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Senior Software Engineer

at Walt Disney

📍 New York, United States Unknown 💰 $148K – $199K USD / year Posted March 17, 2026
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Position Details

Salary $148K – $199K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience mid
Exp. Years 0+ years
Education Not specified
Category Software Engineering

About this role

Walt Disney is seeking a software engineer to develop high-throughput, content delivery services for its media platforms. The role involves working with streaming media technologies, cloud infrastructure, and building scalable backend services.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop content delivery services
  • Build scalable backend APIs
  • Work with streaming media tech
  • Optimize high throughput systems
  • Collaborate with media teams

Technical Overview

The environment includes Scala, Java, Python, AWS cloud services such as ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB, and streaming technologies like Kinesis. The engineer will focus on API development and content platform scalability.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a mid-level software engineer with 3+ years of experience working with Scala, Java, or Python on AWS cloud infrastructure. They should have a background in streaming media and content delivery systems, capable of handling high throughput environments.

Must-Have Skills

intermediate software development fundamentalsexperience with ScalaJavaor Pythonfamiliarity with AWS servicesability to work in a fast-paced environment

Nice-to-Have Skills

media engineeringstreaming medialive sportscontent delivery

Tools & Platforms

AWSECSLambdaDynamoDBKinesisCloudFrontWAFDatabricks

Required Skills

ScalaJavaPythonApache FlinkSparkDatabricksAWSECSLambdaDynamoDBKinesisCloudFrontWAF

Hard Skills

ScalaJavaPythonApache FlinkSparkDatabricksAWSECSLambdaDynamoDBKinesisCloudFrontWAF

Soft Skills

team collaborationproblem solvingadaptabilitycommunication

Industry & Role

Industry Media / Entertainment
Job Function Developing high-performance, scalable media content services in a cloud environment
Role Subtype Software Engineer II
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Apache Flink, Spark, Databricks

Keywords for Your Resume

software engineerScalaJavaPythonApache FlinkSparkDatabricksAWSECSLambdaDynamoDBKinesisCloudFrontWAFmedia engineeringstreaming medialive sportscontent deliveryAPI serviceshigh throughput servicescontent platformdigital media

Deal Breakers

Lack of experience with AWS services, No experience with Scala, Java, or Python, No media engineering background, No experience with content delivery platforms

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