Disney+, ESPN, and others. As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (P3) on our team, you'll leverage your technical expertise to design and deliver scalable, performant, and maintainable solutions that directly impact the stability and quality of Disney's ad delivery systems. Daily, you should bring: A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems. An understanding of the importance of project ownership. A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment. An understanding of micro-service encapsulation and loose coupling, and why they are important. An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk. Use AI tools responsibly to improve productivity while adhering to company policies. Kindness and pragmatic optimism. Responsibilities: Design, implement, and test solutions for high-throughput, low-latency microservices. Enhance observability with metrics, monitoring, and alerting. Translate product requirements into actionable engineering tasks. Take ownership of one or more of the team's domain areas. Integrate AI-assisted development practices into daily workflows. Participate in On-Call rotations per team escalation policy. Basic Qualifications: BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience. 5+ years of software engineering experience. Proficiency with Java. Experience with ReactJS or similar frontend frameworks, with the ability to quickly pick up new technologies. Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving skills. Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with: SpringBoot and related Spring projects. Modern frontend development practices Non-relational database technologies like DynamoDB. Caching datastores such as Redis, ValKey or MemCache. Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis. Cloud platforms such as AWS. Modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes. Familiarity with AI productivity tools and their application in software development. Domain knowledge in Ad Tech. Additional Information: Engineers are expected to be in the office four days a week. This role is hiring in San Francisco, Santa Monica, Glendale, or Seattle The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, California is $141,900 to 190,300 per year, Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400, and San Francisco, CA is $155,400 to $208,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms. Job Summary: The Data Product team is seeking a Principal, Data Product Management to own the strategy and long-term vision for a critical suite of data collection solutions across a global portfolio of digital products, defining the future of data collection as an enterprise capability. The collection layer sets the quality and reliability of every downstream analytics output, every experiment, and every model that depends on it across Disney Entertainment & ESPN. Decisions here carry portfolio-wide consequences, and making them well takes dedicated Principal-level ownership. You'll own the product roadmap spanning the solutions we run with longstanding strategic partners and the capabilities we build and scale ourselves, delivering world-class data collection across web, mobile, and connected devices. You'll serve as the product counterpart to the Data Engineering and Product Engineering teams who build and maintain the platform, and lead cross-organizational initiatives. Equally important, you'll define what data collection at Disney needs to become, not just how to evolve what exists today. If you've operated at the domain level in ambiguous, precedent-free environments, driven architectural decisions at enterprise scale, and built the organizational confidence to make long-term platform bets, we'd like to hear from you. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Own the long-term strategy and vision for data collection, across partner-run solutions and the platforms we build ourselves. Continuously evaluate the market and make principled build-vs-buy calls as the technology shifts. Be the product counterpart to Data Engineering on roadmap, sequencing, and tradeoffs, staying hands-on. Lead and influence across the org without formal authority, resolving high-stakes conflicts and informing durable, long-term decisions. Support data quality and the operating model at the source, keeping collected data reliable and auditable. Identify the highest-leverage problems before they're defined and deliver where no established approach exists. Translate requirements into scalable platform capabilities: schemas, standards, and contracts, increasingly AI-assisted. Mentor PMs across Data Product and partner teams, raising the bar for sophistication and AI-assisted ways of working. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Qualifications 10+ years in Data Platform Product Management, Data Instrumentation, or a closely related technical product discipline. Domain- or portfolio-level outcome ownership at enterprise scale; feature-level data-platform PM experience is not sufficient for this role. Platform or infrastructure product strategy driven in close partnership with Engineering, hands-on in architecture and schema design. Hands-on production experience with data collection platforms (tag management, web data-layer, CDP-style), and the judgment to evaluate and choose between them. Experience defining enterprise data contracts, schema registries, and governance standards in multi-producer, multi-consumer environments. A track record of building new structures or capabilities in high-ambiguity, precedent-free environments, not just enduring them. Proven ability to influence roadmap and investment decisions without direct authority across multiple organizations. Experience mentoring multiple PMs across teams, with demonstrated impact on their judgment or trajectory. Fluency with AI tools in your own work, and a track record of raising that bar across the PMs you influence. Familiarity with the modern cloud data stack and how collection quality and schema choices affect downstream analytics, ML, and BI. Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data validation, schema verification, and troubleshooting. Executive-level communicator, equally clear with engineers and senior leaders, who resolves disagreements through reasoning, not rank. Preferred Qualifications Data observability experience: monitoring pipelines for quality, freshness, schema drift, and anomalies. Experience evaluating or leading enterprise technology transitions: build-vs-buy, platform migration, and the change management involved. Familiarity with downstream ML and AI data requirements: what makes collected data usable as training signal or feature input. Strong grasp of data governance, privacy, and consent (GDPR, CCPA) and how regulation shapes collection architecture. Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Required Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. The hiring range for this position in New York City, NY is $197,400 - $264,700 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $206,400 - $276,700 per year, and in Santa Monica, CA and Bristol, CT is $188,400 - $252,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels - including streaming, linear, and theatrical - so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business. The Quality, Targeting, and Experience team develops automated feedback loops that drive how videos are delivered to customers for Disney Streaming's suite of streaming services, including Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu, and more. We balance the needs of our business strategy with the demands of an evolving internet to provide the highest possible quality of experience directly to consumers in the form of pristine, error-free streaming media. We also develop robust data pipelines that calculate and report the quality of experience that our customers receive so that we can continually improve the way we deliver media. As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, there will be opportunities to collaborate with a varied team of data engineers, other software engineers, researchers, data scientists, product managers and more, as well as to provide leadership by example to other developers on the team and in the organization. Responsibilities Work with a team building high-performance, stable, scalable software Participate in the code review process by providing feedback on pull requests Participate in the on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience). 