Principal Software Engineer

Movies Anywhere seeks a Principal Software Engineer to join a team of seasoned, dedicated technologists solving a range of interesting problems in innovative ways in an exciting and dynamic industry. We are looking for a self-starting engineer who wants to shape the next generation of video consumption applications. We’re a casual shop that values passion, community involvement and code that stands out. If you are interested, we’d love to hear from you.
You will be working in a small team of multi-disciplined engineering on creating the next generation video consumption platforms. We expect you to be up to date on the happenings in the JVM-based server community, passionate about what you do and connected to the open source community. You will participate in overall system design and come up with web-tailored solutions that emphasize reuse and good design patterns.
Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and take the lead in driving technical solutions, balancing short-term delivery and long-term functional and technical goals.
• Collaborate with other engineers(Software, QA, DevOps), product and business stakeholders, and domain experts
• Evangelize technologies, solutions, and best practices
• Contribute new ideas to a larger community of high-caliber professionals
• Pair program, all day, every day and believe in working at a sustainable pace
• Conduct research and analysis, as needed, to report on the software engineering trends throughout the industry - specifically focused on the entertainment industry.
• Interface with various outside entities for work on integration points
• Listen, mentor and build consensus
• Effectively communicate trade-offs and technical decisions
• Balance resources, requirements, and complexity

Basic Qualifications

• Very passionate about coding and solution oriented (If you have a Github profile, that’s awesome! Would love to check it out! Otherwise we will ask you to code before or during the interview).
• Very passionate about OO design and aware of the different layers that exist in a system (we will ask you to design a system during the interview)
• Capable of leveraging basic and complex Data structures and algorithms to solve problems
• Demonstrated mastery of:
  • Java
  • Spring
  • Developing REST APIs
  • Unit tests, Integration & Load testing for APIs
  • Git
  • Maven or Gradle
  • ORM (e.g. JPA, Hibernate)
  • Spring Boot
  • Queuing technology
  • Experience in Test Driven Development (TDD) and agile methodologies
  • Worked with Postgres, RDS, or Oracle DB technologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Using Docker for deployment
• Kubernetes
• Familiarity with the entertainment industry
• Comfortable with a DevOps culture, including Continuous Delivery and deployments in the cloud which are fully automated

Required Education

• BS in Computer Science or related field with 15+ years of experience or MS/PhD with 10+ years of experience

Company Overview Movies Anywhere is the next generation of in-home entertainment, providing an unparalleled digital entertainment experience. Leveraging cutting edge technology, unique partnerships, and a talented team, Movies Anywhere is an exclusive, cross-platform, cloud-based movie service that enables consumers to seamlessly discover, grow, access, and enjoy their personal digital movie collection across a variety of studios, retailers, and platforms all in one convenient app and/or website. Additional InformationThis position is a legal entity of The Walt Disney Studios, an equal opportunity employer.