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Senior Software Engineer, Ad PlatformsThe Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH • Seattle, WA, United States
Senior Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

Senior Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

The Walt Disney Company (Germany) GmbH • Seattle, WA, United States
3 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology (DEEP&T)

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.

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 : 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… these products—and the stories they carry—matter to millions worldwide.
  • Innovation : We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and solve complex 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.

The Ad Serving Engineering organization is fully responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining the high‑performance, distributed, microservice‑based Digital Advertising Platform. It handles qualification, delivery and tracking of Digital Advertising campaigns (Video on Demand, Live TV and interactive ads) across Disney’s online properties, including Hulu, Disney+, and ESPN+.

As a Senior Software Engineer on this team, you will apply your knowledge and skills to help us deliver scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software.

What You’ll Do

  • 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, 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 manage risk.
  • Responsibilities

  • Write and review code and tests.
  • Use automated tools (AI) while adhering to company policy.
  • Be available for a weekly‑rotating on‑call support schedule.
  • Read requirements documentation from Product and translate it into implementation tickets.
  • Review, learn, and document software and system designs in a high‑throughput, low‑latency microservices environment.
  • Enhance system observability with proper metrics, monitors, and alerts.
  • Basic Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience.
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Proficiency with Java.
  • 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 :

  • MS in Computer Science / Engineering.
  • SpringBoot and related Spring projects – if you don’t know these it’s OK, but we expect you to learn and understand best practices.
  • Non‑relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB.
  • Redis and / or MemCache.
  • Apache Kafka and / or Kinesis.
  • AWS or other cloud platform.
  • Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Ad Tech industry experience.
  • #DISNEYTECH

    The hiring range for this position is $138,900 to $186,200 per year in Glendale, California; $145,400 to $195,000 in Seattle, Washington; and $152,100 to $203,900 in San Francisco, California. The base pay offered considers internal equity, geographic region, job‑related knowledge, skills, and experience. Bonuses and long‑term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and other benefits, depending on level and position.

    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 to search for a job opening or apply for a position, visit the Disney candidate disability accommodations FAQs. We will only respond to requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.

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