Software Engineer II
Disney
Software Engineer II
Salary Not Specified
Disney, Gorton, Manchester
- Part time
- Temporary
Posted 3 weeks ago, 4 Apr | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 1b680c9d340d4444947b927c00cdb421
Full Job Description
- Actively participate in daily stand-ups and other scrum ceremonies.
- Collaborate with team members to design new solutions and drive alignment across partner teams.
- Participate in the breakdown and estimation of tasks.
- Communicate with team members on progress.
- Write code to implement new features or optimize existing services.
- Test code through various means: unit tests, integration tests, performance tests, etc.
- Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for our tier-1 critical services facing millions of users worldwide.
- Follow industrial best practices for service operations regarding CI/CD, monitoring, and investigation of incidents. Perform code reviews for members of the team.
- Develop software designs and specifications
- Develops and writes code to meet design specifications
- Test, document and deploy code
- Support, maintain and break-fix production products
- Work with a team to design solutions to various interesting and challenging problems
- Be a champion for engineering excellence
- Become and stay an expert in current and emerging technologies and tools
We are looking for a Software Engineer who is passionate about developing high performance platforms. - A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and systems.
- A sense of ownership of the projects delivered by your team and department
- A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast paced environment
- An understanding of how to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health and to manage risk.
- A keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services
- Kindness and pragmatic optimism.
- Your unique view and experience, 3+ years of software engineering experience
- Understanding of message based distributed, scalable, and resilient systems
- Desire to work in a start-up, fast-growth, or rapid-change environment
- Experience working on diverse teams
- Problem-solving skills to identify the root cause and implement the fix.
- Solid communication skills - written, and oral
- Ability to be flexible, adapting to changing priorities
- Fluent in multiple programming languages and an expert in at least one of: JavaScript, Python, Java
- Experience transforming requirements into software design, documentation and software.
- SpringBoot and related Spring projects
- Non-relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB
- Redis and/or MemCache
- Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
- Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes
- Expert with at least one of: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Experience building, testing, and tuning distributed systems
Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology - Building the future of Disney's media business: DE&E Technologists are designing and building the infrastructure that will power Disney's media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.
- Reach & Scale: The products and platforms this group builds and operates delight millions of consumers every minute of every day - from Disney+ and Hulu, to ABC News and Entertainment, to ESPN and ESPN+, and much more.
- Innovation: We develop and execute groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms and enhance how audiences experience sports, entertainment & news.
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
- Disney+ Subscription
- Excellent parental and guardian leave
- Employee Resource Groups - WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.
To be successful in this role, you need effective communication and collaboration skills, a passion for learning and trying new things, and a strong foundational understanding of programming and computer science.
As a member of our team, you will apply your knowledge and skills to help us deliver scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software.
The Opportunity & Responsibilities:
Experience with:
On any given day at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology, we're reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences for the world's most beloved stories while also transforming Disney's media business for the future. Whether that's evolving our streaming and digital products in new and immersive ways, powering worldwide advertising and distribution to maximize flexibility and efficiency, or delivering Disney's unmatched entertainment and sports content, every day is a moment to make a difference to partners and to hundreds of millions of people around the world.
A few reasons why we think you'd love working for Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology
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. We are committed to building a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.