Mid Level Software Engineer Jobs in Howell Township, NJ

Job Posting Title:

Senior Software Engineer - Build Tooling Infrastructure

Req ID:

10142526

Job Description:

Technology is at the heart of Disney's past, present, and future. Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology is a global organization of engineers, product developers, designers, technologists, data scientists, and more - all working to build and advance the technological backbone for Disney's media business globally.

The team marries technology with creativity to build world-class products, enhance storytelling, and drive velocity, innovation, and scalability for our businesses.We are Storytellers and Innovators. Creators and Builders. Entertainers and Engineers. We work with every part of The Walt Disney Company's media portfolio to advance the technological foundation and consumer media touch points serving millions of people around the world.

Here are a few reasons why we think you'd love working here:

Building the future of Disney's media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come. Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney's technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company's brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News...and many more. These products and brands - and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry - matter to millions of people globally. Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

Product Engineering is a unified team responsible for the engineering of Disney Entertainment & ESPN digital and streaming products and platforms. This includes product engineering, media engineering, quality assurance, engineering behind personalization, commerce, lifecycle, and identity.

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Build Tooling Infrastructure team at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Product & Technology (DEEPT), you will design and develop custom tools and maintain mission-critical infrastructure that enables application teams to deliver software quickly and reliably. Our team manages all aspects of CI tooling for DEET, including version control, CI servers, artifact storage, and cross-environment secrets management. We're seeking a mid-level engineer with a solid foundation in CI/CD processes and tools and a strong desire to grow and learn.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a team of engineers in a shared development process

• Build and maintain pipeline libraries that abstract build, release, and deployment events for use across multiple development organizations

• Partner with application development teams to identify needs and implement CI/CD best practices

• Support critical deployment systems used organization-wide

• Participate in code reviews by providing constructive feedback on pull requests

• Join the on-call rotation to support systems and services during production incidents

• Author technical proposals and contribute to root cause analyses

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 3 years focused on CI/CD or DevOps infrastructure

• Extensive hands-on experience administering Jenkins, Vault, Github, etc. and developing complex CI/CD pipelines

• Proficiency in writing custom build files using Gradle and/or sbt

• Strong understanding of Docker and familiarity with container orchestration platforms such as Amazon ECS or Kubernetes

• Solid programming experience in Python, Groovy, or Java

• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex systems and resolve issues efficiently

• Hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure provisioning using CloudFormation

• Strong collaboration skills, including experience working effectively with distributed teams

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Thorough understanding of source control concepts and practical experience with Git

• Proven ability to proactively identify and implement improvements in software and tooling

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with application performance monitoring tools such as New Relic or Datadog

• Programming experience with Java or Go

• Working knowledge of GitOps principles and workflows

#disneytech

The hiring range for this position in Santa Monica, CA and Glendale, CA is $141,900 to $190,300 per year and in New York, NY and Seattle, WA is $148,700 to $199,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.

Job Posting Segment:

PE - Sports, News & Entertainment, Tech Enablement

Job Posting Primary Business:

PE - Sports, News & Entertainment, Enablement - Infrastructure Engineering

Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

New York, NY, USA

Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code:

USA - CA - 1200 Grand Central Ave, USA - CA - 2450 Broadway

Date Posted:

2026-03-05