**Job Description**


Disney Streaming is the leading premium streaming service offering live and on-demand TV and movies, with and without commercials, both in and outside the home. Operating at the intersection of entertainment and technology, Disney Streaming has a unique opportunity to be the number one choice for TV. We captivate and connect viewers with the stories they love, and were looking for people who are passionate about redefining TV through innovation, unconventional thinking, and embracing fun. Join us and see what this is all about.


We're looking for a junior-level software engineer to join our Core Data Platform application team. We build and provide applications that are used by data engineering teams and data scientists across Disney, particularly in processing data related to our streaming and web-based businesses (e.g. data from Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, etc.). The successful candidate will have a passion for technology and solid coding skills. Knowledge of specific technologies may be helpful, but is less important than an ability to learn quickly. We value team members who aren't afraid to dive deep when required, think for themselves, and have great communication and teamwork skills.


**What You'll Do**


+ Build cool things Build software across our entire cutting-edge data platform, including data processing, storage, and serving large-scale web APIs, with awesome cutting-edge technologies. We operate in real-time with high-availability.

+ Innovate and inspire Think of new ways to help make our data platform more scalable, resilient and reliable and then work across our team to put your ideas into action.

+ Have pride Ensure performance isnt our weakness by implementing and refining robust data processing, REST services, RPC (in an out of HTTP), and caching technologies.

+ Grow with us Help us stay ahead of the curve by working closely with data architects, stream processing specialists, API developers, our DevOps team, and analysts to design systems which can scale elastically in ways which make other groups jealous.


**What To Bring**


+ Proficient in at least one of: Scala, Python, Java


**Nice-To-Haves**


+ Data and API experience You are handy with big data framework such as Hadoop & Apache Spark, No-SQL systems such as Cassandra or DynamoDB, Streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka; Understand reactive programming and dependency injection such as Spring to develop REST services

+ Have a technology toolbox Hands on experience with newer technologies relevant to the data space such as Spark, Kafka, Druid (or any other OLAP databases). Youll have plenty of experience with developing in a cloud native environment with many different technologies

+ Problem solver Enjoy new and meaningful technology or business challenges which require you to think and respond quickly

+ Passion and creativity Are passionate about data, technology, & creative innovation

+ Affinity for sports, entertainment or streaming

+ Prior experience building internet scale platforms handling terabyte+ scale data, operationalizing clusters with hundreds of compute nodes in a cloud environment

+ Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, AWS

+ It would be awesome if you have a robust portfolio on Github and / or open source contributions you are proud to share


**Basic Education**


+ Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline or its equivalent


**Additional Information**


DISNEYTECH


Just like the best ensemble casts of our favorite shows, Disney Streaming embraces diversity and is an inclusive environment. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.


**Job ID:** 10016746

**Location:** Santa Monica,California

**Job Posting Company:**
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. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.