Principal Software Engineer - Remote Opportunity

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Engineer to join our Content and Experience Delivery (CXD) team at Disney. As a key member of our team, you will play a crucial role in designing systems that support billions of requests per day, providing a seamless content browsing experience for our viewers across the globe.

This is a 100% remote, full-time opportunity that offers a competitive salary of $26/hour and the flexibility to work from anywhere. If you are a motivated and talented software engineer with a passion for building scalable and reliable systems, we encourage you to apply.

Job Details

• Hiring Organization: Disney
• Post Name: Principal Software Engineer
• Qualifications: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field
• Industry: Private
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Work Hours: 8 hours/day
• Salary: $26/hour
• Location: Seattle, USA (remote work arrangement)

Job Description

The CXD team is responsible for building systems that provide data at scale to viewers across Hulu, Disney+, ESPN+, and Star+ (DSS). We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer who can contribute to the design of systems that can support billions of requests per day, providing a brilliant content browsing experience for our viewers.

Responsibilities

• Design systems that improve how we collect and serve data at scale to all Disney Streaming viewers
• Meet with engineering and product teams to understand their goals and objectives
• Consult and brainstorm with other engineering leaders to drive innovation and solutions
• Model solutions that validate your ideas and provide feedback to stakeholders
• Lead engineering teams through implementation and provide guidance and support
• Define and refine operational models to support highly available and performant systems

Requirements

• A broad perspective on problem-solving and a strong ability to advocate for cross-team projects
• Experience collaborating with product management, technical program management, operations, and other engineering teams
• Strong programming skills in Java and other object-oriented languages, with a solid grasp of computer science fundamentals
• Experience designing and building multi-system, cross-team event-driven systems models (reactive design)
• Deep experience building and managing services on AWS
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent work experience

Nice to Have

• Cloud-native system design experience
• Experience delivering and scaling within a cloud infrastructure
• Deep experience with reactive programming on JVM languages, preferably Java
• Experience as a service administrator with experience creating and managing observability systems
• Hands-on experience with streaming platforms like Kafka, Kinesis, or Flink
• Experience working with distributed NoSQL data stores like DynamoDB, Cassandra, Scylla, or Couchbase
• Experience working with remote global teams and a flexible schedule across multiple time zones

Apply Now

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to join our team and contribute to the success of Disney Streaming. Apply now and take the first step towards an exciting and rewarding career.