5+ years of experience designing and delivering backend architectures in a production environment, with a strong understanding of design patterns and best practices. Experienced in building and maintaining data-intensive applications, bridging the gap between services and data teams to align architectural design with implementation. Experience building RESTful and/or gRPC services to facilitate communication between distributed components. Proficient in at least one programming language: Scala, Java, Go, or Python. Familiar with AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and Kubernetes. Proficient in observability and data tools (Datadog, Splunk, Grafana, Databricks) to monitor system health, data pipeline integrity, and algorithmic performance. Self-motivated, independent, and excellent at problem-solving, with strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to mentor less experienced developers and lead cross-functional initiatives. Preferred Qualifications Experience designing and operating large-scale, high-availability distributed systems and JVM-based applications. Knowledge of functional programming patterns and their application in data processing. Hands-on experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kinesis, SQS) Experience with stream processing frameworks like Flink or Spark Familiarity with CDN technologies. Interest in video streaming and internet networking. The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality engineering, and the engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. Job Summary: The DEEP & Technology team is seeking a visionary Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to spearhead quality engineering across our streaming, data and advertising systems. As a trusted engineering leader and technical authority, you will set the strategic direction for automation, quality practices, and test architectures organization-wide. You will partner cross-functionally to align quality strategy with company objectives, lead innovation in automated testing processes, and ensure our systems robustly deliver relevant and reliable products to all viewers. Your decisions and leadership will have a substantial impact on revenue, user experience, and operational efficiency. Ideal candidates are highly proactive, influential, and passionate about transforming quality engineering through cutting-edge technology and thought leadership. Responsibilities: Strategic Quality Leadership Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for test automation and quality engineering across multiple business units and product lines. Influence organizational decisions regarding test architecture, process improvements, and adoption of modern testing paradigms (shift-left, CI/CD, observability, etc.). Establish and maintain enterprise-wide standards for quality, automation, and operational excellence in collaboration with executive stakeholders. Own the end-to-end quality strategy for large-scale, business-critical projects, including test metrics, release criteria, and automation objectives. Architecture & Technical Authority Lead the architecture of scalable, resilient, and cloud-native test automation solutions that empower teams and improve defect prevention. Make high-impact technical decisions on frameworks, toolsets, and integrations to enable richer and more effective testing. Oversee technical reviews, mentorship, and hands-on guidance in complex areas such as distributed systems, data pipelines, and ad technologies. Partner with Platform Architects and DevOps to ensure seamless integration of quality gates and automated validation throughout deployment pipelines Cross-Functional Influence & Mentorship Serve as a coaching resource to SDETs, engineers, and leadership, regularly conducting technical deep-dives, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions. Build consensus across product teams for standardization of test tools, frameworks, and reusable components. Facilitate root cause analysis for high-severity incidents, drive preventative and corrective actions, and communicate technical findings to senior leadership. Represent DEEP & Technology quality interests within company-wide engineering and business forums. Program Management & Delivery Excellence Lead delivery of multiple concurrent, cross-team testing initiatives in fast-paced Agile environments. Manage test budgets, resource allocation, roadmap goals, and risk mitigation strategies across programs. Ensure rigorous governance over traceability, compliance, and test reporting, supporting company-wide accountability. Continuously identify bottlenecks and drive organization-wide solutions to improve efficiency, coverage, and reliability. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Champion research and adoption of emerging technologies (AI/ML in testing, autonomous testing, advanced observability, etc.) to keep test practices ahead of industry standards. Define and track advanced quality metrics (escape rates, flakiness, system reliability), implementing data-driven improvements. Lead efforts to mature organization's quality posture in performance, security, and reliability engineering. Inspire a culture of innovation, experiment with new tools and practices, and help set the direction for the future of engineering quality. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of 10 years experience in quality engineering, automation, or software development, with recent leadership responsibilities in large, complex engineering environments Passion around driving best practices in the testing space Knowledge of software engineering practices and agile approaches Strong desire for establishing and improving product quality Proven expertise architecting and scaling test automation for distributed, cloud-native systems Track record of influencing enterprise strategy and leading transformation initiatives Advanced proficiency with Python or modern OO languages; experience with ad-tech or large-scale systems is a plus Willingness to take challenges head on while being part of a team Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent work experience) The hiring range for this position in California is $171,600 - $230,100 per year and in New York is $179,700 - $241,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. The News ML team is responsible for building robust data pipelines and advanced machine learning platforms that deliver personalized experiences to users across ABC News, Good Morning America, and local news stations. Our services leverage machine learning models to enable real-time content personalization and targeted distribution across web, mobile, and connected TV platforms, ensuring that users receive the most relevant and engaging news content tailored to their interests. Our mission is to drive seamless, resilient, and low-latency personalized content delivery at scale, while continuously advancing our ML infrastructure and recommendation algorithms. As a Senior Machine Learning Engineer, you will play a leading role in shaping the technical direction of the News ML Platform. You will drive infrastructure for scalable learning, inference, and monitoring, conduct in-depth data exploration and analysis, and collaborate across product, data, and engineering teams to power exceptional, personalized guest experiences. Your work will directly support strategic initiatives to help shape the roadmap for algorithmic innovation while ensuring that solutions are scalable, impactful, and aligned with stakeholder needs. Responsibilities Own complex technical initiatives end-to-end, from technical design through production deployment and operational excellence Design and develop infrastructure supporting the full cycle of machine learning, including data pipelines and workflow orchestration, data discovery and quality tools, and feature libraries Drive data and ML-driven solutions for diverse engineering use cases such as recommendation systems, object detection, autogenerated tagging solutions, RAGs Partner with product, editorial, and engineering stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions Strategically prioritize initiatives and technical workstreams to deliver the highest-impact and most time-sensitive outcomes, while proactively identifying, communicating, and mitigating risks to ensure successful execution Champion engineering best practices across code quality, testing, CI/CD, observability, and incident response Mentor