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 hundreds of millions of people around the world. + **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. The Commerce, Growth & Identity (CGI) team is dedicated to three business-critical areas at Disney that will help transform its media business. They create seamless user experiences for consumers who can choose from a wide range of subscription plans, enabling more choice and flexibility. The CGI team is also focused on building innovative and cutting-edge capabilities that will drive subscriptions, engagement, and monetization across Disney’s streaming and digital products. As a Software Engineer, you will join Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology's Growth & Commerce Platform Growth Life Orchestration Team. Disney has been investing tremendously in modernizing its platform by developing a platform layer that exposes the commerce system’s capabilities to our front-end device clients (Web, mobile, living room devices) and our service partners like the customer service platform. The team's primary objective is to abstract away the core commerce domains from client teams and centralize all of the Growth & Commerce Platform capabilities into one shared layer. Another objective of the team is to decouple these core commerce systems to allow for faster feature delivery. **Responsibilities** + Work alongside the Product and Business teams to understand the businessimplications and user flows for sign-up and user account management. + Contribute to designs and develop a future proof API layer that exposes thecommerce lifecycle platform capabilities to various clients. + Review and develop robust API contracts and scalable microservices forinternal clients. + Assist in creating technical proposals to illustrate the high-level design andsystem flow between clients and backend systems. + Understand key dependencies such as the core subscription, billing, andpayment systems and how they will affect clients. + Contribute to the end-to-end software development lifecycle for our systems:conceptualize, design, build, code review, test, load test, launch, and measure performance. + Collaborate with the Product team to translate requirements into well-definedtechnical implementation. **Basic Qualifications** + Minimum of 3 years of related work experience + Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience + Strong code design and architectural skills + API design experience (authoring and providing feedback) withstakeholders + Strong programming experience in Java + Familiarity with SQL + Outstanding communication, collaboration skills, and a strongethic ofteamwork + Quality-first demeanor with a focus on test automation and CI/CD + The ability to jump into a project and contribute immediately to botharchitecture and implementation + Strong analytical skills ​ **Preferred Qualifications** + Experience with Spinnaker and Kubernetes + Experience with Spring WebFlux or Reactive programming in Java + Experience with GraphQL (implementation and integration) + Experience or familiarity with gRPC + Experience with AWS, Terraform \#DISNEYTECH The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $118,000 to $158,200 per year and in Santa Monica, CA is $112,600 to $151,000 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. **Job ID:** 10099055 **Location:** New York,New York **Job Posting Company:** Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email Candidate.Accommodations@Disney.com with your request. 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