Principal Software Engineer
Description For Principal Software Engineer
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Playback Services team within Media Engineering. This role is crucial in building highly available, high-throughput services essential for delivering quality content to subscribers. The position focuses on the backend of media playback, handling media selection, device customization, and antipiracy technologies.
The ideal candidate will be part of reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for Disney's stories while transforming their media business. Working with Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology means being at the forefront of innovation in streaming and digital products, powering worldwide advertising and distribution, and delivering unmatched entertainment and sports content.
The role offers the opportunity to work on systems that reach millions of consumers daily through platforms like Disney+, Hulu, ABC News, and ESPN. You'll be part of an innovative organization focused on providing the best possible video playback experience, art, and metadata to customers worldwide.
Key aspects of the role include leading architecture discussions, mentoring team members, establishing engineering practices, and participating in on-call rotations. The position requires expertise in functional programming, RESTful services, and experience with various cloud technologies and tools.
This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned engineer looking to make a significant impact at one of the world's leading entertainment companies, working on technology that shapes how audiences experience sports, entertainment, and news globally.
Responsibilities For Principal Software Engineer
- Work with a team of engineers building software in a collaborative development process
- Work cross-team to build consensus on approach for delivering projects
- Build high-performance, stable, scalable systems to be deployed in an enterprise setting
- Lead high-level architecture discussions and planning sessions
- Support systems and services during production incidents as part of the on-call rotation
- Provide mentoring and advice for other specialists
- Establish engineering practices and standards within the team
Requirements For Principal Software Engineer
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related field
- 10+ years related experience crafting backend architectures
- Expertise in functional programming patterns and experience building RESTful services using Scala APIs
- Understanding of async programming models and threading/concurrency
- Knowledge of source control systems, messaging and caching technologies, CI/CD pipelines
- Knowledge of AGILE/Scrum practices
Benefits For Principal Software Engineer
- Medical benefits
- Bonus opportunities
- Long-term incentives
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