Hybrid Software Engineer II

at The Walt Disney Company

• Job title: Software Engineer II
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $123,000 - $165,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Docker, DynamoDB, EC2, Java, Kafka, Kotlin, MySQL, Python, Scala, Subversion, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Software Engineer II for Disney building an image service platform impacting millions of fans globally. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to engineer innovative solutions and enhance user experience.

Responsibilities

• Design core, backend software components for the Image Service Platform
• Collaborate with other Image Service engineers and external engineering teams to evaluate and design appropriate solutions to effectively meet Product requirements
• Build and manage code in AWS using CloudFormation or Terraform
• Evaluate new or existing technologies and products for implementation, considering costs, usability, compatibility and scalability
• Create technical documentation and runbooks for reference and reporting purposes
• Use a mix of technologies including Scala, Java, Python, Kafka, Kinesis, DynamoDB, MySQL and an array of AWS native services
• Collaborate with other team members (including product owners, TPMs, and other stakeholders) to achieve product and business requirements
• Conduct design and code reviews
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources

Requirements

• BS, BA, or advanced degree in computer science, engineering, or its equivalent
• 3+ years of experience building internet-scale API or services applications
• Experience in a Scala and alternative JVM application development environments (Java/Kotlin)
• Familiarity with the AWS environment, including ECS (Docker), S3, EC2, Lambda, CloudWatch
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code such as Terraform, CloudFormation
• Understanding of software development fundamentals
• Familiarity with writing unit, integration and functional tests
• Familiarity integrating with service APIs and/or SDKs
• Understanding of agile processes software team with version control & project management tools (e.g. Github, SVN, Jira, Basecamp)
• Creative and inventive problem solving
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and a team-focused approach towards software development.

Benefits

• 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.