Sr Software Engineer I

Job Posting Title:

Sr Software Engineer I

Req ID:

10151982

Job Description:

Role Title: Senior Software Engineer I

Job Level: P3 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.

Ad Platforms is responsible for Disney’s industry-leading ad technology and products – driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney’s sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms.

Job Summary:
As a Senior Software Engineer I, you will help our team build our linear advertising platform.

On a daily basis you should bring:

• A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems.

• An understanding of the importance of project ownership.

• A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.

• An understanding of micro-service encapsulation and loose coupling, and why they are important.

• An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk.

• Kindness and pragmatic optimism.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, implementing, and testing solutions to various engineering problems in a high-throughput, low-latency microservices environment.

• Enhancing systems’ observability with proper metrics, monitors, and alerts.

• Reading and understanding product user stories, and then translating them into actionable tasks.

• Taking ownership of one or more of the team's domain areas.

• Understanding and using automated tools (AI) while adhering to company policy.

• Available for On-Call rotations based on the team’s escalation policy and support schedule.

Basic Qualifications:

• Proficiency with Java and ORMs.

• Experience with ReactJS or similar frontend frameworks, with the ability to quickly pick up new technologies.

• Relational databases, such as MySQL or Postgres.

• Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving skills.

• Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SpringBoot and related Spring projects.

• Cloud platforms such as AWS.

• Modern DevOps tools such as Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Data Streaming Mechanisms such as Apache Kafka, Kinesis, and/or SNS/SQS. • Domain knowledge in the Ad Tech industry. Required Education: ● BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience. ● 5+ years of software engineering experience.

Job Posting Segment:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology

Job Posting Primary Business:

Ad Platforms

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:

2026-08-13