Staff Software Engineer

The Walt Disney Company · Bengaluru

  • Experience7–11 yrs
  • SalaryNot disclosed
  • Work modeonsite
  • Levelexecutive
  • Posted2 Sept 2026
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About The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is hiring in Bengaluru in media advertising. This role looks for around 7+ years of experience.

Skills

  • Java
  • Apache Spark
  • Python
  • Scala
  • Apache Airflow
  • Databricks
  • Delta Lake
  • Snowflake
  • OpenSearch
  • Amazon Neptune
  • GraphQL
  • AWS
  • Data Engineering
  • Kubernetes
  • Apache Kafka
  • Agile

The role

A data platform engineer at a media and entertainment company architects shared libraries and builds large-scale data pipelines using Data Engineering, Apache Spark, and Databricks. The role also applies AWS and Apache Airflow to improve platform operations and standards.

Full job description

Responsibilities:

Contribute to maintaining, updating, and expanding existing Data platform projects written in Java, Spark, Python, and Scala. Tech stack includes Airflow, Spark, Databricks, Delta Lake, Snowflake, Opensearch, Neptune, and Graph QL.

Architect, design, and code shared libraries that abstract complex business logic to allow consistent functionality across all data pipelines in the Data organisation.

Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other engineers to drive the success of the Data platform.

Contribute to developing and documenting both internal and external standards and best practices for configurations, naming conventions, partitioning strategies, and more.

Ensure high operational efficiency and quality of the Data platform projects.

Be an active participant and advocate of agile/scrum ceremonies to collaborate and improve processes for our team.

Engage with and understand our customers, forming relationships that allow us to understand and prioritise both innovative new offerings and incremental platform improvements.

Requirements:

BS/BA in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a closely related field.

7+ years of software engineering experience in developing large projects.

Strong algorithmic problem-solving expertise.

Strong fundamental programming skills.

Proficient in AWS cloud technology or any other cloud technology.

Proficient in Data Engineering technologies like Airflow, Spark, Databricks, Snowflake and EMR.

Strong scripting language experience.

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or related discipline, or its equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

Passion to explore new technology and participate in proof of concepts.

Enjoy new and meaningful technology or business challenges that require you to think and respond quickly.

Passionate about automation, data, technology, and creative innovation.

Prior experience building internet-scale platforms.

Experience with technologies such as Kubernetes, Kafka, Spark, Airflow, and AWS.

It would be awesome if you have a robust portfolio on GitHub and/or open-source contributions you are proud to share.