Sr Solutions Engineer
Apply Now Apply Later Job ID 10138523 Location New York, New York, United States / Santa Monica, California, United States / Seattle, Washington, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Dec. 15, 2025Job Summary:
Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product and Technology (DEEP&T) Ad Platforms is responsible for delivering global advertising technology solutions for Disney's Linear & Addressable channels, brands and streaming services. With unmatched scale, premium content, and innovative capabilities, we are a market leader in advertising. We build and maintain proprietary technology, ranging from ad serving and ad delivery, campaign management, reporting as well as all the integrations – internal and external – that come with evolving and maintaining a best-in-class video advertising business.
The Ad Platforms Technical Operations team seeks an experienced Sr. Solutions Engineer to oversee and ensure the optimal performance of our Live Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) channel. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex and technical problems and has experience in the Live DAI field. You will need proven leadership skills, a sense of urgency, experience with critical service operations, and the ability to problem-solve in high volume production environments. This is an exciting opportunity for a digital media enthusiast to join the fast-paced, talented professionals on the Ad Platform team.
Responsibilities
- Monitor and maintain operational dashboards in Conviva, Datadog, Snowflake, etc.
- Collect key performance metrics (KPM) tracking Live DAI performance and deliver weekly summaries / monthly KPM reports to diverse audience of advertising stakeholders
- Provide live event management support during non-business hours.
- Maintain detailed operational documentation for both internal and external consumption.
- Investigate complex issues, diagnose product bugs, and resolve requests
- Work with team to develop strategies to automate operational DAI workflows for live event management and addressable linear programming
- Develop strong partnerships with ad sales, account managers, engineering, infrastructure, design, and production teams to deliver strategic and tactical channel objectives.
- Assist in creating channel-specific onboarding and cross-training documentation
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in digital advertising operations or support, preferably with a focus in video advertising technology.
- Experience with OTT streaming technologies including HLS and MPEG-DASH
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and partner across multiple teams and organizations
- Strong understanding of digital advertising specs including VAST, VMAP, SCTE, etc.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate complex concepts to technical and unacquainted audiences
- Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
- Strong presentation and documentation skills including experience working with Confluence, PowerPoint, and LucidChart
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with live event management for high concurrency events
- Experience with digital advertising systems and ecosystems
- Experience with terminal commands, and scripting languages for task automation and debugging
- Experience tracing ad calls using proxy and debugging tools to decode VAST
- Experience with ad event tracking, log-level data processing, and reporting for ad campaign performance.
Required Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Broadcasting, Digital Media, related technical fields, or equivalent experience
The hiring range for this position in NYC and Seattle, WA is $135,400 to $140,400 per year and in Santa Monica, CA is $129,300 to $173,300. 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.
About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:
At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we’re blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world’s most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.
Disney’s ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.
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 Disney Streaming Technology LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.
Disney Streaming Technology LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.
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