Senior Java Engineer

The Walt Disney Studios is a large team of creative professionals who produce and acquire live-action and animated motion pictures, direct-to-video content, musical recordings and live stage plays that tell memorable, life-changing stories. Few media and entertainment companies can rival the brands we have the honor of bringing to the world. As part of the Studio's Technology team you'll be joining a group of seasoned, dedicated technologists solving a range of interesting problems in innovative ways in an exciting and dynamic industry. As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will be a key contributor on our Title Planning team, taking ownership of medium-to-large features from design to deployment. You are expected to design efficient APIs, manage data schema changes, and improve the performance of existing services.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively design, develop, and deploy scalable microservices using Java/Kotlin and Spring Boot.


• Take full ownership of features, including database schema design (SQL and/or NoSQL) and API contract definition.


• Enhance and optimize our CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment velocity and reliability.


• Implement observability (metrics, logging, tracing) to ensure high operational quality and troubleshoot production issues quickly.


• Utilize Docker to orchestrate services for local development.


• Implement observability (metrics, logging, tracing) to ensure high operational quality and troubleshoot production issues quickly.


• Mentor junior engineers and participate actively in refining team coding standards and best practices.

Skills Required

• Experience: 4+ years of professional experience in backend development.


• Core Programming: Strong proficiency in Java/Kotlin and deep, practical experience with Spring Boot.


• Architecture: Proven experience building and consuming RESTful APIs and working with microservices architecture.


• DevOps/Cloud: Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and a major cloud provider (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform).


• Database: Expertise in SQL and one or more NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra).


• Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills to align technical solutions with Product and Design requirements.


• Strong ability to break down complex problems and communicate technical trade-offs clearly.


• Practical experience leading small feature efforts within an Agile team.

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of distributed systems design, microservices, including event?driven architectures.


• Experience building or maintaining internal frameworks, shared libraries, or platform services.


• Understanding of domain-driven design (DDD) or hexagonal architecture.


• Experience with modern monorepo projects and tooling.


• Experience integrating APIs in a modern SPA framework: React (preferred), or Vue/Angular.


• TypeScript proficiency for defining client models/interfaces that map to backend contracts.


• Familiarity with state management patterns (React Query, Redux, Zustand) and implications for API design (caching, invalidation).

Education & Work Experience

• BA/BS Degree Comp Sci/IS or related field

About Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at ;/span>