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Senior Staff Software Engineer

Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10092744 Location London, United Kingdom Business Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology Date posted Jun. 27, 2024

Job Summary:

As a Seniorr Staff Software Engineer within Identity Engineering you will provide the leadership and direction that our organisation needs to deliver large, exciting initiatives. You will contribute to and be part of an engaging, dynamic and inclusive engineering organisation.St Staff Software Engineers are empowered to make important architectural decisions that enable us deliver on our most important initiatives. We look to them to build, discover, and introduce new technologies so that we can continuously improve. They help to craft a roadmap of future changes working in partnership with their peers across Product, Project Management, and Engineering.We follow Scrum and Agile principles, make use of continuous integration and deployment, believe in phenomenal collaboration, and our motivated by a shared commitment to continuous learning and improvement.Our team builds and delivers Consumer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) capabilities for The Walt Disney Family of Companies including: Parks and Experiences, Disney+, ESPN, Hulu, Disney Store, ABC, Star Wars, Marvel, NatGeo, and more. To do this we build and run highly available and globally replicated systems that power each customer's journey across our services and experiences.
What You Will Do
  • Help deliver important initiatives by making impactful decisions and ensure our organisation delivers on them.
  • Mentor engineers to help them improve their technical ability, their domain expertise, and build their profile within and outside of the organisation.
  • Discover, define, and refine new technologies and to build, run, and operate stateful microservices and lambdas in a multi-region cloud environment.
  • Promote and support Agile methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban by leading regular ceremonies such as stand-up, retrospectives and sprint planning.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, QA, Operations, and other business partners to understand requirements and articulate technical decisions and outcomes.

What To Bring
  • Domain expertise in either Streaming or Identity (or a consistent track record of learning new domains!).
  • Experience with one of these Java Virtual Machine (JVM) languages: Java, Scala, or Kotlin.
  • Familiarity with a cloud provider: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Compute (GCP), or Microsoft Azure.
  • A willingness to learn, experiment with, and create new technologies.

Nice To Haves
  • Familiarity with both object oriented programming (OOP), and functional programming (FP) standard methodologies.
  • Familiarity with Terraform, and infrastructure as code (IaC), and DevOps.
  • Familiarity with Databricks and Apache Airflow products.

The Perks
  • 25 days annual leave.
  • Private medical insurance & dental care.
  • Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free.
  • Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing.
  • Excellent parental and guardian leave.
  • Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

About Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology:

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology (DE&E Technology) provides the technological backbone and product development for Disney’s two media business units, while helping to keep the company at the vanguard of innovation – enabling the Company to continuously leverage technology to enhance storytelling and creativity, while delivering scalability, flexibility, and efficiency for its businesses.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney’s stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with The Walt Disney Company Limited, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology.

The Walt Disney Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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