Lead Software Engineer - Back End

Lead Software Engineer – Back End

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
7+ years of related experience crafting and operating backend services
1+ years of related experience crafting and operating large-scale, high-availability backend services
Experience crafting and operating JVM services (such as Java, Scala, Kotlin)
Proven track record of designing and driving consensus on backend architectures
Deep understanding of and experience using caching technologies (such as Redis, Memcached, EHcache)
Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, databases, etc)
Strong understanding of design patterns and principles
Experience with asynchronous programming
Experience with object-oriented programming patterns
Experience with functional programming patterns
Experience using source control systems and CI/CD pipelines (such as git, Github, Jenkins)
Experience with AGILE/Scrum practices
Skilled at work breakdown and task estimation
1+ years practicing operational best practices for service maintenance
Experience deploying and scaling within a cloud infrastructure
Experience with observability tools for metrics, logging, and monitoring (such as Datadog, Grafana)
Strong communication skills and a desire to share your knowledge with team members and others across Disney Streaming.

Actively participate in daily stand-ups and other scrum ceremonies
Design new solutions and drive alignment across engineering and product teams
Expertly break down work at the epic level, setting project milestones with reasonable deadlines
Prioritize work within a project to deliver on the most necessary or urgent requirements
Anticipate and mitigate risk on projects
Effectively communicate with stakeholders on project progress
Write code to implement new features or optimize existing services
Determine the most efficient means to sufficiently test new code: unit tests, integration tests, performance tests, etc
Set best practices for the team for on-call responsibilities such as deployments, monitoring, and investigating incidents
Use logs, monitoring tools, and work with developers to determine root causes across distributed components
Perform code reviews for members of the team, bearing a sense of responsibility for approved code
Coach and mentor teammates in an open, respectful, flexible, empathetic manner. Help onboard new team members.