Hybrid Senior Software Engineer

at The Walt Disney Company

• Job title: Senior Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $148,700 - $199,400 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, GraphQL, Java, Jenkins, Neo4j, Python, Scala
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Seattle, United States

About the role

• Senior Software Engineer driving next phase of data platform innovation for Disney. Collaborating with teams to develop tools and services for data-driven decision-making in media business.

Responsibilities

• Implement mission-critical applications, services, and libraries using Java, Python, and AWS technologies
• Build reusable components that encapsulate complex business logic and integrate across various systems with guidance from Leads and Architects
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, architects, and engineering teams to align technical strategies with business objectives.
• Ensure operational excellence by delivering high-quality, maintainable, and performant systems.
• Champion agile/scrum methodologies, actively participating in ceremonies and driving continuous improvement across the team.
• Engage with stakeholders and end users to understand requirements, prioritize initiatives, and deliver value through both innovation and iterative enhancements.
• Establish testing strategies and design test suites to cater to unit, integration and regression tests covering backward and forward compatibility.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation to support data governance, system integrity, and long-term maintainability.
• Define, promote, and document internal standards and best practices related to code, configuration, naming conventions, partitioning strategies, and system design.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including work on large-scale projects.
• Proven expertise in algorithmic problem-solving and system design.
• Proficient in at least one programming language, with strong preference for Python or Scala.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms, preferably AWS, or equivalent cloud technologies.
• Hands-on experience with modern CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions for automated deployment.
• Strong Hands-on experience with Graph Database like Neo4J or Neptune
• Solid foundational programming skills with the ability to write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
• Familiarity with latest tech stack in building API’s using GraphQL, AWS AppSync and Postman
• Ability to manage and contribute to multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment.

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, dependent on the level and position offered.