Lead Software Engineer, Ad Platforms at The Walt Disney Company

San Francisco, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Senior (5 to 8 years), Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Entertainment, Media, Advertising, Sports, NewsIndustries

Requirements

Bachelor's 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 Spark, Hive, SingleStore, Airflow, Kafka, Flink and AWS
Strong communication skills and project leading experience
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 technology

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

Software EngineeringAd TechnologyInventory ForecastingScalabilityData Science

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What skills are required for the Lead Software Engineer role?

The role requires extensive experience in big data and solid expertise in backend services or full stack development. Ideal candidates are proactive, hardworking, and enthusiastic in these domains.

What does the Forecasting team do?

The Forecasting team under Ad Platforms supports Ads Inventory Forecasting business requirements, providing unified inventory forecasting modeling and result accessing as a strong cross-domain team covering machine learning, big data, microservices, and data visualization.

What are the main responsibilities in this position?

Responsibilities include contributing to big data and backend engineering projects, building large-scale data platforms for batch and real-time processing, developing cloud-based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming applications, and balancing architectural and design considerations.

What is the work arrangement or location for this role?

This information is not specified in the job description.

What is the salary or compensation for this position?

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