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 our 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 enhance 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 here:

• Building the future of Disney's media: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power our 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 implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.

The Identity Engineering team provides critical consumer facing access, security, and identification services across The Walt Disney Company (TWDC). This includes our variety of brands like Disney, Hulu, ESPN, ABC, Marvel, and National Geographic to name a few. Nearly every digital consumer experience across the company relies on Identity Platform for mission critical business operations, including streaming video content on Disney+, booking Disney Parks and Resort vacations, playing ESPN Fantasy Football, buying products from Shop Disney and many more. These identity services are responsible for over 300 million guest and fan accounts, and billions of transactions per year. As part of the team, you will be tackling cutting edge issues that come with cloud-based infrastructures, platform resiliency requirements, security, and data migrations at scale. These challenges are regularly given on tight timelines, and we are looking for experienced engineering team members able to make the right decisions and drive them to execution. This position will serve as a primary contributor on the team as the team navigates the changing technology landscape.
Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with peers and business partners to design and implement product features in a high-scale distributed architecture
• Ensure the continued quality of our platform by developing automated tests
• Conduct code reviews and mentor junior engineers in best practices
• Support and maintain critical production services
• Participate in team meetings and sprint ceremonies

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience building highly scalable, distributed software components
• Proficiency in server-side REST or GraphQL API development using Java, Scala, or Kotlin (Java preferred)
• Proven experience in cloud application architecture and engineering using Amazon Web Services
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills working with peers and business partners
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle and Agile Development/Testing practices and methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision leading small projects and initiatives as part of a cross-functional team
• Professional experience with relation and non-relational database platforms
• Knowledge of common performance troubleshooting techniques using observability tools

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with serverless and event-driven architecture using tools such as AWS lambda, Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, and AWS SQS
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation
• Experience with CI/CD tools and their configuration, Jenkins and Spinnaker preferred

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The hiring range for this position in Seattle WA is $142,600-$191,100 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.