Job Posting Title:Software Engineer II - ScalaReq ID:10134741Job Description:Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.Disney Entertainment &amp; ESPN Technology  is looking for a Software Engineer II to join the API Services team within the Product Engineering organization. The API Services team’s mission is to build highly available, high throughput services that are critical to delivering high quality content to our subscribers.If you enjoy streaming media, are interested in live sports and entertainment, or just want to join a fast-growing team that plays an integral part of the revenue producing arm of a company, then our team is for you.Technologies include Scala, Python, Apache Flink, Spark, Databricks, and AWS (ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, WAF, among others).  Experience in these areas is preferred but not required.Qualifications:<ul><li>You work diligently with team members and project management to suss out requirements to provide technical solutions and direction.</li><li>You are comfortable with ambiguity and being part of conversations where discordant views are present.</li><li>You have an intermediate understanding of software development fundamentals and architecture, and you arent dogmatic about technology choices.</li><li>You preferably are interested in learning about/have experience with web technologies and web system architecture,</li><li>You have experience with Java, Scala, and associated technologies.</li><li>You have experience building and maintaining highly automated systems that leverage tools such as Jenkins, Cloud Formation, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Spinnaker</li><li>You preferably have knowledge/experience with AWS products and services (EC2, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, CloudFront, etc.) or other cloud providers.</li></ul>Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:<ul><li>Be a part of a team of big data and backend engineers to deliver high value projects</li><li>Build components of large-scale data platform for real-time and batch processing, and own features of big data applications to fit evolving business needs</li><li>Participate in building next generation service platform on cloud-based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming data applications, and continuously improve performance, scalability and availability</li><li>Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives as a team.</li><li>Build automated tests to ensure application reliability.</li><li>Participate in code reviews.</li></ul>Minimum Education Required:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training or work experienceRequired Years of Work Experience3 years of experience in a technical field.<h2>About The Walt Disney Company</h2>The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise with the following business segments: media networks, parks and resorts, studio entertainment, consumer products and interactive media. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.#DisneyTECHThe hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $$114,900 - $154,100 per year, is $120,300 - $161,300 per year in Seattle, WA and is $120,300 - $161,300 per year in New York City, NY. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidates 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.Job Posting Segment:PE - Sports, News &amp; Entertainment, EnablementJob Posting Primary Business:PE - Sports, News &amp; Entertainment, Enablement - Infrastructure EngineeringPrimary Job Posting Category:Software EngineerEmployment Type:Full timePrimary City, State, Region, Postal Code:New York, NY, USAAlternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:USA - CA - 1200 Grand Central Ave, USA - CA - 2500 Broadway Street, USA - WA - 925 4th AveDate Posted:2025-11-06

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