Software Engineer II (DevOps)

at  Disney Direct to Consumer

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:

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is looking for a talented and motivated Software Engineer to join the Web Core Services Infrastructure team. We are a distributed devops team focused on synthesizing complex cloud-first tooling into a friendly developer experience. We own tools used to build, test, deploy, and monitor Disney’s web-based products including Disney+, Star+, Hulu, ABCNews, StarWars, Marvel, and ESPN. As part of this team, you will be responsible for delivering part of the largest media streaming platform in the world.
The right person for this role is an empathetic helper with a passion for elegant solutions to difficult problems. We are looking for fast learners who understand enterprise scale and have a commitment to site reliability. You will be surrounded by colleagues eager to help you succeed and be part of a team that encourages experimentation and embraces productive failure.
The Web Infrastructure Engineer works with a diverse set of technologies to facilitate the release of web applications into production. You will collaborate with application developers, project managers, test engineers, sysadmins, AWS support engineers, and software vendors. You will stitch together internal tools into a cohesive, easily understandable CI/CD system. You will own automation that builds and runs code from multiple locations to create artifacts that are analyzed, tested, published, deployed, and consumed by millions of users around the world.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE/SKILLS/TRAINING:

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study
• 3+ years of technical experience
• Deep interest in applying technology to complex, distributed systems.
• An automation mindset
• Familiarity with devops concepts like performance monitoring, autoscaling, failover, redundancy, traffic analysis, etc
• Knowledge/experience with AWS products and services.
• Knowledge/experience with CI systems such as Jenkins or Github Actions
• Expertise in some of the following: Docker, NodeJS, Typescript, Bash, Groovy
• Ability to write documentation and communicate technical topics with clarity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with web delivery workflows

Required Education

• BS Computer Science

The hiring range for this position is $118,000 to $158,200 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

• Create and maintain systems that support continuous integration and deployment
• Automate development and release processes
• Monitor production infrastructure and perform incident root cause analysis
• Implement integrations with enterprise apps like Jenkins, Artifactory, Datadog, Spinnaker
• Review and test other developers’ code
• Support application developers and evangelize cloud-first best practices