Principal Software Engineer - Ad Experiences
The Walt Disney Company17 days ago
Glendale, CA, USA +2 moreStaff+
Base Salary
$188k - $277k/yr
Responsibilities
- Write and review software code and tests, including evaluating implementation quality, best practices, and algorithmic complexity.
- Design, document, and review robust, scalable, tolerant distributed systems in a high-throughput, low-latency microservices environment.
- Translate product requirements into technical implementations and execution tasks while partnering with product teams and engineering leads.
- Research, prototype, and propose improvements to ad-serving systems that reduce cost and overhead, improve maintainability, and accelerate production delivery.
- Enhance observability through appropriate metrics, monitoring, and alerts, and define technical and operational measures of system health.
- Support engineers during on-call shifts when needed.
- Lead architectural discussions, reconcile diverse team requirements with technical capabilities, and defend technical decisions while incorporating feedback.
- Mentor and inspire engineers across professional software development practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, or relevant work experience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience.
- Advanced proficiency with Java, including heap management, multithreading, garbage collection, and profiling.
- Demonstrated analytical, problem-solving, and system-design skills in highly distributed and highly available services ecosystems.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and teamwork skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
- Comprehensive experience with SpringBoot and related Spring projects, non-relational databases such as DynamoDB, Redis and/or MemCache, Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis, AWS or another cloud platform, and observability tooling such as logs and metrics.
- Preferred experience with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Preferred knowledge of the ad technology industry.
Benefits
- Expected to work in the office four days per week.
- Office locations include Santa Monica, Glendale, and Seattle.
- Full-time employment.
- Medical, financial, and/or other benefits may be provided depending on the level and position.
- A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be included in the compensation package.
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About The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company is a diversified entertainment business that produces films and television, operates theme parks and resorts, and runs streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+. It earns revenue from subscriptions and advertising, theatrical distribution, licensing and merchandise, and park admissions and experiences. Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Burbank, California, Disney owns brands such as Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and 20th Century Studios and serves audiences worldwide.