Distinguished Software Engineer
Company: The Walt Disney Company
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Posting Title: Distinguished Software Engineer Req ID:
10146088 Job Description: Distinguished Software Engineer Product
Engineering - San Francisco, CA Description 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. 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. This
Distinguished Software Engineer position is an executive and
architectural role within the Product Engineering Architecture
team. The Product Engineering Architecture team is a central group
of senior engineers that work to shape a cohesive technology vision
across the DE&E Product & Technology organization. This role
will be responsible for driving the largest technical conversations
across the organization and shaping the foundational solutions of
our technology platform. This role will partner with individual
contributors and leaders to ask the challenging questions and lead
teams through change leveraging its own deep expertise and
experience. Responsibilities Drive the largest technical
conversations and architect strategic priorities across the
organization. Shape and drive the foundational solutions of the
technology platform and alliance-wide software stack. Provide
strategic and operational technical leadership, ensuring systems
are scalable, robust, and aligned with industry trends. Lead key
engineering decisions and set alliance-wide technical standards for
the entire software stack. Partner with individual contributors and
leaders to ask challenging questions and lead teams through
technological change. Coordinate complex, multi-alliance
initiatives to achieve DE&E Product & Technology level OKRs.
Guide company-wide architecture and strategy with deep foresight
into emerging trends and future needs. Represent the company at
industry events, standards-bodies, and technical panels.
Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information
Systems, Software, Electrical or Electronics Engineering, or
comparable field of study, and/or equivalent work experience. 15
years of experience in software development or a relevant technical
field. Expertise in one or more complex domains, capable of mapping
solutions to the business and technology landscape. Extensive
experience influencing significant industry change and growth at
scale. Ability to communicate broad strategic vision and distill
highly complex technical topics for both engineering teams and
executive audiences. Deep grasp of the software development
lifecycle and ability to resolve the most complex, strategic-level
technical challenges. Experience across a breadth of relevant
technical domains including full-stack development, cloud solutions
(e.g., DynamoDB, Redis), modern deployment (e.g., Kubernetes,
Terraform), and performance monitoring. “The hiring range for this
position in California is $304,900.00 - $408,900.00 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 - Media Platform Job
Posting Primary Business: PE - Media Platform - Media Architecture
Primary Job Posting Category: Software Engineer Employment Type:
Full time Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code: San Francisco,
CA, USA Alternate City, State, Region, Postal Code: Date Posted:
2026-03-31
Keywords: The Walt Disney Company, Watsonville , Distinguished Software Engineer, IT / Software / Systems , San Francisco, California