and coach engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement Contribute to technical documentation and promote knowledge sharing across teams Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Math, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience 5+ years of experience building and operating ML engineering systems in production environments Expertise in data science, deep learning algorithms, or statistical methods to solve real-world engineering problems Comfortable operating at all levels of the predictive stack, including data collection, data analysis, feature engineering, batch training and low-latency online serving Experience designing and developing backend microservices for large-scale distributed systems using REST Experience with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS (Step Functions, Lambda, Glue, SQS, SNS, Personalize) Familiarity with developing and deploying Spark and ML pipelines Hands-on experience with big data technologies such as Databricks, Kinesis, Kafka Proven leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills, with the ability to inspire and empower a team towards achieving business goals Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring such as Datadog Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments Excellent communication skills and a commitment to collaboration in a fast-paced, guest-focused environment The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 - $199,400 per year and in Glendale, CA is $141,900 - $190,300. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Principal Software Engineer, Media Architecture Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: 1.Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. 2.Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. 3.Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Job Summary: We are redefining how streaming media is delivered, experienced, and scaled across a global ecosystem. From live and linear streaming to VOD workflows, advertising integrations, metadata platforms, and playback clients, our mission is to build a cohesive, high-performing media platform that powers world-class viewer experiences. We are seeking a Principal Software Architect to operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, shaping end-to-end solutions across the Media Engineering ecosystem. This role is not confined to a single domain. You will architect systems that span ingest, processing, orchestration, distribution, and playback across platforms such as Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. This is a hands-on architecture role for a technical leader who can define vision, influence at scale, and dive deep into code and design when needed. What You'll Do Architecture & Technical Strategy Define and drive end-to-end solution architecture across Live, Linear, and VOD streaming workflows. Establish architectural patterns that unify media ingest, processing, metadata, ads, distribution, and playback ecosystems. Lead cross-domain design for integrations with Ad platforms, metadata services, rights systems, and client applications. Contribute to long-term technical strategy, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency across the media supply chain. Cross-Functional Leadership Partner with Engineering, Product, Program Management, and stakeholders teams to deliver cohesive platform solutions. Influence technical direction across multiple teams and organizations without direct authority. Lead architecture reviews, drive alignment, and resolve complex cross-system challenges. System Design & Implementation Design and document high-scale, distributed systems supporting millions of concurrent streams and global content distribution. Contribute to implementation where necessary, including prototyping, coding, and validating architectural decisions. Author clear architectural artifacts including solution designs, system diagrams, and technical proposals. Operational Excellence Champion best practices in observability, reliability, performance optimization, and cost management. Guide teams in building resilient systems with strong SLAs/SLOs. Use metrics and data to continuously improve system performance and user experience. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Challenge existing architectures and introduce modern approaches to evolving platform capabilities. Stay ahead of industry trends in streaming technologies, ad tech, and media workflows. Drive iterative improvements across systems, workflows, and developer experience. Basic Qualifications 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant time in architecture and distributed systems design. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience Proven experience designing and scaling high-throughput, low-latency systems in a cloud environment. Strong proficiency in one or more languages such as Java, Python, or similar. Deep understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and API design. Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms, including services such as S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SNS/SQS, or Kafka. Strong foundation in data modeling, system design, and performance optimization. Ability to write production-quality code and contribute hands-on when needed. Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams. Preferred Qualifications Experience with media streaming systems, including Live, Linear, and VOD workflows. Knowledge of video delivery protocols (HLS, DASH), encoding/transcoding pipelines, and CDN distribution. Experience with media player and client integrations for video playback Familiarity with Ad Tech ecosystems, including SSAI, and ad decisioning systems. Experience working with player/client technologies across web, mobile, and connected devices. Exposure to machine learning applications in media workflows (e.g., content enrichment, personalization). Prior experience operating in a large-scale streaming platform environment. What Sets You Apart You think in systems, not silos, and can connect architecture across domains. You balance vision with execution, capable of both defining strategy and delivering outcomes. You are a force multiplier, elevating teams through influence, clarity, and technical leadership. You are comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving alignment across complex organizations. Product Engineering Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. The hiring range for this position in NY, NY is $197,400 to $264,700 per year and in Santa Monica, CA is $188,400 to $252,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality engineering, and the engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. Job Summary: The DEEP & Technology team is seeking a visionary Principal Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) to spearhead quality engineering across our streaming, data and advertising systems. As a trusted engineering leader and technical authority, you will set the strategic direction for automation, quality practices, and test architectures organization-wide. You will partner cross-functionally to align quality strategy with company objectives, lead innovation in automated testing processes, and ensure our systems robustly deliver relevant and reliable products to all viewers. Your decisions and leadership will have a substantial impact on revenue, user experience, and operational efficiency. Ideal candidates are highly proactive, influential, and passionate about transforming quality engineering through cutting-edge technology and thought leadership. Responsibilities: Strategic Quality Leadership Define and drive the vision, strategy, and roadmap for test automation and quality engineering across multiple business units and product lines. Influence organizational decisions regarding test architecture, process improvements, and adoption of modern testing paradigms (shift-left, CI/CD, observability, etc.). Establish and maintain enterprise-wide standards for quality, automation, and operational excellence in collaboration with executive stakeholders. Own the end-to-end quality strategy for large-scale, business-critical projects, including test metrics, release criteria, and automation objectives. Architecture & Technical Authority Lead the architecture of scalable, resilient, and cloud-native test automation solutions that empower teams and improve defect prevention. Make high-impact technical decisions on frameworks, toolsets, and