Sr Software Engineer (Scala)

Company Overview :

Disney Streaming encompasses the teams behind the Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+, and Star+ streaming services within Disney’s Entertainment & ESPN Technology group.

We sit at the intersection between entertainment, sports, and technology and seek to connect viewers with the stories they love, while pushing the streaming industry forward with consumer-first innovation.

Disney Streaming Services is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Media Security team within the Media Engineering organization.

The Media Security 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 a critical role in the core functionality of our streaming products, then our team is for you.

Responsibilities

Work with a team of engineers building software in a collaborative development process

Build high-performance, stable, scalable systems to be deployed in an enterprise setting

Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions

Participate in the code review process by providing feedback on pull requests

Participate in the on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents

Author and provide feedback on technical proposals and root cause analyses

Provide mentoring and advice for other engineers

Establish engineering best practices and standards within the team to drive quality and excellence

Contribute to the DSS technical community through presentations, tech talks, and other knowledge-sharing efforts

Qualifications

Expertise in functional programming to include Scala (Cats, Cats Effect, Tagless Final preferred)

Experience building RESTful services (APIs in Scala)

Understanding of async programming models (events, callbacks, promises, async / await) and threading / concurrency

Understanding of source control concepts and exposure to Git

Experience with build and deployment technologies such as Jenkins and Docker

Knowledge of caching technologies.

Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc).

Strong understanding of design patterns and principles.

Knowledge of source control systems and CI / CD pipelines.

Demonstrated knowledge of crafting and operating large-scale high-availability backend services and JVM services.

Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, etc.)

Experience with functional programming patterns.

Experience operating within a Public Cloud Provider (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, Grafana)

Basic Qualifications

Minimum of 5 years related experience designing backend architectures and delivering backend applications in a production environment

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and / or equivalent work experience

Knowledge of AGILE / Scrum practices.

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Self-learner, independent, excellent problem-solving skills

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The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA and in New York City, NY is $142,516 to $191,180 per year; the hiring range for this position in Santa Monica / Burbank / Glendale / L.

A., California and in Bristol, Connecticut is $136,036 to $182,490; and the hiring range for this position in San Francisco, California is $148,994 to $199,870 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.