Lead Software Engineer - Ad Serving Engineering

Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join their Ad Serving Engineering team. The team is responsible for building, enhancing, and maintaining the high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Digital Advertising Platform. The successful candidate will develop and support ad delivery systems for on-demand and live TV content, using Java, Spring, Kubernetes, AWS, and Terraform. They will lead by example, support peers, and strive to improve code and design towards more scalable, clean, and decoupled implementations.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience
• 7+ years of software engineering experience
• Advanced proficiency with Java, including but not limited to understanding memory management, multi-threading, profiling, thread pools, connection pools, and HTTP protocols
• Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving skills
• Great communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences

Benefits

• Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package