Senior Software Engineer – Java
Company | The Walt Disney Company |
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Location | Bristol, CT, USA, Glendale, CA, USA, New York, NY, USA |
Salary | $138900 – $195000 |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s |
Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- BS in Computer Science or related technical discipline and 5+ years relevant industry experience or 11+ years equivalent engineering experience without a BS degree in a technical field.
- Proven Experience with Java and open-source technologies like Spring, Tomcat, MySQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis, GraphQL etc.
- Demonstrated proficiency in developing high volume, cached, fault tolerant, multi-threaded scalable systems.
- Exposure to full lifecycle of application development, including best practices of unit testing, code reviews, documentation, etc.
- Motivated self-starter with the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies.
- Demonstrated ability to work on a diverse scope of software and database projects requiring detailed analysis, creative/practical problem solving. Strong analytical skills as well as solid capabilities for debugging and troubleshooting.
- Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
Responsibilities
- Participate in the design and implementation of multi-layered systems delivering high throughput consumer facing experiences.
- Collaborate & troubleshoot with the rest of the team in the analysis and resolution of hard engineering problems involving high trafficked web application services and APIs. Oversee service performance, scalability, and event planning requirements.
- Provide guidance and enforcement of development practices and processes. Review code and work with junior engineers to ensure product and design specifications are met.
- Research, learn, and evangelize widespread adoption of new technologies and architecture patterns. Influence and contribute to department technical strategy and planning.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with cloud-based technologies such as AWS EC2, ECS, SQS, S3, Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFormation/Terraform, etc.