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Disney seeks a Staff Software Engineer for its Performance Marketing team to lead full-stack application development, architecture, data modeling, and engineering standards for marketing campaign tools and workflows. The listing specifies a remote position in Burbank, California, a base-pay hiring range of $158,100–$211,900 per year, and at least 8 years of production full-stack architecture experience.
Backend, Customer success, Data, Design and creative, DevOps, Finance and investments, Frontend, Healthcare admin, Marketing, Operations, QA and testing, Software
United States
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Staff · full_time
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Explore the remote job marketStaff Software Engineer at Disney Entertainment Operations LLC
Job Posting Title
Staff Software Engineer
Req ID
10154769
Job Description
About the Role & Team
Do you remember seeing trailers for The Devil Wears Prada 2 earlier this summer? What about digital spots for a cruise on the Disney Wish? Or the California Adventure Food and Wine Festival? If you did, it was likely because of the detailed planning and execution of The Walt Disney Company’s Enterprise Media and Marketing team…and if you didn’t – it’s probably because our targeting is that good .
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join the Performance Marketing arm of this media team. We are an integrated, cross-functional team of marketers, software engineers, data scientists, and analysts who help the Media team execute highly data-driven marketing campaigns and tactics.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will help expand our technology portfolio of innovative campaign planning tools, complex data science workflows, and elegant web applications that blend the art of advertising with the science of data-backed insights.
This role is unique – our team is embedded directly within the Disney marketing organization. We're aligned, mission-driven, and free to move fast and innovate towards our goals. You'll tackle the challenges of executing and optimizing precise paid media strategies, using the latest technologies and tools. If you're excited about this, please get in touch – we'd love to hear from you!
What you will do
- Lead the design and development of intuitive, high-quality web applications used daily by the Performance Marketing group — owning the experience end to end, from interaction design through to production
- Own and evolve software engineering, data modeling, and architectural standards within the team; create and uphold standards and rigor around software development, testing, deployment, and documentation
- Quickly develop a deep understanding of the business of marketing and create new technical solutions or platforms that can accelerate our broader team's velocity and impact
- Implement full stack applications that facilitate the execution of data-driven media campaigns on third party ad platforms
- Help fellow engineers hurdle roadblocks; create tools that empower scientists and developers to quickly test, iterate, and promote to production
- Implement quality controls, monitoring, and other safeguards to ensure optimizations are accurately and safely applied to in-flight ad campaigns and key business metrics are always presented accurately
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
- 8+ years of experience designing and delivering full stack architectures in a production environment, with a strong understanding of design patterns and best practices.
- Strong opinions on how to best use AI/LLMs in the software development process; ability to quickly discern hype from value in the quickly evolving AI landscape (and an equal ability to put it into practice)
- Strong proficiency with a modern component-based front-end framework (Angular preferred; React, Vue, or similar considered), along with TypeScript, HTML, and CSS, and a strong sense of design patterns and best practice
- Understanding of cloud compute and modern dev ops practices; experience crafting and owning CI/CD pipelines for applications
- Experience with data-rich environments and a fluency with SQL and data modeling
- Ability to make this architecture fit with our marketing priorities and context
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment with cross-functional teams to translate business needs into reality-based requirements
Preferred qualifications
- Experience building and maintaining design systems and shared component libraries (Tailwind CSS)
- Familiarit y or experience with front-end web development and UX design
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and building scalable services
- Specific experience with our stack: Spark, Python, Angular, Spring Boot, Databricks/AWS, Chart.js
- Knowledge of media buying and ad platforms including DMPs, Google Ads, Facebook/Instagram, Innovid , LiveRamp and DSPs (Google Display Video, The Trade Desk, Yahoo)
Disability accommodation for employment applications
The Walt Disney Company and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers and welcome all job seekers including individuals with disabilities and veterans with disabilities. If you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or apply for a position, email Candidate.Accommodations@Disney.com with your request. This email address is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to the accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.
The Walt Disney Company is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Disney champions a business environment where ideas and decisions from all people help us grow, innovate, create the best stories and be relevant in a constantly evolving world.
The hiring range for this remote position in Burbank, CA is $158,100.00 - $211,900.00 per year, which factors in various geographic regions. 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
Marketing-Creative
Job Posting Primary Business
Marketing - Creative Advertising
Primary Job Posting Category
Data Engineering
Employment Type
Full time
Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code
Burbank, CA, USA
Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code
Date Posted
2026-07-08