Software Engineer II
Company: The Walt Disney Company
Location: Seattle
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Posting Title: Software Engineer II Req ID: 10145322 Job
Description: Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Technology 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. The 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.
Here are a few reasons why we think you’d love working here:
Building 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. Reach, 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. Innovation: We develop and implement
groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms,
and solve complex and distinctive technical problems. Commerce,
Data & Identity provides the core product management functions for
areas crucial to Disney’s media businesses. These include
initiatives and products that power digital commerce, identity, and
growth, as well as those that reach uniquely across The Walt Disney
Company enterprise, such as messaging and privacy, among others.
Additionally, it is responsible for the data engineering, science,
and products for Disney Entertainment & ESPN, along with their
interconnection with other parts of The Walt Disney Company.
Engineering Services designs, builds, and sustains technology that
powers DE&E Technology’s worldwide content production and
distribution platforms. In doing so, they contribute to a series of
cross-functional services and technologies, including Quality
Assurance, Data Analytics, Software Development, Broadcast
Infrastructure, and Networking & Security. The Data Measurement
tools team build tool sets that profiles, audits, certifies, and
communicates the consistency, accuracy, availability, and
resilience of our data. We build, maintain, and monitor thousands
of signals required to ensure that our data can be used to drive
critical insights on our business, to provide quality input to our
machine learning models, and to serve as a foundation for the
innovation and creativity required to move us forward as the
world’s premier streaming service. Job Summary: As a Software
Engineer on the Data Measurement Tools team, you will provide the
technical and business skills to build tools that ensure Disney
data is trusted. The ideal candidate will help to visualize and
build tooling that define, measure, support and certify the data
pipelines and systems that serve data to our business and millions
of users. Core responsibilities for this position include: Leverage
your skills in SQL, Scala, and Python to build tooling that measure
and evaluate the quality, consistency, resilience, accuracy, and
availability of our data Provide intuitive reports that show
stakeholders the “state” of their data in actionable form Build and
scale various tools to enhance data observability and data
measurement Automate processes, procedures, and workflows to ease
data certification process Collaborate with engineering,
management, product, and business teams to improve data reliability
across products and projects Responsibilities and Duties of the
Role: 70% Software Engineering & Design 20% Stakeholder Engagement
10% Monitoring & Research Required Education,
Experience/Skills/Training: Basic Qualifications 3 years experience
in designing and executing queries to assess the veracity of
datasets Ability to read/write complex SQL queries to analyze data,
investigate systemic defects Familiarity with statistical methods
for assessing and evaluating data 3 years experience working with
at least one or more industry-standard database technologies
(mySql, Snowflake, Hive) 3 years of experience in programming
languages like Python or Java Exceptional written and oral
communication skills that translate across technical and business
domains Team-oriented and independently motivated to deliver
results Patience and resilience in working with the sometimes
ambiguous requirements that characterize innovation projects
Preferred Qualifications Proficiency in using reporting tools like
Tableau or Looker Proficiency in git or similar version control
tools Proficiency in machine learning model development Experience
working in big data environments (Hadoop, S3, HBase) Experience
with: Python SQL Stakeholder engagement Required Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems,
Mathematics or related technical discipline or its equivalent. The
hiring range for this position in Seattle, WA is $120,300 -
$161,300 per year, in Santa Monica, CA is $114,900 - $154,100 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. Job Posting Segment: Commerce, Data &
Identity Job Posting Primary Business: PE - Sports, News &
Entertainment, Enablement Primary Job Posting Category: Software
Engineer Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region,
Postal Code: Seattle, WA, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal
Code: USA - CA - 2450 Broadway Date Posted: 2026-03-12
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