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. ESPN Bet. 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.
As a member of the Interactive Platform Engineering team within the Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Division you will be part of a fast paced, passionate team that builds and maintains complex, high throughput systems in the interactive gaming and personalization space. These systems support flagship Disney products including ESPN on mobile and web, and ESPN Fantasy Football. You will be challenged to help the team efficiently maintain, enhance and scale platforms that serve millions of Disney users every day.
What You Will Do
* Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software solutions for one of the most visible platforms in the sports world.
* Help evolve and scale a platform that supports mission-critical communication for millions of users daily.
* Collaborate closely with product and technical leaders to translate business needs into scalable, maintainable systems.
* Gain and/or apply mastery of Java, Spring, RESTful APIs, event streaming, AWS, and other industry leading high scale technologies for high throughput distributed system.
* Gain and/or apply mastery of relevant NoSQL technologies to optimize our overall performance
* Work on performance-optimized infrastructure that handles traffic volumes few engineers ever encounter
* Feed your thirst for learning new skills and technology as part of the larger DEE T organization
* Come help shape the future of interactive platforms underpinning Disney products used by millions of users every day!
What You Will Bring
Basic Qualifications
* Minimum of 5+ years of professional experience
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
* Deep understanding of the Java programming language and object-oriented programming
* Proven ability to solve challenging technical problems
* Proven ability to learn new technology and/or complex systems
* Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar cloud service
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred qualifications:
* Master's Degree in Computer Science
* Self-starter with proven ability to deliver high quality software in a pragmatic fashion
* Demonstrated experience using MongoDB or other NoSQL databases
* Experience implementing and optimizing dev-ops workflows and related technologies
* Experience implementing and optimizing complex cloud software installations and infrastructure
* Extensive experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) or similar cloud service
* Experience working on highly scalable, real-time software platforms
Disability Accommodation for Employment Applications
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, visit the Disney candidate disability accommodations FAQs. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
Disability Accommodation and Accessibility information in multiple languages and regions may be provided upon request.
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