{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"cfdeccb6a1d7c46bdfc426c9","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cfdeccb6a1d7c46bdfc426c9","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cfdeccb6a1d7c46bdfc426c9","title":"Principal Full Stack Software Engineer - Ad Experiences","description":"Job Summary\r\nTechnology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally.\r\nThe team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.\r\nHere are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here:\r\n\r\n\r\nBuilding the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.\r\n\r\n\r\nReach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally.\r\n\r\n\r\nInnovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.\r\n\r\n\r\nAd Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms.\r\nThe Ad Experiences Fleet aims to unleash the magic of Disney by leveraging cutting-edge creative tools and fostering creative innovation to craft captivating, interactive ad experiences that deeply resonate with consumers and deliver superior value for our advertisers while enhancing the viewer experience to maximize revenue.\r\nAs part of our team, you'll develop and own systems that enable rapid prototyping, testing, and validation of interactive ad formats with real viewers and advertisers-fueling innovation and revenue growth across our CTV platforms. These experiences are then integrated into creative platforms also owned by the Fleet leading to new ad experiences available to all ad tier users.\r\nAs our team's Principal Software Engineer, you will apply your battle-tested experience, deep technical knowledge of software and systems, and leadership skills to help teams create scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable systems.\r\nDaily, you should bring:\r\n\r\n\r\nA willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and organizations.\r\n\r\n\r\nDemonstrated ownership and expertise in the projects delivered by our teams.\r\n\r\n\r\nProficiency in designing and implementing robust, scalable, tolerant distributed systems, as well as in advocating best practices to fellow engineers.\r\n\r\n\r\nA passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.\r\n\r\n\r\nA proven ability to work with product teams to influence and translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations, as well as the ability to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health.\r\n\r\n\r\nPossess knowledge of relevant technologies and their potential applications within our systems, and be able to articulate their pros and cons.\r\n\r\n\r\nA keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services using dedicated research time.\r\n\r\n\r\nKindness and pragmatic optimism.\r\n\r\n\r\nYour unique view and experience.\r\n\r\n\r\nResponsibilities and Expectations\r\n\r\n\r\nWriting and reviewing a lot of code and tests.\r\n\r\n\r\nReviewing code and test implementations for best practices and algorithmic complexity.\r\n\r\n\r\nAvailable to support engineers on an On-Call shift, when needed.\r\n\r\n\r\nReading requirements documentation from Product, providing a perspective on feasibility and translating into implementation tasks, and partnering with teams' leads through execution as needed.\r\n\r\n\r\nExploring, researching, implementing proofs-of-concept, and proposing solutions that will improve Ad Serving systems (reduce cost and overhead, improve maintainability, minimize the time features take to be in production, etc).\r\n\r\n\r\nDefining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high throughput, low latency microservices environment.\r\n\r\n\r\nEnhancing systems' observability with proper metrics, monitors, and alerts.\r\n\r\n\r\nMentoring and inspiring others in all aspects of professional software development.\r\n\r\n\r\nBasic Qualifications\r\n\r\n\r\nBS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant work experience\r\n\r\n\r\n10+ years of software engineering experience\r\n\r\n\r\nAdvanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading, garbage collection, profiling\r\n\r\n\r\nAdvanced proficiency with front end technologies such as Node, React, NextJS, Express, Typescript, Tailwind\r\n\r\n\r\nDemonstrable analytical / problem-solving / design skills in a highly distributed and highly available services ecosystem\r\n\r\n\r\nExcellent communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences\r\n\r\n\r\nComprehensive experience with\r\n\r\n\r\nSpringBoot and related Spring projects\r\n\r\n\r\nNon-relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB\r\n\r\n\r\nRedis and/or MemCache\r\n\r\n\r\nApache Kafka and/or Kinesis\r\n\r\n\r\nAWS or any other cloud platform\r\n\r\n\r\nObservability tooling (logs, metrics, etc)\r\n\r\n\r\nFront end technologies and frameworks such as Node, React, NextJS, Express, Typescript, Tailwind\r\n\r\n\r\nPreferred Qualifications\r\n\r\n\r\nComprehensive experience with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes\r\n\r\n\r\nAd Tech Industry knowledge.\r\n\r\n\r\nLocation\r\n\r\n\r\nExpected to be in the office four days a week.\r\n\r\n\r\nOffice location : Santa Monica / Seattle\r\n\r\n\r\nDISNEYTECH\r\nThe hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $184,300 - $247,100 per year and in Seattle, WA is $193,100 - $258,900 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.\r\nAbout Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:\r\nAt 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.\r\nDisney'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.\r\nAbout The Walt Disney Company\r\nThe 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.\r\nThis position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.\r\nDisney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.\r\nApply Now Apply Later\r\nCurrent Employees Apply via My Disney Career\r\nExplore Location","company":"Walt Disney","rawCompany":"walt disney","city":"Glendale","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-05-02T19:26:31.306Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"17-2199.00","title":"Engineers, All Other","slug":"engineers-all-other"}],"industries":[{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Principal Full Stack Software Engineer - Ad Experiences","description":"Job Summary\r\nTechnology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally.\r\nThe team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses. We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.\r\nHere are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here:\r\n\r\n\r\nBuilding the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.\r\n\r\n\r\nReach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally.\r\n\r\n\r\nInnovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.\r\n\r\n\r\nAd Platforms is responsible for Disney's industry-leading ad technology and products - driving advertising performance, innovation, and value in Disney's sports, news, and entertainment content, across all media platforms.\r\nThe Ad Experiences Fleet aims to unleash the magic of Disney by leveraging cutting-edge creative tools and fostering creative innovation to craft captivating, interactive ad experiences that deeply resonate with consumers and deliver superior value for our advertisers while enhancing the viewer experience to maximize revenue.\r\nAs part of our team, you'll develop and own systems that enable rapid prototyping, testing, and validation of interactive ad formats with real viewers and advertisers-fueling innovation and revenue growth across our CTV platforms. These experiences are then integrated into creative platforms also owned by the Fleet leading to new ad experiences available to all ad tier users.\r\nAs our team's Principal Software Engineer, you will apply your battle-tested experience, deep technical knowledge of software and systems, and leadership skills to help teams create scalable, performant, maintainable, and testable systems.\r\nDaily, you should bring:\r\n\r\n\r\nA willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and organizations.\r\n\r\n\r\nDemonstrated ownership and expertise in the projects delivered by our teams.\r\n\r\n\r\nProficiency in designing and implementing robust, scalable, tolerant distributed systems, as well as in advocating best practices to fellow engineers.\r\n\r\n\r\nA passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.\r\n\r\n\r\nA proven ability to work with product teams to influence and translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations, as well as the ability to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health.\r\n\r\n\r\nPossess knowledge of relevant technologies and their potential applications within our systems, and be able to articulate their pros and cons.\r\n\r\n\r\nA keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services using dedicated research time.\r\n\r\n\r\nKindness and pragmatic optimism.\r\n\r\n\r\nYour unique view and experience.\r\n\r\n\r\nResponsibilities and Expectations\r\n\r\n\r\nWriting and reviewing a lot of code and tests.\r\n\r\n\r\nReviewing code and test implementations for best practices and algorithmic complexity.\r\n\r\n\r\nAvailable to support engineers on an On-Call shift, when needed.\r\n\r\n\r\nReading requirements documentation from Product, providing a perspective on feasibility and translating into implementation tasks, and partnering with teams' leads through execution as needed.\r\n\r\n\r\nExploring, researching, implementing proofs-of-concept, and proposing solutions that will improve Ad Serving systems (reduce cost and overhead, improve maintainability, minimize the time features take to be in production, etc).\r\n\r\n\r\nDefining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high throughput, low latency microservices environment.\r\n\r\n\r\nEnhancing systems' observability with proper metrics, monitors, and alerts.\r\n\r\n\r\nMentoring and inspiring others in all aspects of professional software development.\r\n\r\n\r\nBasic Qualifications\r\n\r\n\r\nBS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant work experience\r\n\r\n\r\n10+ years of software engineering experience\r\n\r\n\r\nAdvanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading, garbage collection, profiling\r\n\r\n\r\nAdvanced proficiency with front end technologies such as Node, React, NextJS, Express, Typescript, Tailwind\r\n\r\n\r\nDemonstrable analytical / problem-solving / design skills in a highly distributed and highly available services ecosystem\r\n\r\n\r\nExcellent communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences\r\n\r\n\r\nComprehensive experience with\r\n\r\n\r\nSpringBoot and related Spring projects\r\n\r\n\r\nNon-relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB\r\n\r\n\r\nRedis and/or MemCache\r\n\r\n\r\nApache Kafka and/or Kinesis\r\n\r\n\r\nAWS or any other cloud platform\r\n\r\n\r\nObservability tooling (logs, metrics, etc)\r\n\r\n\r\nFront end technologies and frameworks such as Node, React, NextJS, Express, Typescript, Tailwind\r\n\r\n\r\nPreferred Qualifications\r\n\r\n\r\nComprehensive experience with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes\r\n\r\n\r\nAd Tech Industry knowledge.\r\n\r\n\r\nLocation\r\n\r\n\r\nExpected to be in the office four days a week.\r\n\r\n\r\nOffice location : Santa Monica / Seattle\r\n\r\n\r\nDISNEYTECH\r\nThe hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $184,300 - $247,100 per year and in Seattle, WA is $193,100 - $258,900 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.\r\nAbout Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology:\r\nAt 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.\r\nDisney'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.\r\nAbout The Walt Disney Company\r\nThe 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.\r\nThis position is with Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC, which is part of a business we call Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology.\r\nDisney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.\r\nApply Now Apply Later\r\nCurrent Employees Apply via My Disney Career\r\nExplore Location","datePosted":"2026-05-02T19:26:31.306Z","dateModified":"2026-05-02T19:26:31.306Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Walt Disney","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Glendale","addressRegion":"CA","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"cfdeccb6a1d7c46bdfc426c9"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/cfdeccb6a1d7c46bdfc426c9"}}