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# Principal Software Engineer - Ad Experiences

- **Company:** Walt Disney Studios
- **Location:** Santa Monica, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $197,400.0 - $264,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Profiling, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Memcached, Redis, Requirements Management, Software Engineering, Datadog, Multithreading, Cloud Platform System, Spring-boot, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Low Latency, Apache Kafka, Non-relational Database, Terraform, Heap (Data Structure), Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28081686/Principal-Software-Engineer-Ad-Experiences-California-Glendale-1015

## About the Role

* A willingness and desire to effectively communicate and collaborate across teams and organizations.
 * Demonstrated ownership and expertise in the projects delivered by our teams.
 * Proficiency in designing and implementing robust, scalable, tolerant distributed systems, as well as in advocating best practices to fellow engineers.
 * A passion for mentoring, learning, and adapting to a very dynamic and fast-paced environment.
 * A proven ability to work with product teams to influence and translate requirements into well-defined technical implementations, as well as the ability to define technical and operational metrics to measure system health.
 * Possess knowledge of relevant technologies and their potential applications within our systems, and be able to articulate their pros and cons.
 * A keen eye for potential optimizations and enhancements to our services using dedicated research time.
 * Kindness and pragmatic optimism.
 * Your unique view and experience., * BS or MS in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant work experience
 * 10+ years of software engineering experience
 * Advanced proficiency with Java, such as understanding heap, multi-threading, garbage collection, profiling
 * Demonstrable analytical / problem-solving / design skills in a highly distributed and highly available services ecosystem
 * Excellent communication, collaboration skills, and a strong teamwork ethic with both technical and non-technical audiences

Comprehensive experience with:

 * SpringBoot and related Spring projects
 * Non-relational database technologies e.g. DynamoDB
 * Redis and/or MemCache
 * Apache Kafka and/or Kinesis
 * AWS or any other cloud platform
 * Observability tooling (logs, metrics, etc)

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Comprehensive experience with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
 * Ad Tech Industry knowledge.

## Description

* Writing some and reviewing a lot of code and tests.
 * Reviewing code and test implementations for best practices and algorithmic complexity.
 * Available to support engineers on an On-Call shift, when needed.
 * Reading requirements documentation from Product, providing a perspective on feasibility and translating into implementation tasks, and partnering with teams' leads through execution as needed.
 * Exploring, researching, implementing proofs-of-concept, and proposing solutions that will improve Ad Serving systems (reduce cost and overhead, improve maintainability, minimize the time features take to be in production, etc).
 * Defining, reviewing, and documenting software and system designs in a high throughput, low latency microservices environment.
 * Enhancing systems' observability with proper metrics, monitors, and alerts.
 * Foster open communication during architectural discussions, confidently defending decisions while welcoming feedback.
 * Bridge the gap between diverse team requirements and technical capabilities to deliver cohesive, scalable solutions.
 * Mentoring and inspiring others in all aspects of professional software development.