Software Engineer II (Backend)
Location
Bristol, CT | United States
Job description
Job Summary:
Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we’re reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world’s most beloved stories while also transforming Disney’s media business for the future. Whether that’s evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney’s unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
A few reasons why we think you’d love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
- Building the future of Disney’s media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney’s media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
- Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day – from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
- Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
Job Summary:
As a member of the Experience Delivery – Sports Watch Team, you will build and support the services and distribution APIs that deliver ESPN’s live and VOD streams to some of our more trafficked products, like the ESPN mobile app, ESPN.com and ESPN on living room devices. We are looking for a passionate, impactful technologist who seeks to bring the best out in themselves and those around them. Someone who can provide a fresh perspective and innovative insight to our initiatives.
Responsibilities:
- Be involved in the requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of systems that support or enhance other applications within our environment.
- Collaborate & troubleshoot with the rest of the team in the analysis and resolution of hard engineering problems involving high trafficked web application services and API’s, including taking part of the on-call rotation.
- Think of new ways to help make our data platform more scalable, resilient, and reliable and then work across our team to put your ideas into action. Research and learn new technologies
- Work with the team to iteratively improve development practices and processes.
- Help with full-stack development when needed.
- Research and experiment with the latest and greatest technologies to identify and apply them to current and future projects.
- Work with the team to iteratively improve development practices and processes.
- Contribute to code reviews.
Basic Qualifications:
- 3+ years of relevant industry experience
- BS Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent.
- Experience with Java and open-source technologies like Spring, Tomcat, MySQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, etc.
- Some experience in developing high volume, cached, fault tolerant, multi-threaded scalable systems.
- Exposure to full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc.
- Analyze and resolve complex engineering problems involving high trafficked web and mobile application services and APIs.
- Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
- Strong analytical skills as well as solid capabilities for debugging and troubleshooting.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Exposure to cloud-based technologies such as AWS EC2, ECS, SQS, S3, Lambda, Cloud Formation, etc.
- Experience with JavaScript, client based technologies such as Angular or React
- Collaborate with product managers and fellow engineers in the design and implementation of systems delivering high throughput experiences.
- Contribute to cross-team architecture discussions.
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The hiring range for this position in Bristol is $112,600 – $151,000 per year, in Los Angeles is $112,600 – $151,000 per year, Seattle is $118,000 – $158,200 per year, New York is $118,000 – $158,200 per year and Bay area, CA is $123,400 – $165,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. 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.
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