Software Engineer

Software Engineer Apply Now Apply Later Job ID Location Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Business Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology Date posted7月. 18, 2025 Job Summary:

About the Role & Team

At Disney, we're storytellers. We make the impossible, possible. The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. From streaming platforms and sports broadcasting to news, animation, and immersive experiences, we continue to shape the future of storytelling and viewer engagement. Every product, every experience, and every innovation is powered by a team driven by passion, creativity, and a commitment to excellence.

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology powers the digital experiences that bring Disney's iconic content to viewers around the globe. Whether it's evolving our streaming platforms, innovating advertising and content delivery infrastructure, or delivering cutting-edge sports and news experiences, we are at the forefront of redefining how stories are told and experienced.

The User Foundations team plays a pivotal role in delivering key user capabilities shared across Disney+, Hulu, ESPN+, and Star+. We build high-throughput, reliable services and data pipelines that gather user insights and power personalization across all our platforms. We're a dynamic, fast-paced, and collaborative team looking for a skilled Software Engineer who thrives in a high-impact environment.

What You Will Do

As a Software Engineer on the User Foundations team, you will:

• Build and maintain scalable, resilient, and high-performance backend services

• Collaborate cross-functionally to design and deliver robust user-facing capabilities

• Participate in the design, breakdown, and estimation of new features and services

• Write clean, maintainable code, backed by thorough testing (unit, integration, performance)

• Engage in CI/CD practices to ensure seamless deployment and operation of services

• Contribute to operational excellence through monitoring, alerting, and incident response

• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation for mission-critical services used by millions of users

• Foster a culture of engineering excellence through code reviews, documentation, and mentorship

• Identify optimization opportunities to improve performance, reliability, and scalability

• Champion collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and team growth

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Strong understanding of distributed, message-based, scalable systems

• Fluent in multiple programming languages; expertise in at least one of: Java, Python, or JavaScript

• Experience writing, testing, and deploying production-quality backend services

• Familiarity with service design, documentation, and software delivery best practices

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Effective problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues

• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments with shifting priorities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with SpringBoot and the broader Spring ecosystem

• Knowledge of non-relational databases (e.g., DynamoDB), and caching solutions (Redis, Memcached)

• Experience with streaming technologies like Apache Kafka or Amazon Kinesis

• Familiarity with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes

• Proficiency in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Exposure to performance tuning and testing of distributed systems

• Experience working on diverse teams and mentoring junior engineers

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

About Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:

At Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology, we're blending imagination and innovation to reimagine the ways people experience and engage with the world's most beloved stories and products. Our work is wide-ranging and deeply sophisticated. We create amazing experiences, transform the future of media, and build products and platforms that enable the connection between people everywhere and the stories and sports they love.

Disney's ability to marry world-class technology with one-of-a-kind creativity makes us unique. It is at the heart of our past, present, and future. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers.

About The Walt Disney Company:

The Walt Disney Company, together with its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise that includes three core business segments: Disney Entertainment, ESPN, and Disney Experiences. From humble beginnings as a cartoon studio in the 1920s to its preeminent name in the entertainment industry today, Disney proudly continues its legacy of creating world-class stories and experiences for every member of the family. Disney's stories, characters and experiences reach consumers and guests from every corner of the globe. With operations in more than 40 countries, our employees and cast members work together to create entertainment experiences that are both universally and locally cherished.

This position is with The Walt Disney Company Limited , which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology .

The Walt Disney Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion or belief, sex, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, disability or pregnancy or maternity. Disney fosters a business culture where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a rapidly changing world.

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