integrations to enable richer and more effective testing. Oversee technical reviews, mentorship, and hands-on guidance in complex areas such as distributed systems, data pipelines, and ad technologies. Partner with Platform Architects and DevOps to ensure seamless integration of quality gates and automated validation throughout deployment pipelines Cross-Functional Influence & Mentorship Serve as a coaching resource to SDETs, engineers, and leadership, regularly conducting technical deep-dives, training, and knowledge-sharing sessions. Build consensus across product teams for standardization of test tools, frameworks, and reusable components. Facilitate root cause analysis for high-severity incidents, drive preventative and corrective actions, and communicate technical findings to senior leadership. Represent DEEP & Technology quality interests within company-wide engineering and business forums. Program Management & Delivery Excellence Lead delivery of multiple concurrent, cross-team testing initiatives in fast-paced Agile environments. Manage test budgets, resource allocation, roadmap goals, and risk mitigation strategies across programs. Ensure rigorous governance over traceability, compliance, and test reporting, supporting company-wide accountability. Continuously identify bottlenecks and drive organization-wide solutions to improve efficiency, coverage, and reliability. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Champion research and adoption of emerging technologies (AI/ML in testing, autonomous testing, advanced observability, etc.) to keep test practices ahead of industry standards. Define and track advanced quality metrics (escape rates, flakiness, system reliability), implementing data-driven improvements. Lead efforts to mature organization's quality posture in performance, security, and reliability engineering. Inspire a culture of innovation, experiment with new tools and practices, and help set the direction for the future of engineering quality. Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of 10 years experience in quality engineering, automation, or software development, with recent leadership responsibilities in large, complex engineering environments Passion around driving best practices in the testing space Knowledge of software engineering practices and agile approaches Strong desire for establishing and improving product quality Proven expertise architecting and scaling test automation for distributed, cloud-native systems Track record of influencing enterprise strategy and leading transformation initiatives Advanced proficiency with Python or modern OO languages; experience with ad-tech or large-scale systems is a plus Willingness to take challenges head on while being part of a team Strong communication, stakeholder management, and mentoring skills Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent work experience) The hiring range for this position in California is $171,600 - $230,100 per year and in New York is $179,700 - $241,000 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms. Job Summary: The Data Product team is seeking a Principal, Data Product Management to own the strategy and long-term vision for a critical suite of data collection solutions across a global portfolio of digital products, defining the future of data collection as an enterprise capability. The collection layer sets the quality and reliability of every downstream analytics output, every experiment, and every model that depends on it across Disney Entertainment & ESPN. Decisions here carry portfolio-wide consequences, and making them well takes dedicated Principal-level ownership. You'll own the product roadmap spanning the solutions we run with longstanding strategic partners and the capabilities we build and scale ourselves, delivering world-class data collection across web, mobile, and connected devices. You'll serve as the product counterpart to the Data Engineering and Product Engineering teams who build and maintain the platform, and lead cross-organizational initiatives. Equally important, you'll define what data collection at Disney needs to become, not just how to evolve what exists today. If you've operated at the domain level in ambiguous, precedent-free environments, driven architectural decisions at enterprise scale, and built the organizational confidence to make long-term platform bets, we'd like to hear from you. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Own the long-term strategy and vision for data collection, across partner-run solutions and the platforms we build ourselves. Continuously evaluate the market and make principled build-vs-buy calls as the technology shifts. Be the product counterpart to Data Engineering on roadmap, sequencing, and tradeoffs, staying hands-on. Lead and influence across the org without formal authority, resolving high-stakes conflicts and informing durable, long-term decisions. Support data quality and the operating model at the source, keeping collected data reliable and auditable. Identify the highest-leverage problems before they're defined and deliver where no established approach exists. Translate requirements into scalable platform capabilities: schemas, standards, and contracts, increasingly AI-assisted. Mentor PMs across Data Product and partner teams, raising the bar for sophistication and AI-assisted ways of working. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Qualifications 10+ years in Data Platform Product Management, Data Instrumentation, or a closely related technical product discipline. Domain- or portfolio-level outcome ownership at enterprise scale; feature-level data-platform PM experience is not sufficient for this role. Platform or infrastructure product strategy driven in close partnership with Engineering, hands-on in architecture and schema design. Hands-on production experience with data collection platforms (tag management, web data-layer, CDP-style), and the judgment to evaluate and choose between them. Experience defining enterprise data contracts, schema registries, and governance standards in multi-producer, multi-consumer environments. A track record of building new structures or capabilities in high-ambiguity, precedent-free environments, not just enduring them. Proven ability to influence roadmap and investment decisions without direct authority across multiple organizations. Experience mentoring multiple PMs across teams, with demonstrated impact on their judgment or trajectory. Fluency with AI tools in your own work, and a track record of raising that bar across the PMs you influence. Familiarity with the modern cloud data stack and how collection quality and schema choices affect downstream analytics, ML, and BI. Proficiency in SQL and/or Python for data validation, schema verification, and troubleshooting. Executive-level communicator, equally clear with engineers and senior leaders, who resolves disagreements through reasoning, not rank. Preferred Qualifications Data observability experience: monitoring pipelines for quality, freshness, schema drift, and anomalies. Experience evaluating or leading enterprise technology transitions: build-vs-buy, platform migration, and the change management involved. Familiarity with downstream ML and AI data requirements: what makes collected data usable as training signal or feature input. Strong grasp of data governance, privacy, and consent (GDPR, CCPA) and how regulation shapes collection architecture. Advanced degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Required Education Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. The hiring range for this position in New York City, NY is $197,400 - $264,700 per year, in San Francisco, CA is $206,400 - $276,700 per year, and in Santa Monica, CA and Bristol, CT is $188,400 - $252,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Principal Software Engineer, Media Architecture Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: 1.Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. 2.Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. 3.Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Job Summary: We are redefining how streaming media is delivered, experienced, and scaled across a global ecosystem. From live and linear streaming to VOD workflows, advertising integrations, metadata platforms, and playback clients, our mission is to build a cohesive, high-performing media platform that powers world-class viewer experiences. We are seeking a Principal Software Architect to operate at the intersection of strategy and execution, shaping end-to-end solutions across the Media Engineering ecosystem. This role is not confined to a single domain. You will architect systems that span ingest, processing, orchestration, distribution, and playback across platforms such as Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. This is a hands-on architecture role for a technical leader who can define vision, influence at scale, and dive deep into code and design when needed. What You'll Do Architecture & Technical Strategy Define and drive end-to-end solution architecture across Live, Linear, and VOD streaming workflows. Establish architectural patterns that unify media ingest, processing, metadata, ads, distribution, and playback ecosystems. Lead cross-domain design for integrations with Ad platforms, metadata services, rights systems, and client applications. Contribute to long-term technical strategy, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and cost efficiency across the media supply chain. Cross-Functional Leadership Partner with Engineering, Product, Program Management, and stakeholders teams to deliver cohesive platform solutions. Influence technical direction across multiple teams and organizations without direct authority. Lead architecture reviews, drive alignment, and resolve complex cross-system challenges. System Design & Implementation Design and document high-scale, distributed systems supporting millions of concurrent streams and global content distribution. Contribute to implementation where necessary, including prototyping, coding, and validating architectural decisions. Author clear architectural artifacts including solution designs, system diagrams, and technical proposals. Operational Excellence Champion best practices in observability, reliability, performance optimization, and cost management. Guide teams in building resilient systems with strong SLAs/SLOs. Use metrics and data to continuously improve system performance and user experience. Innovation & Continuous Improvement Challenge existing architectures and introduce modern approaches to evolving platform capabilities. Stay ahead of industry trends in streaming technologies, ad tech, and media workflows. Drive iterative improvements across systems, workflows, and developer experience. Basic Qualifications 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant time in architecture and distributed systems design. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience Proven experience designing and scaling high-throughput, low-latency systems in a cloud environment. Strong proficiency in one or more languages such as Java, Python, or similar. Deep understanding of microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and API design. Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms, including services such as S3, DynamoDB, Kinesis, SNS/SQS, or Kafka. Strong foundation in data modeling, system design, and performance optimization. Ability to write production-quality code and contribute hands-on when needed. Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams. Preferred Qualifications Experience with media streaming systems, including Live, Linear, and VOD workflows. Knowledge of video delivery protocols (HLS, DASH), encoding/transcoding pipelines, and CDN distribution. Experience with media player and client integrations for video playback Familiarity with Ad Tech ecosystems, including SSAI, and ad decisioning systems. Experience working with player/client technologies across web, mobile, and connected devices. Exposure to machine learning applications in media workflows (e.g., content enrichment, personalization). Prior experience operating in a large-scale streaming platform environment. What Sets You Apart You think in systems, not silos, and can connect architecture across domains. You balance vision with execution, capable of both defining strategy and delivering outcomes. You are a force multiplier, elevating teams through influence, clarity, and technical leadership. You are comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving alignment across complex organizations. Product Engineering Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity. The hiring range for this position in NY, NY is $197,400 to $264,700 per year and in Santa Monica, CA is $188,400 to $252,600 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. Job Summary: The Ad Serving Engineering organization within Disney Entertainment and the ESPN organization is responsible for building, enhancing, and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Digital Advertising Platform. The platform is charged with the qualification, delivery, and tracking of Digital Advertising campaigns (Video on Demand, Live TV, and innovative interactive ads) across all of Disney online properties, including Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+. In addition, Ad Serving teams collaborate in the development of supporting components, such as anti-ad fatigue systems, impression counting pipelines, and ad experience flows. We also work on integrations with critical services responsible for the entitlements, correct pacing, targeting, selection of ads, and third-party systems. As part of the Decisioning Fleet, you will directly contribute to optimizing ad qualification and selection to make sure viewers always see the right ad at the right time. You will also help build tools that analyze what ads are competing for slots for ad breaks across Hulu, Disney+, ESPN, and others. As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (P3) on our team, you'll leverage your technical expertise to design and deliver scalable, performant, and maintainable solutions that directly impact the stability and quality of Disney's ad delivery systems. Daily, you should bring: A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems. An understanding of the importance of project ownership. A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment. An understanding of micro-service encapsulation and loose coupling, and why they are important. An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk. Use AI tools responsibly to improve productivity while adhering to company policies. Kindness and pragmatic optimism. Responsibilities: Design, implement, and test solutions for high-throughput, low-latency microservices. Enhance observability with metrics, monitoring, and alerting. Translate product requirements into actionable engineering tasks. Take ownership of one or more of the team's domain areas. Integrate AI-assisted development practices into daily workflows. Participate in On-Call rotations per team escalation policy. Basic Qualifications: BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience. 5+ years of software engineering experience. Proficiency with Java. Experience with ReactJS or similar frontend frameworks, with the ability to quickly pick up new technologies. Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving skills. Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with: SpringBoot and related Spring projects. Modern frontend development practices Non-relational database technologies like DynamoDB. Caching datastores such as Redis, ValKey or MemCache. Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis. Cloud platforms such as AWS. Modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes. Familiarity with AI productivity tools and their application in software development. Domain knowledge in Ad Tech. Additional Information: Engineers are expected to be in the office four days a week. This role is hiring in San Francisco, Santa Monica, Glendale, or Seattle The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, California is $141,900 to 190,300 per year, Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400, and San Francisco, CA is $155,400 to $208,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming Disney's media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world. A few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day - from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more. Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news. Media Engineering Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels - including streaming, linear, and theatrical - so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology is looking for a Software Engineer to join the Media Security team within the Playback Services, Media Engineering organization! Our mission is to build highly available, high throughput services that are crucial to delivering high quality content to our subscribers. We are responsible for the backend of media rights services for facilitating playback and antipiracy technologies. If you enjoy streaming media, digital rights management, are interested in live sports and entertainment, or just want to join a fast-growing team that plays a significant role in the core functionality of our streaming products, then this role is for you! Responsibilities Write code, complete programming tasks, write tests, perform testing, and debug code for backend services within a team building high-performance, scalable systems Contribute to developing specifications for assigned components, projects, and fixes, and participate in architecture discussions and code reviews to uphold team quality standards Support owned software throughout its lifecycle, performing technical maintenance, troubleshooting, and maintaining documentation Participate in the on-call rotation, learning to support systems and services during production incidents Collaborate with team members and relevant personnel across the organization to deliver features and resolve issues within the team's domain Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience Minimum of 3 years related experience delivering backend applications in a production environment. Familiarity with operating high-availability backend services and JVM services Working knowledge of functional programming patterns and experience contributing to RESTful services (Scala APIs) Familiarity with async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency Understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.) and developing knowledge of design patterns and principles Exposure to a Public Cloud Provider (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git Familiarity with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker. Exposure to messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.) Familiarity with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana) Awareness of caching technologies Knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices. Good written and verbal communication skills. Eager to learn, developing problem-solving skills with a collaborative mindset The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $123,000 - $165,000 per year and in Santa Monica, CA, $117,500 - $157,500. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms. Job Summary: We are seeking a Manager, Software Engineering, focused on BI & Analytics to lead a high-performing, multidisciplinary team in building and maintaining the data pipelines, AI-powered data solutions, and custom analytics UIs and dashboards that are foundational to Disney's Ad Platforms. In this role, you'll manage both frontend and backend software & data engineering, ensuring that business and end-user needs are met with reliability, scalability, and outstanding UI/UX design. The ideal candidate will be both a technical leader and a people manager with deep expertise in software, data engineering and platform strategy. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Instill a culture grounded in engineering best practices such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement Ensure engineering principles are consistently applied across projects and teams Manage, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing software and data engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement Coordinate with Product Management to align engineering roadmaps with product initiatives and timelines Partner with Program Managers to drive planning, prioritization, and delivery of cross-functional efforts Collaborate with QA leadership to build data quality processes and end-to-end validation such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement Ensure engineering principles are consistently applied across projects and teams Lead and grow a high-performing team of software and data engineers working on mission-critical data products Set engineering roadmaps, delivery timelines, and platform-level initiatives Drive adoption of best-in-class tools and practices for data governance, lineage, observability, and cost optimization Provide technical guidance and career development for the team Collaborate with senior leadership to define data strategy and long-term architecture vision Manage capacity planning, resource allocation, and performance reviews Lead vendor/tool evaluations and oversee key integration efforts Partner with BI and analytics leads to ensure consistent, reliable data is delivered across the enterprise Spearhead the implementation of custom dashboards and analytics UIs, leveraging modern web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, etc.), advanced data visualization, and design system best practices. Rapidly prototype UI components tailored to stakeholder/business requirements, ensuring high standards for usability, accessibility, and visual polish. Drive the integration of AI/ML solutions into both backend pipelines and analytics products; champion the use of AI-powered software development processes and robust, end-to-end SDLC practices. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Required Qualifications Languages: Scala, Python, SQL, JavaScript Data Processing: Apache Spark, Flink, Airflow Platforms & Tools: Databricks, Hive, Presto, Snowflake Cloud: AWS (S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda) Minimum of 8 years of relevant software engineering, data engineering or data science - preferably with a digital media or digital advertising company Experience delivering products in an agile software development environment including sprint work in Jira Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and partner across multiple teams and organizations Strong SQL experience including writing/optimizing complex queries against distributed data stores such as Aurora, Hadoop, Hive, Oracle, and Snowflake Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Apache NiFi or Apache Airflow Expert level knowledge in at least one programming language such as Python, R, Scala, Java. Demonstrated experience working with business intelligence tools such as MicroStrategy, Tableau, Business Objects, Looker, etc. Strong experience building and deploying dashboards and UIs with frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue. Demonstrated ability to quickly prototype and implement custom UI components to meet evolving business/stakeholder specs. Familiarity with AI-powered solution development and integrating machine learning into production data/analytics environments. Strong software development life cycle (SDLC) management experience, including source control, CI/CD, and agile workflows (Jira). Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to technical and unacquainted audiences Experience in working with large datasets (Terabytes or more) Strong presentation and documentation skills including experience working with Confluence, Power Point, and Lucid Chart Strong analytical and critical thinking skills Enjoy working collaboratively with a talented group of people to tackle challenging business problems so we all succeed (or fail fast) as a team Preferred Qualifications Experience designing, building and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) data platforms, dashboards, and reporting environments Experience in Ad Tech, particularly Linear or Addressable Advertising Experience with digital advertising systems and ecosystems Experience using data analytics to triage and troubleshoot advertising workflows Experience with network topologies, systems architecture overviews, and entity relationship diagrams (ERD) Experience with rapid prototyping and agile delivery of analytics products. Required Education Bachelor's degree in computer science, or related technical fields, or equivalent experience Additional Information: Engineers are expected to be in the office four days a week. This role is hiring in Glendale, CA The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is between $171,600 - $230,100, Seattle, WA is between $179,700 - $241,000 and San Francisco, CA is between $187,900 - $252,000. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

