Disney, a global leader in entertainment, is seeking a talented and dedicated Senior Software Engineer to join our Payments team. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a team within the Commerce, Growth and Identity organization that manages the payment transactions of millions of customers across our celebrated platforms - Disney+, ESPN+, Hulu.

What we're looking for

Responsibilities:

• Own the stability, scalability, and reliability of our multi-tenant payment platform supporting Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impact customers.

• Demonstrate strong ownership by driving technical solutions from design through implementation and operation, collaborating across teams to evolve the architecture of Tier 1 payment services.

• Build deep expertise in Global Payments, taking initiative to understand international payment ecosystems and solve the unique challenges of serving a global streaming audience.

• Deliver at scale by designing, building, and operating high-throughput systems that process millions of payment transactions while maintaining performance, resilience, and operational excellence.

• Lead reliability and performance improvements for mission-critical payment services, including integrations with new payment processors and support for SCA and other regional payment requirements.

• Champion security best practices for payment data storage, tokenization, and PCI compliance, ensuring the platform meets the highest security standards.

• Maintain a high engineering bar by writing well-tested, maintainable code, actively participating in design discussions and code reviews, and continuously improving system quality.

• Take initiative to identify opportunities for innovation, operational improvements, automation, and technical debt reduction, helping shape the future of our payment platform.

• Operate with an ownership mindset, supporting critical production systems through on-call rotations, incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term corrective actions to improve service health.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience

• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience

• Proven hands-on experience with Scala, Java, or similar programming languages.

• Proven hands-on experience with API design, including REST and gRPC.

• Demonstrated analytical and strong system design skills.

• Hands-on experience with event-driven systems using technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, or AWS SNS/SQS.

• Exposure to cloud infrastructure, such as AWS, Spinnaker, and Kubernetes

• Strong communicator and team player, able to adapt quickly and effectively in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

• A commitment to continuous learning, mentorship, and striving for excellence.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in functional programming environments, especially with Scala and the Cats Effect ecosystem

• Experience managing Tier 1 production services, including participation in on-call rotations and incident response.

• Experience mentoring interns and junior engineers

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