Lead Product Software Engineer

Job ID 10162578 Location San Francisco, California, United States Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted Oct. 21, 2026

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Job Summary:

Job Requirements

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

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.

Ad Platforms organization within Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology is fully responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Advertising Platform across all of Disney online properties, including Hulu and ESPN+. 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 Forecasting team is under Ad Platforms, and its mission is to support Ads Inventory Forecasting business requirements. The Inventory Forecasting Platform provides unified inventory forecasting modelling and result accessing. This is a strong cross-domain team to deliver E2E solutions covering tech areas ranging from machine learning, big data, microservices to data visualization.

Our team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer. The right person for this role should have extensive experience on big data as well as solid expertise on backend services or full stack. If you are someone who is proactive, hardworking, and enthusiastic in these domains, this is a phenomenal role for you!

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Contribute to a team of big data and backend engineers to deliver high value projects
Build components of large-scale data platform for batch and real-time processing, and own features of big data applications to fit evolving business needs
Build next-gen cloud based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming data applications, and continuously improve performance, scalability and availability
Balance architectural and design considerations such as performance, scalability, reusability and flexibility issues
Advocate the best engineering practices, including the use of design patterns, CI/CD, code review and automated test
Collaborate with researchers to productize cutting edge innovations at scale
Collaborate with program managers, product managers, SDET, and researchers in an open and innovative environment

Minimum Qualifications

At least Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or related field
At least 7 years of professional programming and design experience in Scala, Java, Python etc.
3+ years of big data development experience with technical stacks like Databricks, Spark, Hive, SingleStore, Airflow, and AWS
Strong knowledge of system / application design and architecture
Experience with processing large amount of data at petabyte level
Demonstrated ability with cloud infrastructure technologies, including Terraform, K8S, Spinnaker, etc.
Passionate about technologies, and openness to interdisciplinary work
Strong communication skills and project leading experience

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated ability with cloud infrastructure technologies, including Terraform, K8S, Spinnaker, etc.
Experience with Grafana, Datadog.
Experience in widely used Web framework (React.js, Vue.js, Angular, etc.) and good knowledge of Web stack HTML, CSS, Webpack
Ads domain knowledge

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PAY TRANSPARENCY

The hiring range for this position in San Francisco, CA is $173,100 to $232,100 per year. 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.

This position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.

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Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. 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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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.

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