Job Description:

Join the Disney Streaming Content and Experience Delivery (CXD) team as a Principal Software Engineer and play a key role in designing and building scalable, high-availability systems that power the content reading experiences for millions of viewers worldwide. As a leader in our team, you will be responsible for architecting frameworks that meet the goals of Disney Streaming, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and mentoring junior engineers to ensure that all software uses DSS and industry best practices for adaptable, fault-tolerant system design.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with design and product teams to understand their objectives and develop solutions that meet their needs
• Design and architect frameworks that improve how we build and serve data at scale to all Disney Streaming viewers
• Model and validate solutions through detailed RFCs and lead design teams through execution
• Communicate with design teams to help them identify solutions to the problems they are tackling
• Define and modify functional models to support highly available and performant systems

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience building large-scale, highly available Java services using various database and messaging technologies
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc.)
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including product management, technical program management, and other design teams
• Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers to ensure that all software uses DSS and industry best practices for adaptable, fault-tolerant system design
• Strong programming skills in Java and other object-oriented languages, as well as a solid understanding of software engineering principles
• Experience designing and building multi-framework, cross-functional event-driven systems (responsive design)
• Deep experience building and managing services on AWS
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent work experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cloud-native system design
• Experience scaling services within a cloud environment
• Deep experience in responsive programming on JVM languages, preferably Java
• Experience as a service administrator with experience building and managing identity frameworks
• Experience with streaming platforms like Kafka, Kinesis, or Flink
• Hands-on experience managing AWS services, including experience using Terraform or other IAC tools
• Hands-on experience expanding and managing distributed NoSQL data stores like DynamoDB, Cassandra, Scylla, and Couchbase
• Experience working with global teams and an adaptable schedule across multiple time zones

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work with a global team and contribute to the development of scalable, high-availability systems
• Chance to mentor and guide junior engineers and help shape the future of Disney Streaming
• Flexible work schedule and remote work options

How to Apply:

If you're passionate about building scalable, high-availability systems and leading cross-functional teams, we want to hear from you! Apply today and let's build the future together.