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# Lead Product Software Engineer

- **Company:** Walt Disney Studios
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $173,100.0 - $232,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** HTML, Java (Programming Language), Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Big Data, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Cloud Computing, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Software Design Patterns, Apache Hive, Python (Programming Language), Software Product Management, Scala (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Spinnaker, Data Streaming, Web Application Frameworks, Datadog, ReactJS, Grafana, Apache Spark, Backend, Vue.js, Webpack, AngularJS, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform, SDET, Databricks
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jobmonkeyjobs.com/career/28127209/Lead-Product-Software-Engineer-California-San-Francisco-1015

## About the Role

Our team is seeking a Lead Software Engineer. The right person for this role should have extensive experience on big data as well as solid expertise on backend services or full stack. If you are someone who is proactive, hardworking, and enthusiastic in these domains, this is a phenomenal role for you!, * At least Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or related field

 * At least 7 years of professional programming and design experience in Scala, Java, Python etc.
 * 3+ years of big data development experience with technical stacks like Databricks, Spark, Hive, SingleStore, Airflow, and AWS
 * Strong knowledge of system / application design and architecture
 * Experience with processing large amount of data at petabyte level
 * Demonstrated ability with cloud infrastructure technologies, including Terraform, K8S, Spinnaker, etc.
 * Passionate about technologies, and openness to interdisciplinary work
 * Strong communication skills and project leading experience

Preferred Qualifications

 * Demonstrated ability with cloud infrastructure technologies, including Terraform, K8S, Spinnaker, etc.
 * Experience with Grafana, Datadog.
 * Experience in widely used Web framework (React.js, Vue.js, Angular, etc.) and good knowledge of Web stack HTML, CSS, Webpack
 * Ads domain knowledge

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## Description

* Contribute to a team of big data and backend engineers to deliver high value projects
 * Build components of large-scale data platform for batch and real-time processing, and own features of big data applications to fit evolving business needs
 * Build next-gen cloud based big data infrastructure for batch and streaming data applications, and continuously improve performance, scalability and availability
 * Balance architectural and design considerations such as performance, scalability, reusability and flexibility issues
 * Advocate the best engineering practices, including the use of design patterns, CI/CD, code review and automated test
 * Collaborate with researchers to productize cutting edge innovations at scale
 * Collaborate with program managers, product managers, SDET, and researchers in an open and innovative environment