Senior Software Engineer - MySQL
The Walt Disney Company, Bristol, VA, United States
Senior Software Engineer - MySQL
Job ID:
10142738
Location:
Bristol, Connecticut, United States / New York, New York, United States
Business:
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Date posted:
Apr. 23, 2026
Job Summary
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.
The Data Stores team builds and maintains highly available relational database systems operating across multiple cloud environments, supporting the digital media supply chain and consumer‑facing products. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will analyze, design, program, debug, and modify software enhancements and new products, delivering large or highly complex software programs and systems critical to the organization’s technology platforms and commercial applications.
You’ll apply software engineering principles to database engineering and administration to build processes and automation for infrastructure delivery that is faster, safer, and more observable at scale.
Responsibilities
Build, deploy, and ensure all DEEP&T database infrastructure is available 24/7/365.
Leverage software development and automation to design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure.
Participate in setting the architectural direction for database platforms and projects.
Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast‑paced, deadline‑oriented environment.
Analyze, design, and deploy fault‑tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
Proactively plan and implement infrastructure changes through capacity forecasting, software release cycles, and right sizing.
Provide database expertise through performance tuning, troubleshooting, and administration.
Develop, enhance, and adhere to engineering and administration standards.
Develop automation and tooling to increase operational efficiency while ensuring system reliability and security.
Build infrastructure and systems for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery through infrastructure as code and configuration management.
Provide relevant insights of data store infrastructure through metrics, monitoring, and alerting.
Maintain thorough and well‑written documentation.
Participate in live event support and on‑call rotation.
May provide oversight and direction to junior team members.
Build relationships with engineering teams and leads.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of related work experience with relational database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon RDS, and Amazon RDS Aurora.
BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience.
Fundamental understanding of database internals for at least one of the above database engines.
Experience working in Agile software development.
Experience with source control management tools (Git, GitLab, GitHub).
Intermediate to advanced level of expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services.
General understanding and experience with Linux operating system, network, and containers.
Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience designing and deploying fault‑tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
Experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation.
Carries out assignments with little coaching or guidance from others.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience operating within a database reliability engineering (DRE) and/or systems reliability engineering (SRE) role.
Experience building a proper path to production leveraging multiple lifecycles, testing, integration, and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure in Azure and GCP.
Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef).
The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and 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 other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Equal Opportunity Employment
Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.
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.
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Job ID:
10142738
Location:
Bristol, Connecticut, United States / New York, New York, United States
Business:
Disney Entertainment and ESPN Product & Technology
Date posted:
Apr. 23, 2026
Job Summary
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.
The Data Stores team builds and maintains highly available relational database systems operating across multiple cloud environments, supporting the digital media supply chain and consumer‑facing products. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will analyze, design, program, debug, and modify software enhancements and new products, delivering large or highly complex software programs and systems critical to the organization’s technology platforms and commercial applications.
You’ll apply software engineering principles to database engineering and administration to build processes and automation for infrastructure delivery that is faster, safer, and more observable at scale.
Responsibilities
Build, deploy, and ensure all DEEP&T database infrastructure is available 24/7/365.
Leverage software development and automation to design, modernize, and deliver database infrastructure.
Participate in setting the architectural direction for database platforms and projects.
Manage multiple competing priorities in a fast‑paced, deadline‑oriented environment.
Analyze, design, and deploy fault‑tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
Proactively plan and implement infrastructure changes through capacity forecasting, software release cycles, and right sizing.
Provide database expertise through performance tuning, troubleshooting, and administration.
Develop, enhance, and adhere to engineering and administration standards.
Develop automation and tooling to increase operational efficiency while ensuring system reliability and security.
Build infrastructure and systems for scalability, resiliency, availability, and recovery through infrastructure as code and configuration management.
Provide relevant insights of data store infrastructure through metrics, monitoring, and alerting.
Maintain thorough and well‑written documentation.
Participate in live event support and on‑call rotation.
May provide oversight and direction to junior team members.
Build relationships with engineering teams and leads.
Basic Qualifications
5+ years of related work experience with relational database systems such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Amazon RDS, and Amazon RDS Aurora.
BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent technical experience.
Fundamental understanding of database internals for at least one of the above database engines.
Experience working in Agile software development.
Experience with source control management tools (Git, GitLab, GitHub).
Intermediate to advanced level of expertise in one or more programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go.
Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure in Amazon Web Services.
General understanding and experience with Linux operating system, network, and containers.
Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Experience designing and deploying fault‑tolerant, distributed, and highly available database infrastructure.
Experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation.
Carries out assignments with little coaching or guidance from others.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience operating within a database reliability engineering (DRE) and/or systems reliability engineering (SRE) role.
Experience building a proper path to production leveraging multiple lifecycles, testing, integration, and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience running, deploying, and maintaining production cloud infrastructure in Azure and GCP.
Experience with configuration management (Ansible, Chef).
The hiring range for this position in New York, NY is $148,700 to $199,400 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and 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 other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
Equal Opportunity Employment
Disney Entertainment & Sports LLC is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military or veteran status, medical condition, genetic information or disability, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.
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.
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