Role Overview
Disney (Disney India Private Limited – Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology) is seeking a Sr Software Engineer I (Sr Product Development Engineer I) to join its Ad Platforms infrastructure team in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. In this production-focused platform and data infrastructure engineering role, you will maintain, automate, and optimize the AWS cloud infrastructure powering high-scale Ad Technology data pipelines—supporting Apache Airflow (MWAA), Databricks, Apache Spark, and Apache Flink workloads running on Amazon EKS.
Core Responsibilities
- Production Platform Operations: Provide hands-on operational support for high-throughput production Amazon EKS workloads, CI/CD pipelines, and core AWS infrastructure powering Disney's Ad Technology ecosystem.
- Infrastructure Automation: Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules, automation scripts, and diagnostic tooling to streamline pod health monitoring, deployments, and platform operations.
- Incident Response & Root Cause Analysis: Lead triage, recovery, and deep root-cause analysis for high-severity production incidents across EKS, Istio service mesh, and CI/CD pipelines across globally distributed teams.
- Runbooks & Reliability Standards: Author clear operational runbooks, define infrastructure best practices, and continuously enhance system reliability and performance.
- Cross-Functional Delivery: Partner closely with data engineering, application, and DevOps teams on platform onboarding, shared infrastructure initiatives, and production releases.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience).
- Professional Experience: 6+ years of hands-on experience in infrastructure, platform engineering, or DevOps roles with a strong background supporting large-scale data systems.
- AWS & Data Infrastructure: Solid operational expertise in AWS (IAM, VPC, EKS, ALB/NLB) alongside production experience managing MWAA (Airflow), Databricks, and Spark/Flink on Kubernetes.
- IaC, Scripting & CI/CD: Working proficiency with Terraform, scripting languages (Python, Go), CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, Spinnaker), and Kubernetes networking/security (TLS, DNS, IAM, Istio).
- On-Call & Collaboration: Proven experience participating in on-call rotations and driving incident resolution across globally distributed engineering squads.
- Preferred Qualifications: Familiarity with Datadog or Prometheus observability, AIOps automation, Azure/GCP cloud platforms, AWS/Databricks cost optimization, and regulated compliance environments (SOX, CCPA).
About Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology builds the global technological backbone behind The Walt Disney Company’s media, streaming, and advertising businesses—including Disney+, Hulu, ESPN, and ABC. Uniting storytelling with engineering excellence, our technologists design scalable platforms that connect millions of fans worldwide with iconic content and live events.