Lead Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

A leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise focused on creating world-class stories and experiences.
$166,800 - $223,600
Backend
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
7+ years of experience
Enterprise SaaS · Entertainment

Description For Lead Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is at the forefront of reimagining magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories. The Ad Platforms organization is responsible for building and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Advertising Platform across all Disney online properties, including Hulu and ESPN+. The Forecasting team's mission is to support Ads Inventory Forecasting business requirements through a unified inventory forecasting modeling platform.

As a Lead Software Engineer in the Ad Platforms team, you'll be working on building and enhancing critical advertising technology infrastructure that powers Disney's online properties. You'll be responsible for leading the development of large-scale data platforms, designing next-generation cloud-based infrastructure, and ensuring high performance and scalability of the systems.

The role offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in big data processing, both batch and real-time, while solving complex challenges at massive scale. You'll be part of a team that handles petabyte-level data processing and builds systems that impact millions of users daily.

The position comes with competitive compensation, including potential bonuses and long-term incentives, plus comprehensive benefits. You'll be working in a collaborative environment with opportunities to influence architectural decisions and implement best engineering practices. This is an excellent opportunity for experienced engineers who want to make a significant impact on the future of digital advertising technology at one of the world's leading entertainment companies.

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Responsibilities For Lead Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

  • Contribute to a team of big data and backend engineers to deliver high value projects
  • Lead the development of large-scale data platform for batch and real-time processing
  • Lead the design of next-gen cloud based big data infrastructure
  • Balance architectural and design considerations
  • Advocate the best engineering practices
  • Collaborate with program managers, product managers, SDET, and researchers

Requirements For Lead Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

Java
Python
Scala
Kafka
  • Bachelors 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
  • Strong knowledge of system / application design and architecture
  • Experience of building industry level high available and scalable service
  • Experience with processing large amount of data at petabyte level

Benefits For Lead Software Engineer, Ad Platforms

Medical Insurance
  • Competitive salary
  • Bonus potential
  • Long-term incentives
  • Medical benefits
  • Financial benefits

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