Hybrid Senior Software Engineer – Build Tooling

at The Walt Disney Company

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Build Tooling
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $141,900 - $190,300 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Docker, EC2, Java, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, SDLC, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New York City, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer developing and supporting build tooling infrastructure at Disney Entertainment. Collaborating with teams to ensure efficient CI/CD processes for software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Work with a team of engineers building software in a collaborative software development process to achieve the teams' goals
• Build and maintain software to abstract build, release, and deploy events for use by dozens of development organizations
• Understand the needs of the 1000s of developers that use our software and actively and measurably improve their experience
• Work directly with app development teams to determine needs and implement CI/CD best practices
• Lead the development of critical features ensuring they meet user needs and fit for purpose
• Support critical build and artifact storage systems for the entire organization
• Participate in the on-call rotation, supporting systems and services during production incidents

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years relevant professional experience
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Python, Java, C++, C, C#, etc.
• Familiarity with scripting in Bash / Powershell
• Understanding of a modern collaborative SDLC and experience with a variety of workflows, processes and techniques, i.e.: Scrum, Kanban, GitOps, Monorepos, Micro Services, Feature Flagging, etc
• Experience working with version-controlled environments and CI/CD workflows
• Proficiency in setting up and maintaining pipelines with at least one of: GitLab CI GitHub Actions TeamCity Jenkins Argo SonarQube (for code quality and scanning)
• In-depth knowledge of Linux: File systems, user and group management, process control, permission schemes, SSH key management and secure shell operations
• Hands-on experience with AWS core services i.e. EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, etc.
• Understanding of the wider AWS ecosystem and knowledge of other cloud providers desirable
• Docker: Experience building, running, and debugging containerized applications
• Kubernetes and Helm: Operational knowledge of deploying workloads via manifests or Helm charts
• Experience provisioning and managing infrastructure using through code and configuration using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.
• Familiarity with AI tooling within the software development lifecycle and effectively integrate and utilize these tools to enhance development processes.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with remote team members
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience.

Benefits

• A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
• Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits depending on the level and position offered