This is not a remote role. You must be in the area or willing to relocate! "We Power the Magic!" That's our motto at Disney Experiences (DX). Our team creates world-class immersive digital experiences for the Company's premier vacation brands including Disney's Parks & Resorts worldwide, Disney Cruise Line, Disney Vacation Club, Storyliving by Disney, Adventures by Disney, and National Geographic Expeditions. This role sits in the Disney Signature Experience organization within Technology & Digital for Disney Experiences. It supports high-visibility, guest-facing digital platforms and works closely with Storyliving by Disney, Adventures by Disney and National Geographic Expeditions (A&E) businesses. Role Summary The Lead Software Engineer will be responsible for leading the development and implementation of custom and commercial software projects to power both cast and guest experiences. They will champion the use of AI-assisted development tools and process automation across the software development lifecycle (SDLC), driving measurable improvements in delivery speed, code quality, and operational efficiency. This role intentionally blends active software development with technical leadership. You will spend meaningful time designing, building, reviewing, and improving code while also setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and guiding platform strategy. The role emphasizes modern front-end engineering (UI architecture, performance, accessibility, component-driven development) while maintaining full-stack responsibility with back-end systems. You will partner closely with Product, UX, Content, and Business stakeholders to ensure the web platform and front-end ecosystem scale reliably to support best-in-class, high-traffic, revenue-generating digital experiences. What You'll Do Experience Platform & Front-End Engineering Leadership (Primary Focus) Own the technical strategy, roadmap, and operational health of the Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) platform and the guest-facing front-end ecosystem built on it Set front-end architecture direction for guest-facing web experiences (rendering strategy, component architecture, data/state patterns) and ensure consistency across products Lead platform upgrades, security posture, performance optimization, reliability, and scalability initiatives across both the platform and UI layer Establish and evolve engineering standards and best practices for front-end development (patterns, guardrails, quality gates, CI/CD expectations) Build and govern reusable capabilities: components/templates/workflows/content models and shared UI component libraries/design system adoption Write, review, and optimize production-quality code using JavaScript and TypeScript; provide hands-on technical leadership for React and Angular implementations Champion web fundamentals using measurable standards and tooling: performance, accessibility (WCAG), SEO, and responsive design Partner with Product, UX, Design, and Content teams to translate designs into scalable, maintainable solutions and enable AI-assisted content workflows (e.g., tagging, summarization, optimization) with brand governance and quality controls Introduce AI-enhanced experience capabilities where valuable (e.g., intelligent search, recommendations, conversational interfaces, personalization) with appropriate quality and risk controls Services & Integrations (Full-Stack Leadership) Design, implement, and review APIs, microservices, and backend integrations supporting business and guest experiences Define integration strategies with internal systems and third-party services, ensuring secure and reliable service contracts Contribute hands-on across the stack as needed to unblock teams, accelerate delivery, and resolve complex technical challenges Collaborate with architects on cloud-native and AI solution patterns, ensuring operability and maintainability Ensure end-to-end alignment between front-end, services, and infrastructure (performance, reliability, observability readiness) Engineering Excellence & Delivery Drive adoption of AI-assisted engineering practices (agentic IDEs, code assistants, AI pair programming) to improve throughput and quality, with clear team guardrails and measurable outcomes Set standards for "trust-but-verify" usage of AI-generated code: validation, security review, refactoring expectations, and maintainability requirements (including preventing over-reliance on automation) Expand SDLC automation using AI where it improves outcomes (test generation, documentation generation, code review acceleration, pipeline improvements), while preserving engineering rigor Actively participate in development while leading code reviews to ensure quality, security, and maintainability Identify, prioritize, and remediate technical debt through hands-on contribution and backlog planning Translate business requirements into clear technical designs, stories, and implementation plans Guide estimation, planning, and delivery of complex initiatives Ensure CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and observability are built into all solutions Review and approve solution designs and technical documentation Ensure you remain up to date with emerging technologies so you can make informed recommendations Team Leadership & Mentorship Mentor and coach engineers through code reviews, pairing, and design discussions Provide technical leadership to both onshore and offshore development teams Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing engineering culture Promote effective use of AI-assisted developer tools to improve code quality, velocity, and documentation Lead by example through strong engineering practices, ownership, and accountability Required Qualifications 7+ years of professional software engineering experience Demonstrated ability to lead technical decision-making, influence architecture across teams, and align engineering solutions with business outcomes An advocate for a diverse and inclusive culture that encourages innovation and ensures every team member feels a sense of belonging Must have demonstrated success using AI coding assistants (agentic IDEs / AI pair programming) to improve delivery speed and quality Must have experience implementing AI-enabled automation across SDLC (testing, code review, documentation, CI/CD) with measurable outcomes Strong "trust-but-verify" discipline: validate, secure, refactor, and govern AI-generated output to meet maintainability standards Ability to establish team guardrails and educate others on responsible AI usage (risks, over-reliance, licensing/security considerations) Strong expertise in modern front-end development using JavaScript and TypeScript Must have hands-on experience with Node.js, React and Angular in large-scale applications Must have solid full-stack experience with Java, Spring, Spring Boot, RESTful APIs, and microservices Experience designing and operating CI/CD pipelines Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Splunk, AppDynamics, etc.) Strong understanding of object-oriented design and software architecture principles Experience working in agile development environments Preferred Qualifications 10+ years of experience building and supporting enterprise-scale, customer-facing platforms Experience with Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), including AEM as a Cloud Service Experience with headless or hybrid AEM architectures Experience using AI assisted development tools in large engineering teams Understanding of responsible AI principles in enterprise or consumer facing environments Experience with cloud-based technologies like AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure Experience with Confluence and Jira to document requirements, user stories and technical designs. Required Education Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience Preferred Education Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related discipline The hiring range for this position in Orlando is $148,300.00 - $180,000.00 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming Disney's media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world. A few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day - from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more. Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news. Media Engineering Media Engineering is an innovative organization that is focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers around the world, powered by exceptional technology. This strategic work requires streamlining and repurposing technology across different business and distribution channels - including streaming, linear, and theatrical - so that technology can ebb and flow across the needs of the business. