Job Summary:
At The Walt Disney Company we’re building what strives to be the largest media streaming platform in the world, serving not just Disney+, but also ESPN+ and Hulu. Every day is a moment to make a difference for hundreds of millions of people around the world!
Our team members all contribute to a dynamic, inclusive, and self-motivated culture, and are responsible for the full development, delivery, and operational support of critical global services. We have a mature DevOps culture and collaborate on all areas of the technology stack: including UI, backend services, real time data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
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, rewarding culture.
As part of the Experimentation & Experience Controls team you'll be working on high throughput globally distributed systems, with areas including Stream Concurrency & Impression tracking, A/B Testing, Feature Flagging, and User Cohort Targeting.
What You Will DoLead an agile squad that is fully responsible for delivering critical products or services running in multi-region cloud environments, driving innovation and collaboration within the team.Ensure high-quality consistent delivery by promoting and contributing to Agile practices and ceremonies within your squad, driving code reviews and feature development, and balancing priorities to avoid compromising when it comes to testing and performance at scale.Be empowered to make technical and architectural decisions, and to influence the roadmap for your squad and the wider team. Working in partnership with your peers across Product, Project Management, and Engineering to ensure your squad's direction aligns with the strategic goals of the organization.Contribute to an inclusive culture that values learning and development, close collaboration between team members, and strives for excellence.Mentor engineers within and outside of your squad to help them improve their technical abilities and build their profiles within and outside of the organization.RequirementsExperience in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) language such as: Java, Scala, or Kotlin. Our teams primarily use Scala, but we're happy for you to learn that with us. We follow functional programming principles and use frameworks such as Cats Effect and ZIO.Experience leading the delivery of a significant product or feature, ideally within an Agile team.Understanding of high-quality coding, testing, and development practices.Experience designing, building, and operating distributed systems with multi-level failover & fallback strategies.Experience with at least one of the following cloud providers: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Compute (GCP), or Microsoft Azure.Familiarity with Terraform or other infrastructure as code (IaC) tooling.EducationBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.7 years related work experience.
The hiring range for this position in NYC is $159,500 to $213,900. 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.