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.
The DEET organization plays a central role in the future growth of The Walt Disney Company. Our team is responsible for worldwide linear and digital media distribution, design and development of all consumer-facing digital products, advertising technology, consumer data, and international broadcast operations. Our employees are leading, creating, and innovating, making bold moves in unexpected directions that redefine not just what a media company does, but what it can do. With The Walt Disney Company, you can be part of our evolution, helping us create what's next.
Ad Platform Data Infrastructure is responsible for providing a stable platform in AWS for the data engineering teams to build upon. Our activities stretch from building big data infrastructure in AWS, to defining custom deployment pipelines, to troubleshooting performance issues. We cover a wide range of tools and support these as well as the production environment. The individual we are looking for will provide leadership in all of these areas.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead team planning and coordination within each sprint
- Coordinate with the other Ad Platform Infrastructure teams
- Coordinate with Ad Platform Data Engineering to ensure proper prioritization
- Troubleshoot issues between teams with respect to project initiatives and technical
- dependencies
- Troubleshoot issues between members of their team, both interpersonal and technical in
- nature
- Mentor team members and participate in their growth as engineers.
- Guide technical solutions to ensure they align with business needs and timelines
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience.
- 6+ years of cloud infrastructure experience
- 6+ years of software development experience with python, Go or Scala
- 3+ years of big data infrastructure experience
- 4+ years of big data infrastructure leadership experience
- Demonstrable analytical/problem solving skills
- Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic with both
- technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred Qualification:
- Deep experience with AWS
- Experience managing Databricks environments on AWS
- Experience managing EKS
- Experience managing Spark and/or Flink on Databricks or on Kubernetes/EKS
- Experience with Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
- Experience with Apache Airflow
- Ad Tech industry experience
The hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA or New York, NY is between $175,800 - $235,700, Los Angeles, CA is between $167,700 - $224,900 year, in San Francisco is between $183,700 - $246,400. 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.
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What the Team is Saying
What We Do
Innovation is in the DNA of The Walt Disney Company. We not only embrace it, we translate it into experiences you can see and feel. From our groundbreaking work in advanced audio-animatronic robots featured in the Disney theme parks, to streaming services that are redefining entertainment, to inventing tools to create new worlds in our films — The Walt Disney Company has spent nearly 100 years immersing audiences in new and stunning experiences using groundbreaking technology. When next generation technology meets talented people ready to tackle challenges still to be imagined, anything can happen.
Why Work With Us
Every technologist at Disney is essential to helping us create unforgettable experiences and innovative products. Our teams constantly spearhead innovation by incubating cutting-edge ideas into production-ready solutions. At Disney, you’ll make an impact you can see and feel with a team that both supports and challenges your thinking.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
