Senior Software Engineer - Production Platform Foundations
Company: The Walt Disney Company
Location: Santa Monica
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Posting Title: Senior Software Engineer - Production
Platform Foundations Req ID: 10142638 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. Job Summary: The Production
Platform Foundations team is a horizontal service team providing
both tools and guidance across the organization for operations in
AWS. We strive to act as a productivity multiplier, providing
consulting and operational support to Application teams to help
them drive their adoption of AWS services in conjunction with their
existing infrastructure. We work closely with those groups to offer
a 'cloud-native' perspective on application architecture,
infrastructure, and deployment strategies. A Senior Software
Engineer on the Cloud Account Management (CAM) team is a
security-focused cloud engineer responsible for designing,
building, and supporting automation and tooling initiatives that
further enable secure, compliant, self-service ways of working for
both the team and the developer base. In addition, this role will
provide operational and technical guidance to Application
Development (DevOps) teams that are utilizing the AWS environment
at Disney Streaming. This position will report to the Engineering
Manager and will interact with other Software Engineers in the
Cloud Account Management (CAM) team What you'll be doing Write
automation tools for your team and other internal teams to
self-service, deploy, detect, alert, and mitigate in our AWS
environments Champion and execute best practices and security
standards for operating in the cloud Troubleshoot and implement
appropriate IAM permissions for user access and workloads running
in AWS Provide guidance and recommendations to development teams on
service design and deployments Own initiatives and contribute to
future solution designs and planning Be a go-to technical resource
on the team, spanning across levels and cross functional teams
Monitor and work on inbound issues Qualifications: 5 years of
professional software engineering experience, or equivalent
practical experience. Experience building on public cloud,
preferably AWS. Experience with deployment and CI/CD tools -
Terraform, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, and Jenkins. Relevant
software engineering experience, primarily backend (python,
database, building APIs) Hands-on AWS Security/IAM administration
and policy-creation experience for many users and workloads
Familiarity with Docker and containerization concepts Experience
with Unix/Linux systems Exhibit clear, succinct written and verbal
communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Taking
a practical, collaborative approach when working with engineers.
Familiarity with operational troubleshooting tools and techniques
Nice to have, but not required Experience leveraging AI as a
productivity multiplier AWS Certifications Experience supporting
DevOps teams in mid-to-large-sized organizations, especially in
multitenant environments Familiarity with SSL Certificate
management Familiarity with general and AWS-specific networking
concepts, including VPC constructs, Firewalling, and DNS The hiring
range for this position in Santa Monica, CA and Glendale, CA is
$141,900 to $190,300 per year and in New York, NY and Seattle, WA
is $148,700 to $199,400 per year and in San Francisco, CA is
$155,400 to $208,400. 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: PE - Sports, News & Entertainment, Enablement Job Posting
Primary Business: PE - Sports, News & Entertainment, Enablement -
Infrastructure Engineering Primary Job Posting Category: Software
Engineer Employment Type: Full time Primary City, State, Region,
Postal Code: Santa Monica, CA, USA Alternate City, State, Region,
Postal Code: USA - CA - 1200 Grand Central Ave, USA - NY - 7 Hudson
Square Date Posted: 2026-03-05
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