Product Software Engineer II
The Walt Disney Company2 hours ago
Tokyo, JapanMid Level
Base Salary
$115k - $161k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement features and resolve defects in backend services and APIs supporting ESPN watch experiences.
- Develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable systems for high-traffic streaming and content experiences.
- Troubleshoot distributed systems, high-throughput APIs, caching layers, and cloud-based infrastructure.
- Design and implement reliable, resilient, observable, performant, and operationally ready solutions.
- Participate in code reviews, technical design discussions, sprint planning, estimation, and delivery execution.
- Support on-call rotations, incident response, live-event operations, and major sports event coverage.
- Collaborate with product managers, frontend teams, platform teams, and partner engineering organizations.
- Research and apply new technologies and agentic AI-assisted development workflows using Cursor and Claude Code.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, software engineering, electrical or electronics engineering, or a comparable field, or equivalent work experience.
- 3+ years of experience developing backend systems or APIs in Java; Spring Boot experience is preferred.
- Familiarity with cloud-native development, particularly AWS services such as ECS, Lambda, CloudFront, and S3.
- Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools including DataDog, New Relic, and CloudWatch.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, build systems such as TeamCity or Jenkins, and containerized deployments.
- Strong understanding of REST APIs, caching strategies, performance optimization, and high-availability distributed systems.
- Comfort working with live-event traffic, tight SLAs, on-call rotations, and high-stakes operational environments.
- Preferred experience with Angular or similar frontend frameworks, HAProxy, Varnish, CDN configuration, edge caching, and media or streaming workflows.
- Strong communication, collaborative problem-solving, and cross-team coordination skills.
Benefits
- Full-time employment with eligibility for medical, financial, and other benefits depending on the level and position offered.
- Role based in Bristol, Connecticut; Glendale, California; or Seattle, Washington, with major event coverage and regular on-call participation.