Lead Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for their Ad Platforms organization. This role will be responsible for building, enhancing, and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Advertising Platform across all of Disney online properties, including Hulu and ESPN+. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in big data and solid expertise in backend services or full stack development.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the development of large-scale data platforms for batch and real-time processing
• Design next-gen cloud-based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming data applications
• Balance architectural and design considerations for performance, scalability, reusability, and flexibility
• Advocate for best engineering practices, including design patterns, CI/CD, code review, and automated testing
• Collaborate with program managers, product managers, SDET, and researchers

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or related field
• At least 7 years of professional programming and design experience in Scala, Java, Python, etc.
• 3+ years of big data development experience with technical stacks like Spark, Hive, SingleStore, Airflow, Kafka, Flink, and AWS
• Strong knowledge of system/application design and architecture
• Experience building industry-level highly available and scalable services
• Experience processing large amounts of data at petabyte level

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with cloud infrastructure technologies (Terraform, K8S, Spinnaker, IAM, ALB)
• Experience with Grafana, Datadog
• Knowledge of Web frameworks (React.js, Vue.js, Angular) and Web stack (HTML, CSS, Webpack)
• Ads domain knowledge

This role offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology that powers Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses, reaching millions of consumers every day. The successful candidate will be part of a team reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while transforming Disney's media business for the future.