Lead Software Engineer

Post Date

Jan 14, 2025

Location

Santa Monica,
California

ZIP/Postal Code

90404
US
Mar 17, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

LAX-755787

Pay Rate

$72 - $90 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Job Summary:
Ad Serving Engineering organization within Disney Entertainment and ESPN
organization is fully responsible for building, enhancing and maintaining the
high-performance, distributed, microservice-based Digital Advertising Platform. The
platform is charged with the qualification, delivery, and tracking of Digital Advertising
campaigns (Video on Demand, Live TV, and innovative interactive ads) across all of
Disney online properties, including Hulu and ESPN+.
In addition, Ad Serving teams collaborate in the development of supporting
components, such as anti-ad fatigue systems, impression counting pipelines, and ad
experience flows. We also work on integrations with critical services responsible for the
correct pacing, targeting, and selection of ads.
As a P4 (Lead Software Engineer) of our team, you will apply your knowledge and skills
to help us deliver scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable software.
On a daily basis you should bring:
A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across
teams and systems.
Demonstrated ownership for the projects delivered by your team and department
Knowledge of system design and implementation best practices to guide and
mentor
A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast
paced environment
A proven ability to work with product teams to translate requirements into
well-defined technical implementations, as well as the ability to define technical
and operational metrics to measure system health
A keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services
Kindness and pragmatic optimism.
Your unique view and experience
Responsibilities:
Writing and reviewing a lot of code and tests
Available for a weekly-rotating On-Call support schedule
Reading requirements documentation from Product and translating into
implementation tickets, and leading the team through execution
Defining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high
throughput, low latency microservices environment
Enhancing systems observability with proper metrics, monitors and alerts
Delegating tasks to team members, when needed

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Required Skills & Experience

Basic Qualifications:
BS or MS in Computer Science / Engineering or relevant work experience
7+ years of software engineering experience
Advanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading,
profiling
Demonstrable analytical / problem solving skills
Great communication, collaboration skills and a strong teamwork ethic with both
technical and non-technical audiences
***Working hours would need to closely overlap with PST.
***Candidates must be located close to a Disney tech hub.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Preferred Qualifications:
Comprehensive experience with:
SpringBoot and related Spring projects
Non-relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB
Redis and/or MemCache
Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
AWS or other cloud platform
Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes
Ad Tech industry

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.