Lead Product Software Engineer

Join Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology to lead a cross-domain team building forecasting capabilities for Ads Inventory Forecasting under the Ad Platforms organization.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a team of big data and backend engineers to deliver high value projects
• Develop components for large-scale data platform capabilities across batch and real-time processing
• Own features of big data applications to align with evolving business needs
• Build and evolve next-generation cloud-based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming data applications
• Continuously improve performance, scalability, and availability across the data platform
• Make architectural and design decisions considering performance, scalability, reusability, and flexibility
• Promote engineering best practices, including design patterns, CI/CD, code review, and automated testing
• Work with researchers to productize cutting-edge innovations at scale
• Partner with program managers, product managers, SDET, and researchers in an open and innovative environment

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or related field
• 7+ years of professional programming and design experience using Scala, Java, Python, etc.
• 3+ years of big data development experience with stacks including Databricks, Spark, Hive, SingleStore, Airflow, and AWS
• Strong knowledge of system/application design and architecture
• Experience processing large datasets at petabyte level
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure technologies including Terraform, Kubernetes (K8S), and Spinnaker
• Strong interest in technology and openness to interdisciplinary work
• Strong communication skills with experience leading projects

Forecasting Team Context

• Team supports Ads Inventory Forecasting business requirements
• Inventory Forecasting Platform provides unified inventory forecasting modeling and result access
• Cross-domain team delivers end-to-end solutions spanning machine learning, big data, microservices, and data visualization

About Ad Platforms

• Ad Platforms organization within Disney Entertainment and ESPN Technology builds, enhances, and maintains a high-performance distributed microservice-based advertising platform across Disney online properties, including Hulu and ESPN+
• Builds and maintains proprietary advertising technology including ad serving and delivery, campaign management, reporting, and evolving integrations for a best-in-class video advertising business

Technologies

• Scala, Java, Python
• Databricks, Spark, Hive, SingleStore, Airflow, AWS
• Terraform, K8S, Spinnaker, CI/CD, Design patterns
• Grafana, Datadog
• React.js, Vue.js, Angular, HTML, CSS, Webpack

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience with cloud infrastructure technologies including Terraform, K8S, and Spinnaker
• Experience with Grafana and Datadog
• Experience with widely used web frameworks (React.js, Vue.js, Angular, etc.) and knowledge of the web stack (HTML, CSS, Webpack)
• Ads domain knowledge

Location: San Francisco, CA (onsite)

Compensation: USD 173,100 - 232,100 per yearly