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The Walt Disney Company Lead Software Engineer in New York, New York
About The Role & Team:
At The Walt Disney Company we’re responsible for building what aims to be the largest media streaming platform in the world, serving not just Disney+, but ESPN+, Star+, and Hulu. We foster innovation, we challenge each other, and we put our users before all else: connecting them with the stories they love.
We’re looking for people who want to challenge themselves, to grow; people who understand scale and care deeply about reliability. You will be surrounded by colleagues eager to help you succeed and be part of an ambitious, high-performing, rewarding culture. If this sounds like something for you, read on!
You will work within one of Disney’s service engineering teams, supporting a variety of backend systems that directly support the Disney+ platform as part of the Growth and Commerce organization. You’ll contribute to dynamic, autonomous and self-motivated software teams that own the full development, delivery and operational support responsibilities of critical global services.
You will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, architect solutions, and ensure the successful delivery of projects using cutting edge Python, SQL, Spark, AWS, Databricks, DataLake, SnowFlake.
What You Will Do:
As a Lead Engineer, your responsibilities will be:
Be part of an Agile team building the world's fastest growing media streaming platform
Contribute to an inclusive culture that values learning & development, close collaboration between team members, and strives for excellence
Lead the design and development of robust, scalable, and high-performance data pipelines using Spark and Scala.
Collaborate with analysts, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
Architect and implement data processing solutions that optimize performance, reliability, and scalability.
Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members, fostering a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
Perform code reviews, ensure coding best practices, and enforce data engineering standards.
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends in data engineering, Spark, and Scala, and evaluate their potential impact on our data platform.
What You Will Bring:
Minimum 7+ years engineering experience
Demonstrable understanding of high-quality coding, testing, and development practices
Experience working in a “Devops” environment
Experience or interest in functional programming and its real-world applications - particularly Scala stacks such as Scalaz, Cats Effect and ZIO
Experience of designing, building & operating distributed systems with multi-level failover & fallback strategies
Experience in Spark using either Scala or PySpark.
Experience with Cloud Infrastructure, preferably with AWS
Strong understanding of distributed computing principles and experience with large-scale data processing frameworks.
Relational and NoSQL databases, particularly PostgreSQL, Aurora, & DynamoDB with experience modeling & optimizing query performance
Kinesis or any other streaming data
Excellent communication skills, specifically in understanding, framing and simplifying both technical & business requirements
Comfort with ambiguity and leading conversations where discordant views are present
Experience mentoring and coaching more junior engineers on both technical and soft skills
Contributions to the technical community, either through blogs, internal workshops, meetups or conferences
Required Education:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
The hiring range for this position in New York is $156,300 to $209,600 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.
Job ID: 10094757
Location: New York,New York
Job Posting Company: Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
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