Staff Software Engineer

Job Posting Title:

Staff Software Engineer

Req ID:

10152045

Job Description:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Technology is at the heart of Disney’s past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more – all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney’s media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company’s media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
1. Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
2. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.
3. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Commerce, Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others. Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science, and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company.

Job Summary
● We’re seeking a skilled Back-End Software Engineer to help design and build secure, scalable, and high-performance systems that power Disney’s technology ecosystem. As part of a collaborative engineering team, you’ll contribute to building core backend services that support critical infrastructure and applications used across Disney’s diverse portfolio—including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, and more.
● You’ll work on systems that require thoughtful design, robust implementation, and close integration with internal platforms and services. This is a great opportunity to be part of foundational engineering work that supports millions of users and enables secure, reliable, and automated operations across a wide range of environments.
● The ideal candidate is a strong backend engineer with excellent problem-solving skills, a drive to learn, and a passion for building well-engineered solutions. While familiarity with specific technologies is a plus, curiosity, adaptability, and a desire to work in a collaborative, fast-paced environment are even more important.

Responsibilities and Duties of the Role:
● Architect and implement mission-critical, highly-available applications, services, and libraries using Java, Python, and Scala, or other languages as appropriate
● Build and evolve secure systems across cloud and on-prem environments, integrating with a wide variety of external systems
● Build and maintain functionality across a range of areas — backend services, front-end UI, APIs, and command-line tools
●Collaborate with product managers, other engineering teams, and stakeholders to define and deliver roadmap goals

● Drive operational excellence through observability, alerting, and reliability practices

● Engage with internal customers to understand their needs and provide intuitive, secure access to secret management tools
● Maintain comprehensive documentation to support internal adoption, governance, and compliance auditing.

​ Required Education, Experience/Skills/Training:

Basic Qualification
● 7+ years of professional software development experience

● Proven experience architecting and implementing complex, distributed systems

● Demonstrated success delivering highly available, mission-critical services in production environments

● Proficiency in at least one modern programming language

● Hands-on experience with modern architectural paradigms such as microservices, event-driven systems, and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)

● Skilled at producing architectural artifacts, including system diagrams, technical documentation, and design decision records

● Solid understanding of software design patterns and system design principles, with the ability to both apply best practices and critically assess them when needed

● Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, with a preference for AWS experience.

Preferred Qualification

● Strong communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams Preferred Qualifications

● Demonstrated curiosity and enthusiasm for exploring new technologies through hands-on experimentation or proof-of-concept projects

● Strong interest in tackling complex, fast-evolving technology or business challenges.
● Passion for automation, scalable systems, data-driven solutions, and creative technical innovation

● Experience designing and building internet-scale platforms or systems with high availability and performance requirements
● Contributions to open-source projects or a portfolio of personal work (e.g., GitHub) that reflects your technical interests and abilities

Required Education

● Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
● Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred

Job Posting Segment:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Commerce, Data & Identity

Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Bangalore, India

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Date Posted:

2026-07-10