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Media Security team within the Playback Services, Media Engineering organization! Our mission is to build highly available, high throughput services that are crucial to delivering high quality content to our subscribers. We are responsible for the backend of media rights services for facilitating playback and antipiracy technologies. If you enjoy streaming media, digital rights management, are interested in live sports and entertainment, or just want to join a fast-growing team that plays a significant role in the core functionality of our streaming products, then this role is for you! Responsibilities Work with a team of engineers to build high-performance, stable, scalable systems to be deployed in an enterprise setting Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions, author and share feedback on technical proposals and root cause analyses, and establish standards within the team to drive quality and excellence Participate in the on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents Provide mentoring and advice for other engineers Participate in the DSS technical community through presentations, tech talks, and other knowledge-sharing efforts Basic Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience Minimum of 5 years related experience crafting backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment. Validated knowledge of operating large-scale high-availability backend services and JVM services Expertise in functional programming patterns and experience building RESTful services (Scala APIs) Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async/await) and threading/concurrency Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.) and strong understanding of design patterns and principles Experience operating within a Public Cloud Provider (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud) Understanding of source control concepts and systems, CI/CD pipelines and exposure to Git Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker. Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.) Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana) Knowledge of caching technologies Knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Self-learner, independent, excellent problem-solving skills The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 per year and in Santa Monica, CA, $141,900 - $190,300 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally. The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world. Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here: Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms. Job Summary: We are seeking a Manager, Software Engineering, focused on BI & Analytics to lead a high-performing, multidisciplinary team in building and maintaining the data pipelines, AI-powered data solutions, and custom analytics UIs and dashboards that are foundational to Disney's Ad Platforms. In this role, you'll manage both frontend and backend software & data engineering, ensuring that business and end-user needs are met with reliability, scalability, and outstanding UI/UX design. The ideal candidate will be both a technical leader and a people manager with deep expertise in software, data engineering and platform strategy. Responsibilities and Duties of the Role: Instill a culture grounded in engineering best practices such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement Ensure engineering principles are consistently applied across projects and teams Manage, mentor, and grow a team of high-performing software and data engineers, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement Coordinate with Product Management to align engineering roadmaps with product initiatives and timelines Partner with Program Managers to drive planning, prioritization, and delivery of cross-functional efforts Collaborate with QA leadership to build data quality processes and end-to-end validation such as code quality, documentation, automation, and continuous improvement Ensure engineering principles are consistently applied across projects and teams Lead and grow a high-performing team of software and data engineers working on mission-critical data products Set engineering roadmaps, delivery timelines, and platform-level initiatives Drive adoption of best-in-class tools and practices for data governance, lineage, observability, and cost optimization Provide technical guidance and career development for the team Collaborate with senior leadership to define data strategy and long-term architecture vision Manage capacity planning, resource allocation, and performance reviews Lead vendor/tool evaluations and oversee key integration efforts Partner with BI and analytics leads to ensure consistent, reliable data is delivered across the enterprise Spearhead the implementation of custom dashboards and analytics UIs, leveraging modern web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, etc.), advanced data visualization, and design system best practices. Rapidly prototype UI components tailored to stakeholder/business requirements, ensuring high standards for usability, accessibility, and visual polish. Drive the integration of AI/ML solutions into both backend pipelines and analytics products; champion the use of AI-powered software development processes and robust, end-to-end SDLC practices. Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training: Required Qualifications Languages: Scala, Python, SQL, JavaScript Data Processing: Apache Spark, Flink, Airflow Platforms & Tools: Databricks, Hive, Presto, Snowflake Cloud: AWS (S3, EMR, Glue, Lambda) Minimum of 8 years of relevant software engineering, data engineering or data science - preferably with a digital media or digital advertising company Experience delivering products in an agile software development environment including sprint work in Jira Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and partner across multiple teams and organizations Strong SQL experience including writing/optimizing complex queries against distributed data stores such as Aurora, Hadoop, Hive, Oracle, and Snowflake Experience with data pipeline and workflow management tools: Apache NiFi or Apache Airflow Expert level knowledge in at least one programming language such as Python, R, Scala, Java. Demonstrated experience working with business intelligence tools such as MicroStrategy, Tableau, Business Objects, Looker, etc. Strong experience building and deploying dashboards and UIs with frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue. Demonstrated ability to quickly prototype and implement custom UI components to meet evolving business/stakeholder specs. Familiarity with AI-powered solution development and integrating machine learning into production data/analytics environments. Strong software development life cycle (SDLC) management experience, including source control, CI/CD, and agile workflows (Jira). Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to technical and unacquainted audiences Experience in working with large datasets (Terabytes or more) Strong presentation and documentation skills including experience working with Confluence, Power Point, and Lucid Chart Strong analytical and critical thinking skills Enjoy working collaboratively with a talented group of people to tackle challenging business problems so we all succeed (or fail fast) as a team Preferred Qualifications Experience designing, building and supporting Business Intelligence (BI) data platforms, dashboards, and reporting environments Experience in Ad Tech, particularly Linear or Addressable Advertising Experience with digital advertising systems and ecosystems Experience using data analytics to triage and troubleshoot advertising workflows Experience with network topologies, systems architecture overviews, and entity relationship diagrams (ERD) Experience with rapid prototyping and agile delivery of analytics products. Required Education Bachelor's degree in computer science, or related technical fields, or equivalent experience Additional Information: Engineers are expected to be in the office four days a week. This role is hiring in Glendale, CA The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is between $171,600 - $230,100, Seattle, WA is between $179,700 - $241,000 and San Francisco, CA is between $187,900 - $252,000. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.